比喻小孩生来多病。也形容经常遭遇不幸。同“三灾八难”。

Three disasters and six calamities

危急：危险而紧急。指关系到生存灭亡的紧急关头。

danger and crisis

使国家受害，人民遭受苦难。

A sick country bringing disaster to the people

既长寿又富裕显贵。

long life of abundance and respectability longevity with wealth and honor

分财物救助穷困的人。

Divide poverty to help the poor

赤贫：穷得一无所有。形容极其贫穷。

be as poor as if everything had been washed clean proverty-stricken in extreme poverty poor as a church mouse poor as job

指鸣钟鼓，食珍馐。形容富贵豪华的生活。

Bells, drums, and luxurious food

指道家的生活。

Heaven and earth in a pot

比喻无事生非，故意找岔子。

No holes for digging crabs

同“人给家足”。人人饱暖，家家富裕。

People are sufficient, families are provided for

肥：肥壮的马。衣：穿。轻：轻暖的裘衣。驾驭肥壮的马，穿着贵重的衣服。形容生活奢侈豪华。

Ride fat and wear light (take advantage of convenience)

床头钱财耗尽。比喻钱财用完了，生活受困。

be impoverished

等着米来下锅烧饭。比喻生活困难，缺少钱用。

wait for rice to put in ones panbe short of money in straitened circumstances live from hand to mouth

犹言横殃飞祸。指意外的、平白无故的灾祸。

Calamity not caused by disaster

指日夜不停。

Day and night continuously

比喻过分计较琐碎之事。也形容生活困窘。

Counting rice and measuring firewood

米如玉，薪如桂。极言生活费用之高。

Jade grains and cinnamon firewood

指与鹭、鸥为友。比喻隐居生活。

Egrets as friends and gulls as companions

指哀伤呼叫之声充满道路。形容苦难深重。

Sorrowful sound fills the path

破旧的衣着，粗粝的饭食。指生活清苦。

Worn clothes and simple food