形容嘴硬，不认错，不服输。

A sharp-tongued iron mouth

瑶：美玉；环：玉圈；瑜：美玉；珥：玉制的耳饰。比喻美好如玉的子弟。

Yaohuan Yuer

形容说话轻而柔和。同“轻言细语”。

Speaking softly and gently

指写文章、说话时的用词立意。同“遣辞措意”。

Choose words and create meaning

指无理强辩，明明没理硬说有理。同“强词夺理”。

Forcibly trying to justify wrong as right

不完善的地方

limitations/insufficiency

寡：少。待人说话冷酷无情，不厚道

treat harshly and be ungenerouslyunkind to followers and associates treat harshly and give rare generosity

指旧时剥削阶级子弟游手好闲的无聊游戏。同“斗鸡走狗”。

Fight like roosters and chase like dogs

比较、评定事物的优劣。

Weighing the short and discussing the long

用于贬义，形容言语荒唐、行为放肆。同“胡天胡帝②”。

Recklessly and carelessly

赞：赞美。没有一句妥贴的赞美话能表达。形容诗文写得极好。

One cannot help by a word being unable to put forward any opinion

文章没有文采，就不能流传很远。同“言之无文，行而不远”。

Words unembellished, actions not far-reaching

增损一字，赏予千金。称赞文辞精妙，不可更改。

Sorrowful and distant in thought

犹一箭双雕。比喻做一件事达到两个目的。

One Arrow Pierces Two Targets

①形容运输迅疾。②以喻偷漏。

Divine luck and ghostly guidance

手不停顿地挥写。形容不停地写作。

keep ones pen running on write unceasingly be assiduously engaged in writing

指逐条逐节进行分析。

Break down into sections

谈论玄妙的事理。

Talk of the mysterious and speak of the subtle

犹言插科打诨。戏曲、曲艺演员在表演中穿插进去的引人发笑的动作或语言。閧，同“哄”，喧闹。

Passing exams and hitting the market

使民俗敦厚，世风振兴。

Encourage the world and correct customs