指谈话时态度温和，言辞柔美。

Soft talk and beautiful words

盗窃箱笼等财物。

Open the chest and carry the bag

指制定的法令必须切实执行。

Orders carried out without slack

眼界高但能力低。

Eyes high, skills immature

语言简短，情意深长。

Speech is brief but affection is long

广泛收集采纳。

Collect extensively from all sides

讲的人舌头破了，听的人耳朵聋了。形容议论多而杂，别人不予理睬。

engage in a futile battle of words

泻肚，拉肚子

Run stomach, diarrhea

比喻东西虽然微贱，却十分珍惜重视。

A thousand gold pieces for a worn broom

戛戛：形容独创。别出心裁，富有创造性。

Unique and exceptional

巧妙的言辞，锋利的口辩。

Skillful words and profit-driven speech

指一味铺张修饰而无实际内容的言语或文辞。今多指虚伪而动听的话。

犹三三两两。形容人数不多。

Three by three, four by four.

指严刑拷打。

Ten floggings, nine strokes

指宰杀牲畜。

Beating cows and slaughtering horses

形容车马之盛。

Thousands of chariots and tens of thousands of cavalry

指极力纠缠。

Death marked in white bandages

借事物设喻。

Use objects to illustrate a moral

指说话藏头露尾，欲言又止。

Covering the front and hiding the back

道理正当，言词朴直。

Righteous in principle and direct in words