风很平静，阳光暖人。

the winds blow gently and the sunshine is warm bright sunshine and gentle breeze the breeze is balmy, the sun warm the weather is warm with a refreshing wind blowing

花甲：旧时用天干和地支相互配合作为纪年，六十年为一花甲，亦称一个甲子。花：形容干支名号错综参差。指六十岁。

Sixty years of age

升上天空，钻入地下。形容神通广大。也比喻为实现某种目的而四处奔走。

try by hook to seek

堂皇：官署的大堂，引申为气势盛大的样子。形容端正庄严或雄伟有气派。也指表面上庄严正大，堂堂正正，实际却不然。

openly and legally in grand style

不受刮风下雨的阻碍。指预先约好的事情，一定按期进行。

go ahead as planned regardless of the weather

腊月：农历十二月。指冬季最寒冷的腊月天。

severe winter dead of winter

比喻好的事物到处涌现或普遍发展。

blossom everywhere/spring up all over the place/to flourish on a large scale

沿波：顺着水流；讨源：探索源头。循着水流寻找源头。原比喻作文时由次要的写到主要的，最后点出主题。后比喻探讨事物的本末。

trace the water and search for its source follow up the stream and seek the source make a thorough investigation of a thing

盈：满；食：通“蚀”。月亮圆的时候就容易发生月蚀。比喻事物盛到极点就会衰落。

When the moon is full, it wanes

铁树：也叫苏铁，常绿乔木，不常开花。比喻事情非常罕见或极难实现。

something that very rarely happens

用以形容音乐高亢奔放。后亦用以形容欢乐之态。

Lofty and vast

原指描写刻画细致生动，现在指丑态毕露。

describe in minute, vivid detail

横流：不循河道而流。洪水泛滥。比喻邪道横行。

floodwaters rage

囊括：比喻统统包罗在内。指统一全国。

Encompass the four seas

指阴历五、六月间天气最炎热的时候。

the scorching days during the fifth month and sixth month of the lunar calendar

旧指文人写作或朗诵以风月等自然景色为题材的作品。现多形容作品空虚无聊。

write sentimental verses

踪：踪迹。发现野兽的踪迹，指示猎狗跟踪追捕。比喻在幕后操纵指挥。

give instructions after discovering the trace pull the strings pull wires behind the scenes

累土可以堆成山，比喻积少成多。

Accumulate soil to form a mountain

福气象东海那样大。旧时祝颂语。

happiness as boundless as the eastern seas

指地理位置靠近山岭和水流。

be situated at the foot of a hill and beside a stream/near the mountain and by the river