严：严格；慈：慈爱。严厉的父亲，慈祥的母亲

stern father and compassionate mother

指纠集起来的百姓。

Assembled Crowd

形容关系十分亲密。

be very thick with each otherbe as thick as thieves

比喻夫妻和好恩爱。常用以祝人婚姻美满。同“凤凰于飞”。

The phoenix soars

社会风尚和为人处世之道。亦作“世道人情”。

Worldly affairs and human feelings

国家大事每个人都有责任。

everyone has a share of responsibility

代谢：更迭，交替。泛指人世间的事新旧交替。

renewal of personnel

kindred feelings ties of blood family relationship and feeling

比喻内部闹矛盾，发生纠纷

Fire in the backyard

红豆：植物名，又叫相思子，古人常用以象征爱情。比喻男女相思。

red beans that inspirit the memory of the love

得：投合。形容双方相处融洽，非常快乐。

and they got along very well

不拘身分、形迹的知心朋友。同“忘形交”。

Friendship that forgets formality

割臂：刺破胳臂；盟：盟约。原指春秋战国时鲁庄公与孟任割破胳臂，订下婚约。后泛指用割破手臂立誓宁约（指男女秘订婚约）。

Cut the arm to pledge allegiance to the duke

指兄、弟去世。

Relatives of Ling Yuan

原指唐玄宗培训的歌伶舞伎。后泛指戏剧演员。

Pupils of the Pear Garden

纨袴子弟。 清 戴名世 《汪河发墓志铭》：“然人無賢愚，皆嚮往 河發 ，紈綺子弟或請納交附 河發 爲重。”

Sons of wealthy families

谀人肚量大。

The prime minister's stomach is big enough to hold a boat

指夫妻恩爱相守到老。

Growing old together

伴食：陪着人家一道吃饭。用来讽刺无所作为，不称职的官员。

Eating with the prime minister

栋梁：支撑房架的大梁。这里比喻责任或作用大。肩负国家重任的人。

pillar of the state