掣：牵拉；襟：衣襟。指捉襟见肘。形容身陷困境、窘迫不堪

Pulling at sleeves and elbows visible

躬：亲自，亲身；逢：赶上；盛：盛况。指亲身参加了那个盛会或盛举

Personally witness a grand event

指保持安定兴盛的局面。

Preserving fullness and maintaining peace

形容非常安全，没有事情发生

Calm and uneventful

节衣缩食，指在生活上省穿省吃，力求节约

Reduce clothing and food

上面下面都难以应付。

Difficulties both above and below

家业：家产；雕零：零落。家道衰落

Family business dwindles

比喻前人留下的盛德美名和功烈业绩。

Leaving behind scent and remaining honor

食松实，饮涧水。指过隐居生活。

Eating pine and drinking from streams

衣轻裘，乘肥马，醉心歌舞，迷恋女色。谓贪图享受，生活糜烂。

Horse-drawn carriages, sounds, and pleasures of life

清晨烧早饭，入夜才吃晚饭。形容早出晚归，整日辛勤劳苦。

Morning cooking and evening meal

寒灰：冷却了的灰烬；燃：烧。冷灰重新烧了起来。比喻失势的人重新得势。也比喻已经停止活动的事物又重新活动起来

Cold ashes burn again

栖遑：忙忙碌碌，奔波不定的样子。四处奔忙，不得安居的劳辱

The humiliation of restless dwelling

错：交错；节：枝节。树木的根盘屈，枝节交错。比喻事情的艰难复杂

Twisting roots and tangled joints

比喻衣衫破烂。鹑鸟尾秃，像补缀百结，故云。

Hundred knots of hanging quail

声：歌舞；色：女色。指纵情声色

Wind sound and eye expression

栖：忙忙碌碌。忙碌而失意的样子。

busy and frustrated

采用或舍弃都能决定。指难以抉择

Difficult to choose

烹：烧煮；五鼎：古代士大夫祭祀用的祭品。指吃饭食物精美。形容生活奢侈豪华

Cooking five cauldrons

殆：危险。钱财多了，生命会有危险

Wealth is abundant but life is precarious