| 1 | I described, and enforced them earnestly. | |
| 2 | His parents did their best to persuade him but he just didn't listen. | |
| 3 | The sermon because of a tender remonstrance is not omnipotent good medicine after all. | |
| 4 | Ep560 - Old Madam Hong tries to persuade Zhizhong stop his evil deeds, but Zhizhong ignores her. | |
| 5 | I now went into an earnest expostulation with him upon the extravagant length of his report. |