匕首：短剑。比喻短小犀利击中要害的文章

Daggers thrown in trying to catch a gun

寸铁：很短的兵器。手里拿着一件短小的兵器。

With a small weapon in hand

形容藏书极多，似拥有许多城市那样富有。

Wealth of a hundred cities

溃：溃败。没有开战就自行崩溃。形容毫无战斗力

Collapse without fighting

比喻布置疑阵，故弄玄虚

arrange troops according to the Eight-Diagram tactics be deliberately mistifying

适：适应；时宜：当时的需要。不符合时势和趋势

Unsuitable for the times

瞩：注视。使人注视。

attract peoples attention

备位：充数，徒有其位。指白占据将相要位

Prepared for positions of generals and ministers

议事：讨论或办理事情；日程：时间进度表。在计划之内的讨论、办理事情的日期。

schedule/the order of the day

一片铠甲都没保存下来。形容全军覆没。

wipe out the enemy to a man

怀：来，使亲近。对敌人采取怀柔政策，使远方之人来归附。

Harbor enemies and ally with the distant

销熔武器以制造务农器具。

beat the swords into ploughshares

夺取地盘，攻战城池。形容向敌方进攻。

gain domain

效劳的谦词。意思是效犬马之劳。

Exert the Strength of Dog and Horse

兵士精壮，粮草充足。形容军力强盛，战备充分。

have well-trained troops and abundant supplies

兵：军队。军队打败仗，将官阵亡。形容作战失败

When the army is defeated, the general will perish

唳：鹤叫声。形容惊慌失措，或自相惊忧

The sound of the wind makes cranes alarmed

其：他的；锐气：勇猛的气势。避开敌人的旺盛气势，等敌人疲惫松懈时再狠狠打击

Avoid their sharpness

神话中天神的兵将。指神奇的力量或所向无敌的军队

比喻宣布罪状，加以遣责或讨伐

Beat the drum and attack