I've been having a crack at establishing a biz from scratch in an industry with a lot of potentials. Unfortunately for himself, U. Q. didn't and still doesn't understand it.

Warlike peoples are very apt to view honor to be even higher than their own lives.

One example is the ancient Japanese samurai which are quite well known to Chinese.
The other one is that pre-Christian Romans preferred to commit suicide rather than live a life which is ignoble in their view.

Well, it's disappointing that a great political figure in China of the past had slandered a lot of his ex-colleagues. It's disappointing. That's not statesmanship.

There is enough grime on the windows to be cleaned up.