妙手偶得 In the text, it refers to what a person with deep literary literacy gets by chance. The phrase comes from Lu You's poem "Essay": "Essays are originally made in heaven, and are obtained by a wonderful hand by chance."

Hammering Exercising; refining

Boundless

Boundless

Flat as a stone Flat as a whetstone

Weariness Fatigue, slackness

Subtly growing Secretly growing unknowingly

Arrogant Contempt of all things, but strong and unyielding

Sick and tired. Badly, sleepily

Strive for excellence Strive hard for excellence

旁逸斜出 Meaning (a branch) sticking out diagonally from the side of a tree trunk. 逸, escape, flee

不折不挠 比喻在压力和困难面前不屈服，表现十分顽强

婆娑 盘旋舞动的样子

屈曲盘旋弯曲、曲折地绕绕着飞或走

虬枝 盘屈的树枝

贱视 轻之以

秀颀 美而高