比喻去做根本做不到的事情，只能白费力气。同“水中捞月”。

Feeling for the moon under the water

连绵起伏的高山。

Lofty mountains and high ridges

出山：比喻出仕。旧指做了官的人，就不象未做官时那样清白了。

Mountain spring water

运用智谋，凭借他人的人力或财力来达到自己的目的。

Borrowing arrows with straw boats

指王法管辖不到。

far away and unreachable by the central government

干枯、断折的蓬草。因易随风飘散，故亦以喻不由自主，行踪难定。

Withered tumbleweeds and broken grass

殊：不同。用以悲叹国土破碎或沦亡。

Scenes indistinguishable

对当前的事物有所感触而怀念过去的人、事物或景物。

Reflecting on the Present by Only Thinking of the Past

在景色的描写中寄托情感。

Express feelings through scenery

卮：励酒器。渗漏的酒器难于盛满。多比喻权利的外溢。

The leaking cup is hard to fill

比喻由小到大，积少成多。

Accumulating soil until it becomes a mountain

全部计算在内。

reckoning in every item

哀鸿：哀鸣的鸿雁，比喻灾民。比喻到处都是流离失所、呻吟呼号的饥民

Crying of the widows and orphans fills the road

形容风景优美。同“水秀山明”。

Clear waters and beautiful mountains

比喻教化普及而深入。

Transform to affect pigs and fish

指趁势行事。亦作“借水行舟”。

Pushing the boat along the water

翩然地闻风归向。

Outstanding and facing the wind

spring, summer, autumn and winter

楚王梦，云雨情。后比喻男女亲昵。

Chu dreams of clouds and rain

形容吃了败仗狼狈逃跑的景象。同“丢盔卸甲”。

Dropping helmet and throwing armor