犹言出类拔萃。常人中显得才能特出者。同“庸中佼佼”。

Brilliant Among the Common

清·清澈。像流水一样清澈。形容为官廉洁，不贪污、不受贿。也形容十分清洁。

Pure as water

碌碌：平庸的样子。形容人平平庸庸，没有名望。

Mundane and unknown

比喻不被重视的人。

Bitter plums by the roadside

比喻见识浅陋。

Eyes benefit the eyebrows

指将帅亲临作战前线。

Personally face arrows and stones

甜水井的水先枯竭。比喻有才能的人往往早衰。

A sweet well dries early

人的本性的改变，比江山的变迁还要难。形容人的本性难以改变。

Rivers and mountains are easy to change, but innate nature is hard to alter

举：推荐，选拔。举荐贤者，任用能人。

Appoint the virtuous and employ the capable

见识浅，眼光短

short-sighted shallow

中馈：古时指妇女在家中主持饮食等事，引申指妻室；乏：缺少。指没有妻子。

Lack of people in the kitchen

比喻徒有外表而无学识才能的人。

a pillow with an embroidered case/an outwardly attractive but actually worthless person

笑一笑就算了事，指不予重视。

laugh out of court laugh away

俊秀出众，廉洁不贪，精明强悍。

Talented, upright, and brave

指名声永远流传。

Fame that lasts for ten thousand generations

短见：本指见识短浅，引申为自杀。自己认为无法活下去而寻死。

commit suicide seek ones own destruction

形容杀的人多得数不清。同“杀人如麻”。

Kill people like cutting weeds

比喻不抓根本环节，而只在枝节问题上下功夫。同“弃本逐末”。

Abandon the root to pursue the branch

指衰弱无能为力

weak and incompetenteffeteineffectual

瑜：美玉。怀藏有美玉。比喻富有文学才能。

Holding jade and cherishing jade