指安于淡泊简朴的生活。

simple living / frugal life

肱：胳膊由肘到肩的部分，泛指胳膊。枕：枕着。枕着弯曲的胳膊睡。形容人生活恬淡，无忧无虑。

bend the arm for a pillow crook ones arm for head support during sleep lie with ones head on ones arm use ones bended arm as a pillow

指生活优裕。

Rich Flavors and Light Warmth

困窘逃亡，瓦解丧败。

Poverty leads to relief and discouragement

犹言室内空无一物。比喻贫穷。

A room with only four walls.

指顺从天道的就生存，违背天道的则灭亡。同“顺之者昌，逆之者亡”。

Those who follow prosper, those who resist perish

楚：楚怀王；巫：巫山神女。指夫妇或情人分居两地，孤单寂寞。

Another Chu, Han, and Wu

鞋子破了，露出脚后跟。形容很贫苦。

shoes worn-out and heels chapped-wretchedly poor

到外漫游，行踪不定。

Wander without settling

芟：删除杂草；芟夷：削平；难：灾难。削平大乱

Eliminate great troubles

旬：十天。二十天中只吃九顿饭。形容生活极端困苦

Twenty-nine meals

赴：投身进去；险：危险；如：像；夷：平坦。走向危险的道路，看作像平坦的大道。形容不避艰险。

Facing danger as if it were easy

贫穷和疾病一起压在身上。同“贫病交迫”。

Poverty and illness attack together

指衣不蔽体，食不果腹。形容生活极端贫困。

Wearing quail clothes and eating crow food

指美衣美食。

Luxurious clothes and exquisite food

比喻处困境而挣扎不脱。《旧唐书·僖宗纪》：“既知四隅斷絶，百計奔衝，如窮鳥觸籠，似飛蛾赴焰。”

trapped bird hitting cage

听凭别人操纵处置

Manipulated by others

居于岩穴而观赏川流。形容隐居生活悠闲自适，超然世外。

Living in rocks, watching rivers

犹言尽毕生之力。 清 高阜 《＜书影＞序》：“使古人之著述盡若斯也，予將窮年盡氣以恣探之不暇，又何至有廢卷之歎乎！”

whole life effort

不走有危险的地方。

Acting without caution