夜， 苗条

吃一堑，　长一智 lit. eat a moat, grow in wisdom
堑 qian4 moat
胸墙xiōngqiáng　lit. breastworks, i.e. parapet
堡垒    bǎolěi fortress
堡bǎo     earthworks
垒lěi rampart
枪眼qiāngyǎn gun+eye=loophole (lit.), protected firing point, embrasure
堞dié battlement, crenallation
斩 zhan3 behead
风险　risk feng１xian３
舍Shě give up abandon　give alms
余Yú　Remainder
外面wàimiàn outside exterior
处了Chùle reside, get along with, situated at + state change outside of
除此之外Chú cǐ zhī wài aside from that
除非Chúfēi　 unless
赏心悦目　shang xin yue mu pleasing to the mind* (lit. heart) and eye
lit. esteemed heart pleasing eye
者　-er, one who is [whatever precedes 者)
都　dou1
WHO IS 者 + before the CITY  GATES 邑　＝　ＡＬＬ都dou1
goes before the verb and after all the nouns its grouping together.
你们的孩子多大了 How old are your children
苗 miao2 sprouts (lit.) fig., blossoming, blooming, sprouting and thus cute charming attractive
苗条 miao2 tiao(2) slender and attractive, to have a good figure
教育jiàoyù to educate lit. teach+raise, i.e. bring up
夜yè Was originally a big大 person with the Moon 夕　and a Star under　their arms. standardized/simplified to the present form. head and arms of a big person on top 亠tou2 (lid) person on the left 亻was formerly a dot丶zhu,dian as a star, moon/star on the right 夕　but altered/simplified/standardized into the stomping foot 夂zhi3 with a dot to remember it's the moon or a star, not a foot.
I dislike the standardization of this one but it's the same in simplified as traditional.
https://hanziyuan.net/#%E5%A4%9C



持而盈之，
不如其已
揣而锐之,
不可长保。
金玉满堂，
莫之能守；
富贵而骄，
自遗其咎。
功成身退，
天之道也。

中国是一只礼仪之邦的国家．

Zhōngguó shì yī zhǐ lǐyí zhī bāng de guójiā.

China is a cultured country 

lit. China is a family kingdom of rites and the righteous.