砥：磨刀石，引申为磨砺；名：名誉；励：通“砺”，磨炼；节：节操。砥砺磨炼自己，立名立节

Encouraging fame and maintaining integrity

刚通钢。铁经过反复锤炼便成为坚韧的钢。比喻人经过多次磨炼而成为有用之才。

Tempered into steel

不弯曲，不屈服。形容节操刚正，意志坚强。

Unyielding and unbreakable

盖：遮盖；已：停止。人死了，事情才算完结。泛指终身坚持或追求某种事业

When the coffin is sealed, the matter is over

硁硁：浅陋而又固执的样子。固执的信念

Beliefs that are blunt

造化：迷信者所谓的运气，福分。指命运作弄人

Fate plays tricks on people

比喻在压力和面前不屈服，表现十分顽强。

Unyielding and unbending

旦旦：诚实的样子；信誓：诚挚可信的誓言。誓言说得极为诚恳可信

Every morning making solemn vows

短：短小。人的处境困厄，志向也就小了

The poor have short ambitions

迷迷糊糊的样子。

dazed

屏气：抑制呼吸。闭住气不呼吸，形容敬谨畏惧的样子

Holding one's breath without stopping

指隐蔽起来，不露形迹。

Hide shadow and gather traces

急迫追求的样子。

busy rushing about

壮心：宏大的志向；已：停止。指有抱负的人到了晚年，雄心壮志仍不衰减。

Ambitious heart never ceasing

征：征兆，迹象。事先就察觉了失败的迹象

Foreseeing defeat before the campaign

不惜一死来把某事继续下去。形容决心很大

To follow this with death

险：险阻。地处边远，山势险峻

The land is distant and the mountains are dangerous

充：充实，充足。精力充沛，意志坚定

Qiqi is full and the will is steady

成功的人称王称帝，失败者沦为贼寇

Become a king, fail as a traitor

谓志向虽大而才能不足。有时用为谦词。

Sparse talent but great ambition