纠缠: to be in a tangle, to nag...
鉴别: to differentiate, to distinguish...
不然: not so, no, or else, otherwise, if not, How about...?...
龙: dragon, imperial...
官吏: bureaucrat, official...
日夜: day and night, around the clock...
交界: common boundary, common border...
听众: audience, listeners...
一身: whole body, from head to toe, single person, a suit of clothes...
所以: therefore, as a result, so, the reason why...