载漪
Zai Yi (1856-1922), Manchu imperial prince and politician, disgraced after supporting the Boxers
不要在一棵树上吊死
don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom); there's more than one way to skin a cat
独在异乡为异客
a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2 Wei2])
养兵千日,用在一时
see 養兵千日,用兵一時|养兵千日,用兵一时[yang3 bing1 qian1 ri4 , yong4 bing1 yi1 shi2]
养兵千日,用在一朝
lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off