谓越过原有的等级顺序，多指越级提升官吏。《晋书·赵五伦传》：“其余同谋者咸超阶越次，不可胜纪，至于奴卒厮役亦加以爵位。”参见“不次之迁”。

Surpass levels and exceed ranks

邻：邻居。花千万钱去买一个好邻居。指好邻居的难得可贵

Buying a neighbor for a thousand coins

拥有一千辆兵车的国家。春秋时指中等诸侯国

Country of a thousand chariots

媚：谄媚；灶：灶神。宁愿巴结灶神。比喻与其巴结职位高的人，不如笼络职位低但有实权的人

Better to flatter the stove than others

衾：被子。被枕俱冷。形容独眠的孤寂凄凉。

Blanket cold, pillow chilly

指杜绝宾客，不与来往。

Close door and sweep traces

命驾：命人驾车。备上车子到千里之外去拜访朋友。形容友情深厚

A command dispatched over a thousand miles

举：起飞。指远离官场，隐居起来

Lift high and depart far

单：单独；只：独。指仅有夫妻二人

Single husband and only wife

拆：拆散；荡：弄光。家庭败落，丧失全部家产

Destroy homes and squander property

指关系密切，互相依存。

Mutual dependence between inside and outside

指两者关系暧昧不清或办事粘连

Sticky and gooey

厉：振作，振奋；治：治理国家。振奋精神，想办法治理好国家

To strive diligently for governance

兰友：意气相投的好友；瓜戚：瓜葛相连的亲戚。形容亲戚朋友关系密切

Orchid friends and melon relatives

墨：不洁；贪墨：官吏受贿。官吏贪污受贿的风气盛行。形容吏治腐败

盘互：交结。比喻彼此相互交结在一起

Intertwined and intersecting

兰：兰花，花味清香；芍：芍药。比喻男女互赠礼物，表示相爱。

Picking orchids to give with peonies

惹：招引。比喻随处迷恋于不正当的男女情爱

Offend grass and stick to flowers

朝夕：一早一晚；策：计策。一早一晚的打算。形容只图眼前利益的计策

Morning and evening plan

指执政大臣庸懦而不堪任事。

Eat with and serve the administration