利用职权非法取得钱财

bribery and corruption

形容孤单。

Alone and solitary

形容人婆婆妈妈，在小事情上过分地表示关心、怜惜。

There is too much detail in ones speech dispute over every detail pay too much attention to trifles

表示两家结成姻亲。

union of two families

原是一些店铺招揽生意的用语，向顾客表明他没分店，只能在他这一家店里买到某种商品。泛指某种事物只有他那儿有，别处都没有。

the one and only store, no branch office-have a monopoly the one and the only

指官场生涯曲折复杂，变化不定。

the vicissitudes of official life floating and sinking in the official seas

揣：揣测，揣摩。现指揣摩、迎合权贵的心意，以谋求私利。

try by various tricks to find favour with try by tricks to find favour

指谈恋爱。

amorism

从今到古无所不谈，无不评论。形容谈话内容广泛

Talk about present and past

焚妻灭子。指毁弃家室。

Wife burned, ashes

以之比喻知已相处。

Li and Guo in the same boat

比翼：翅膀挨着翅膀。双飞：成双的并飞。比喻夫妻情投意合，在事业上并肩前进。

fly wing to wing

猫同老鼠睡在一起。比喻官吏失职，包庇下属干坏事。也比喻上下狼狈为奸。

The cat and the rat are asleep togetherofficials and thieves in league collude with sb. as partners in crime

觚：主；圜：圆。毁方为圆。比喻去严刑而从简政。

Breaking a jar to make a circle

我同谁一起相处。指对志同道合者的寻求。

With whom shall I return?

套着四匹马的高盖车。旧时形容有权势的人出行时的阔绰场面。也形容显达富贵。同“驷马高车”。

A team of four-horse carriage with high cover

天然的道理和人的常情。

natures justice and human feelings

指与社会地位高于自己的人结交或联姻。

have the ambition to rise in society seek advancement promotion want to rise in the world and become a person of importance

帐薄：帐幔和帘子，古代用以障隔内外；修：整饬。男女不分，内外杂沓。指家庭生活淫乱。

Curtains thin and unkempt

男女之间有严格区别。旧时用以强调应严守封建礼教。

Between the sexes there should be a prudent reserve A distinction should be made between males and f Males an dfemales should be treated differently