楚、汉相争中双方控制地区之间的地界与河流。后常比喻战争的前线。

Chu borders Han River

比喻宣布罪状，遣责或声讨。

convict and denounce in public

敲锣打鼓。形容大声吵闹。也比喻竭力把事情夸大。

Beating gongs and drums

兵器上没有血。谓未交锋就取得胜利。

An army without bloodshed

犹兵不血刃。形容未经战斗就轻易取得了胜利。

Troops do not soil their blades

比喻谄媚奉承。

Flatter by horse-riding and fawning

穷寇：走投无路的敌人。不追无路可走的敌人，以免敌人情急反扑，造成自己的损失。也比喻不可逼人太甚。

dont pursue a desperate enemy

丢弃铠甲，放下兵器。表示战败。

Abandon armor and turn sides

指出卖公众利益以谋求个人私利。

Sell public for private gain

形容心机深沉，毫不外露，难于窥测。

mental reservation reticence

招募兵士，购置战马。比喻组织或扩充武装力量。

Recruit soldiers and buy horses

枕着兵器，哭泣见血。形容极度悲愤，矢志杀敌雪恨。

Resting on weapons, weeping blood

比喻地多关口屏障，易于防守。 清 龚自珍 《与吴虹生书》之十：“ 山西 三關得爲九邊之一，猶 宣化 之有 居庸 ，所謂重門曡户者也。”

Double doors and overlapping households

鸠车、竹马：儿童玩具。借指童年。

Dove cart and bamboo horse

表面好象强大，实际却很虚弱。

seemingly powerful outwardly strong

比喻节节胜利，毫无阻碍。

overwhelming force

横持戈矛，策马腾跃。形容将士威风凛凛，准备冲杀作战的英勇姿态。

Brandishing Spears and Leaping on Horses

战争、灾祸连续不断。同“兵连祸结”。

Soldiers inviting disaster

全体一致痛恨敌人。

fight against the common enemy fight with a common hatred for the enemy treat sb. as a public enemy wreak vengeance upon the same enemy

丝毫也不会改变意志

impregnable/firmly unswervingly not waver in the least impregnable unshaken in ones conviction