1: You can't have your cake and bear's paw. You can take the cake instead of the fish. During the Warring States Period, Mencius wrote The Fish I Want. Interpretation: If these two things cannot be obtained at the same time, I would rather give up fish and choose bear's paw.
Life is a hero, and death is a hero. The summer quatrains written by Li Qingzhao in Song Dynasty are defined as: to be a hero alive and to be a ghost hero after death. It can also be said that I would rather die a fair death than drag out an ignoble existence.
Since ancient times, no one has died in life, leaving a glowing heart. Interpretation of Wen Tianxiang's Crossing the Zero Ocean in the Southern Song Dynasty: People will die eventually, preferring to leave a sincere heart after death rather than drag out an ignoble existence.
4. I refused to marry Feng Chun, but I was mistakenly hit by the autumn wind for no reason. In the Northern Song Dynasty, He Zhu wrote "A bitter heart returns to the pond". Interpretation: In the spring, it refused to open, but now it suffers from desolation in the autumn wind for no reason. Metaphor means that you have to bear the consequences of choosing the wrong one.
5. a good minister chooses the main thing, and a good bird chooses the wood to live. The origin of this proverb is unknown. Interpretation: A good courtier will choose a good master to serve, and a clever bird and beast will choose a suitable wooden branch to inhabit.