指无把握地四处奔走寻找。

Charge east and decide west

甲：铠甲；兵：兵器。按捺约束兵卒，停止进攻

Bind arms and prepare troops

兵器藏进武库，军马放入华山。指天下太平。

Weapons stored in arsenals, horses enter Mount Hua

指战事、灾祸连续不断。

Continuous disasters follow one another

马蹄的痕迹，蜘蛛的细丝。比喻隐约可寻的痕迹和线索。

Traces of horses, spider threads

把各个方面全都容纳包括进来。同“兼容并包”。

Include and accommodate together

指两手两脚被捆在一起。

Four horses pawing together

比喻口是心非。

Discrepancy between exterior and interior

犹言引狼入室。比喻把坏人或敌人引入内部。

Leading dogs into the stockade

中西合璧。

A combination of Chinese and foreign elements

犹横戈跃马。形容将士威风凛凛，准备冲杀作战的英勇姿态。

Horizontal halberd and coiled horse

犹兵不血刃。指战事顺利，未经交锋或激战而取得胜利。

The soldiers have not yet seen blood and blade

单兵：寡弱无援的军队；孤城：孤立无依的城池。形容军队及其驻军的城池孤立无依，势力单薄，没有外援。

Single soldier in a lonely city

比喻战争激烈，血流成河。

Dragon's blood, dark yellow

填井平灶。谓作好布阵的准备。亦表示决心战斗，义无反顾。

Border wells and open stoves

守旧、不想改进的思想和行为

conservatism

指另有打算和企图。

Have a unique mind

比喻情势危急，频临崩溃。

The mansion is about to collapse

如山岳屹立，如渊水停滞。本用以形容军队稳定，不可动摇。后多用以形容人坚定沉着。

Mountains stand, deep waters calm

比喻赶走了一个敌人，又来了一个敌人。

drive the tiger away from the front door and let a wolf in at the back fend off one danger only to fall prey to another