形容凄凉悲惨的局面

heartbreaking distressing desolating

指讲话时用手势示意

gesticulate as one talks with lively gesticulations

形容捆绑结实。

Three rings five locks

形容次数很多

for thousands of times

苍茫浩渺。

Dim and vast

指人光彩荣耀

Proper and presentable

美女一笑，价值千金。形容美人一笑很难得。

A smile worth a thousand gold pieces

指严刑拷打。

Ten floggings, nine strokes

犹三三两两。形容人数不多。

Three by three, four by four.

形容车马之盛。

Thousands of chariots and tens of thousands of cavalry

犹言瓮中捉鳖。比喻敌方已被控制，无法逃脱。

Keep one's mouth shut, catch the tongue

指时好时病。形容体弱。同“三好两歹”。

Three goods and two timid

形容人多口杂。同“七嘴八舌”。

Seven mouths and eight tongues (many voices speaking)

指多用些时间来商量、考虑。

Consulting long-term

即使有一百张嘴也难分辩清楚。犹百口莫辩。

Difficult to decide by a hundred mouths

不用多思索，一动笔就写出来了。形容写文章快。

brimming with ideas

目：细目；凡：概略。《春秋》的一种笔法，一件事在文中重复出现，对前者详加说明，后者概略叙述。

Previous and subsequent scenes

形容生活奢侈，用钱没有节制。

spend lavishly

即一犬吠形，百犬吠声。

One bark for many sounds

形容不端正。

crooked in a state of great disorder irregular uneven