备位：充数，徒有其位。指白占据将相要位

Prepared for positions of generals and ministers

形容全军覆没。同“片甲不回”。

Not a single piece of armor returned

犹调兵遣将。亦作“遣将调兵”、“遣将征兵”。

Dispatch troops and deploy generals

卷起铠甲，收起兵器。

roll up armor and put away weapons

一片铠甲都没保存下来。形容全军覆没。

wipe out the enemy to a man

捆起兵器甲胄。指缴械投降。

Bundle spear and roll up armor

见“ 豪末不掇，將成斧柯 ”。

neglect small problems until they become big / neglect small problems until they become big

指止息战事。

Prohibiting attack and halting military action

贪：舍不得。贪恋生存，畏惧死亡。指对敌作战畏缩不前。

Afraid of death but greedy for life

到空无所有的市集去买马。比喻求非所求，必无所获。同“求马于唐肆”。

Looking for horses at the Tang market

指离开战场，向荒野逃命。形容战败逃命。

plunge into the wilds and flee be a fugitive from justice

比喻打着革命的旗号来吓唬人、蒙骗人。

use the great banner as a tiger-skin drape oneself in the flag to impress people

比喻纵容敌人，自留后患。

Raising a tiger brings future trouble

指以力气相斗。

Hostile strength and assertive temper

东方的竹箭，南方的铜，古时都认为是上品。比喻可宝贵的人才。

East arrow, south gold

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

指激烈厮杀的场面。

Sound of guns and shadow of knives

招致和好，停止战争。

reconciliation and ceasefire

销熔武器以制造务农器具。

beat the swords into ploughshares

指整治军事。

Questioning generals, managing troops