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The boundary line on the chessboard of China-the boundary between two opposing powers or hostile countries.
Palliative treatment, no nausea
Be meat or fish on someone's chopping block-be at someone's mercy
Last stand-Fight a life-and-death battle.
Cut off all retreat
Performing a sword dance while trying to kill someone ―― with ulterior motives.
Macaques in hats-useless people in gorgeous costumes
lay exposed/open to attacks on all sides
Confucianism can teach
The elders of their hometown
Meng Ding Sansheng
Agree on the three-point rule-formulate rules that all parties concerned should abide by.
deceive oneself as well as others