旧时士人的服装。亦借指尚未取得功名的士人。

White jacket and blue robe

闪电行于天空。比喻极其迅速

Electric fire running through the sky

惜：爱惜。爱惜墨就像金子一样。指不轻易动笔

Cherish ink as if it were gold

形容竭力思索，绞尽脑汁

Brooding and worrying

薡蕫：草名，质地柔软可制绳子。比喻不懂事，缺乏知识

Unaware of beer

淫巧：过于奇巧而无益的。指过于奇巧而无益的技艺与制品

Strange skills and lewd tricks

学：学问。才能高超，学问广博

Outstanding talent and extensive learning

沟：壕沟；垒：军营外的堡寨。深挖沟和高筑墙。指坚固的防御工事

Deep ditch and solid fortress

积：聚；斗：北斗星。金子堆积得有北斗星那么高。形容积累的财物极多

Accumulating gold to the measure of a斗(dǒu, a dry measure)

坑：活埋；焚：烧。焚毁书籍，坑杀书生

Burying scholars and burning books

耒耨：农具。农事耕作方法的传授。指教民务农

Teaching of plough and hoe

燃：点燃；膏：油脂，指灯油；继：接续；晷：日影，日光。点上灯烛，接续日光。形容夜以继日地工作与学习

Burn oil to continue the day

韦：熟牛皮。编连竹简的皮绳断了三次。比喻读书勤奋刻苦

Three classics and the Wei bamboo slips

乎：等同于介词“于”；异端：有别于正统思想的教义或主张。指钻研儒家以外的主张或指对异端的指摘

Attack heterodox ideas

渐：流入。西方的各种学说向东方流传

Western learning spreads eastward

释：放开；卷：书本。书本不离手。形容勤奋好学

Unable to bear putting down the book

色艺：容貌和技艺。姿色和技艺都绝无仅有，非常美妙

Both beauty and skill are extraordinary

山隅和海边。泛指荒远的地方。

Mountain’s corner and sea divination

呵笔：吹热气解冻笔；寻诗：寻觅诗句。形容冬日苦吟

Seeking poems with pen

学：学问。才能高超，学问广博

Exceptional talent and erudition