指自己觉得美好而得意；多用于形容对自己的成绩感到满足得意，表现出一种轻浮的样子。

Smug and self-satisfied

指写字画画，先构思成熟，然后下笔。

have an idea in the mind before staring writing or painting

后指有德者能多受福。

Great virtue carries happiness with it

写了一大篇文章，但没有接触到主题。

write quickly but stray from the theme a thousand words from the pen in a stream, but ten thousand li away from the theme

半死不活的样子。

Dead model, living appearance

拙：笨。嘴舌笨拙，形容不善于讲话。

Clumsy mouth and tongue

耍嘴皮，嚼舌头。形容耍弄嘴皮进行挑拨煽动。

instigate by loose talk

指收葬暴露于野的尸骨。为古代的恤民之政。同“掩骼埋胔”。

Hiding bones and burying graves

形容说话罗嗦，唠叨。

Chattering and babbling

象坐在云里雾里。比喻头脑糊涂，不能辨析事理。

as if sitting in the clouds and mists be muddled

一句话也不说。

not say a word

泛指书信。

Fish-sealed, wild-goose letters

奇怪的不合情理的言论。

fantastic theories

能说会道，言词敏捷爽利。

Able to speak quickly

缄口：闭着嘴。闭着嘴，不说话。

Sealed mouth, speechless

利落：灵活敏捷，也指整齐，有条理。形容没有多余的东西。令人爽心悦目。也形容动作熟练、敏捷准确。

efficient/neat

每句话，每个行动。

every word and actiona word and an action

形容说话声音微弱，作事精神不振。也形容体弱无力。

feeble or listless (descriptive of a voice, a halfhearted performance etc.)

比喻能说会道（多用于讽刺）。

Three-inch bird, seven-inch beak

礼乐教化大行而武力征伐偃息。指天下太平。

Cultivating literature, restraining martial arts