捉贼要查到赃物做凭证。

Catch the thief, seize the loot

比喻环境险恶，使人不敢靠近或指当政者任用小人，阻塞了纳贤之路

Dogs are fierce, wine is sour

外表柔弱，内心刚强

耿耿：形容忠诚。这颗心至忠至诚

Sincere in every inch of the heart

芥：小草。杀人像割草。形容杀人不当一回事

Kill people as if they were weeds

招：招收；贤：有才德的人；士：指读书人。招收贤士，接纳书生。指广泛网罗人才

Recruit virtuous and talented people

百里：方圆百里之地；才：才能。指能治理方圆百里地区的人才

Talented person within a hundred miles

厌：满足。贪心永远没有满足的时候

嫉：憎恨；贪：爱财。憎恨贪污像憎恨仇敌一样

Hatred of greed like an enemy

饕餮：传说中的一种贪残的猛兽。像饕餮一样凶恶贪婪。形容非常贪婪

草泽：荒野地。指在山林出没的农民起义军首领

Heroes from marshes and grasslands

贪婪：贪得无厌；餍：满足。贪心永远没有满足的时候

猱：猴。猱替老虎搔痒。形容表面曲意奉承，暗箭伤人

Monkey scratches, tiger itches

佐：辅助。指有辅佐帝王创业治国的才能

A person of talent to assist a ruler

偃：卧倒，倒伏。风一吹草就倒下。比喻庶民被德教感化而顺从君主。也比喻有声望的人言行影响世态俗情

Wind direction bends the grass

高明：精明高妙。指见识精明高远

Brilliant foresight

兼：并。文才与武艺兼具于一身，能文能武

Proficient in both civil and military affairs

飞：形容迅速如飞。指能飞越房檐，攀登墙壁。形容武艺高强，身体矫捷如飞

Fly over walls and run along walls

比喻有才的人沦落做低贱的事情

Better to bow to relatives than to a cow

同“出类拔萃”。指高出众人。

Outstanding and distinguished