形容刻苦学习。

Hang by a beam and pierce the bone

指为了正义奋勇向前，不回头、后退。议，通“义”。

Discuss without looking back

佛的嘴巴，蛇的心肠。比喻话虽说得好听，心肠却极狠毒。

Buddhas mouth but a vipers heart

指挑逗、试探对方的情意。泛指调情。

Parting rain and clouds

荻：芦苇。用芦苇在地上书画教育儿子读书。用以称赞母亲教子有方。

write with a reed on the ground to teach her own childteach her own child earnestly

没有老师的传授就能通晓。

selftaught

单凭嘴说而没有什么作为凭据。只要用实物来证明。

A mere verbal statement is no guarantee a mere verbal statement is no guarantee

比喻纯熟、高超的技艺。

Ying craftsmen wield axes

跬步：半步。走一千里路，是半步半步积累起来的。比喻学习应该持之有恒，不要半途而废。

A small step leads to a thousand miles

虑：思考；顾：回头看。从长远考虑问题。

Think long and consider later

持：持论，主张；有故：有根据。指所持的见解和主张有一定的根据。

a well-founded view or opinion

不著文字，口头相传。

from mouth to mouth/spread from mouth to mouth

希望自己的子女能在学业和事业上有成就。

hope ones children will have a bright future

形容刻苦学习。

study assiduously

则：就；加：加以。对别人给自己指出的缺点错误，如果有，就改正，如果没有，就用来勉励自己。

correct mistakes if you have made any and guard against them if you have not

焚：烧；坑：把人活埋；儒：指书生。焚毁典籍，坑杀书生。

burning books and burying Confucian scholars alive

世世代代都是读书人家。

family of scholars for generations Ones family was always one of scholars

缺乏知识、不明事理而胡为。

Acting ignorantly and recklessly

领、会：领悟，理解。指对方没有明说，心里已经领会。

know or understand something without being told

眼睛一瞥就能看下十行文字。形容读书极快。

be quick at reading