形容两兄弟都好，难分上下。现也反用，讽刺两兄弟都坏。同“难兄难弟”。

Difficult younger brother, difficult elder brother

批评缺点，指出失误。

Attack Flaws and Point Out Mistakes

指显贵。银，银印；紫，紫绶。汉制，相国、丞相、太尉、公侯皆紫绶；秩二千石皆银印。

Cherish silver and wear purple

指自己立法反而使自己受害。

Rituals bring about their own harm

诛；斩。杀得一个不留。

Exterminate and annihilate completely

比喻男女私情的约会。

lovers' tryst / lovers' date

指男女幽会之处。引申为男女情爱之事。

Willow shadows and flower shade

低眉弯腰。形容没有骨气，巴结奉承。

bowing and scraping/bow and scrape

比喻兄弟友爱。

Long pillow and big quilt

指普通老百姓

the common people

指收受贿赂，出卖官爵，枉法断狱。

Selling official positions and jails

指一心一意地做某种事情，没有杂念。

Wholehearted and single-minded

曳：拉；裾：衣服的大襟。比喻在权贵的门下做食客。

Dragging the hem to the royal gate

遍天下的人一同欢庆。

All under heaven celebrates together

拉拢关系，攀附权贵，以求高升。

Clinging and attaching to influential people

指治理国家，谈论治国之道。比喻位居高层。

Governing the country and discussing the Dao

指家人之间平居不必拘礼。

No constant rituals in the family

捍卫国家，保护人民。

Protect the nation and help the people

指具有治理国家，经世济民的才能。经纶：整理丝缕，引申为处理国家大事。济世：救世。

Administering the world and helping the people

指贪赃甚多，罪恶滔天。

Corruption accumulates with evil