one cannot help by a word
It's a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is y à C í m à Z à n, which means that the poems are well written. It comes from historical records, Confucius family.
The source of the idiom is Confucius' family in historical records: "as for the spring and Autumn Annals, the pen is the pen, and the cutting is the cutting. Zi Xia's disciples can't praise it."
Chinese PinYin : yī cí mò zàn
one cannot help by a word
the mellowness of natural condition and social customs of a place. lián quán ràng shuǐ
have no means to borrow money. gào dài wú mén
on the verge of death or destruction. huò zài dàn xī
tattered scales -- disastrous defeat in battle. bài lín cán jiǎ