奋：振作精神，鼓起干劲。指勇往直前，不顾个人安危

Acting Recklessly Without Considering One's Safety

仰：倚靠。依赖别人的呼吸来生活。比喻依赖别人而求得生存

Look up to others

比喻生活在好的环境里，也能成为好人

A tumbleweed grows among hemp

前进和后退都失去了依据。形容无处容身。也指进退两难。

Having no footing in advance or retreat

称了薪柴才去生火煮饭。比喻斤斤于细节而不识大体。同“称薪而爨”。

Using firewood to cook

边：边境；惊：震动。比喻边境安定无战事

Undisturbed by borderline dust

颈：颈项。刀已架在脖子上。比喻危险已非常逼近

The army is at the throat

茅草盖的屋，泥土砌的台阶。形容房屋简陋，生活俭朴

Thatch-roofed house with earthen steps

年事已高，身体衰弱

Old and weak

交：一齐，同时。饥渴一齐袭来

Starving and thirsty

背：背叛；荣：荣耀。指背叛主人以换取个人的荣华富贵

Abandoning the master to seek honor

箪：古代盛饭的圆形竹器；瓢：古代装水的小容器。一箪食物，一瓢汤水。形容生活简朴，安贫乐道

Simple gourd and humble alley

勒：收住缰绳。在高高的山崖边上勒住马。比喻到了危险的边缘及时清醒回头

Rein the horse at the precipice

指家庭日常生活琐事

The head of the family manages minor matters

礼：社会道德、行为的规范；乐：教化的规范；崩：败坏。形容社会纲纪紊乱，动荡不安

Rituals and music collapsing

形容局势动荡不安，群情喧扰

濠：水名；梁：桥梁。在濠水的桥梁上观鱼。形容悠然自得，寄情物外

Watching fish on Hao Bridge

倒悬：头向下、脚向上悬挂着。比喻极其艰难、危险的困境

Dangling peril

措：安置，处理。不知道怎么办才好。形容处境为难或心神慌乱

Not knowing what to do

安：安稳。像泰山那样稳固。形容稳固安定

The peace of Mount Tai