秉：执持；轴：中心，枢纽；持：握；钧：古代制作陶器所用的转轮。比喻官居要职，执掌政权或处于中心或关键位置

Holding the axis and the balance

指长远打算。

planning for the long term and planning for the long term

谋：计划；猷：谋略。指计划得很周密，考虑得很长远

Deep planning and far-reaching schemes

囊：口袋。从口袋中取东西。比喻办事毫不费力就可以办到

Take things from the bag

欺：欺骗；其方：合乎情理的方法。比喻坏人用合乎情理的方法欺骗别人

deceiving him with his methods

箭：弓箭；虚：空。箭射得准，每发必中。形容箭术高明

Arrows never miss the target

（塞：填塞）指挑着雪去填井；比喻徒劳无用，白费力气。

Carrying snow to fill a river

（塞：填塞）指挑着雪去填井；比喻徒劳无用，白费力气。

Carrying snow to fill a well

叩：敲；阍：宫门；叩阍：鸣冤。指没办法申诉冤屈

Knocking the sky with no way

nothing for it

爽：失，差。形容做事有充分把握，绝不会失误

One success out of a hundred failures

指狡诈的谋划，出人意料的计策

Devising cunning strategies

亦作“剸繁治剧”。谓裁处繁剧的政务。

Cut complexity to decide the main issue

抱火：捧着火种；寝薪：睡在柴草堆上。比喻危机潜伏，人安于险境而不自知。也比喻危机即将出现。

Sleep with fire under the bedding

用兵无一成不变的形势。指办事要因时、因地制宜，具体问题要用具体办

An army has no constant form

比喻观察不细致，学习不深入，印象不深刻。同“浮光掠影”。

Fleeting light and shadow

画竹子前心里已有竹子的形象。比喻做事之前已有通盘考虑，很有把握。

To have the image of bamboo in one's mind before painting it; to have a well-thought-out plan before acting.

指贼人肉体久受责罚，耐受性强。形容作贼已十分老练

Thief in skin and bones

比喻暴虐奸邪的人掌握国政。

Jackals and wolves on the path

太阿：泰阿，宝剑名；握：执持。比喻掌握权柄

Holding the Tai'a sword