方形头巾，长袍子。古代儒生的装束。指儒生

Square scarf and long robe

危言：使人吃惊的话。指故意说些夸大的吓人的话，使人惊疑震动

Words that alarm and terrify

节：时期；末路：终了。末世。指朝代的末期或人的晚年

End of moral conduct

旧时指有身分有地位的人。有时带讽刺意味。

Gentleman, sir

燕子用嘴啄皇孙。指赵飞燕姊妹阴谋毒害皇帝的子孙。借指后妃暗算皇子

Swallow pecks the imperial grandson

鄙俚：粗俗；浅陋：见闻不多。多形容文章或言谈粗俗浅薄

Vulgar and shallow

形容成群结队地纷纷到来。

Flocks arrive in waves

犹言笔走龙蛇。形容书法生动而有气势。

Dragons and snakes under the pen

杏：杏花。指按时令劝勉耕种

Look at apricots and gaze at elms

说话像蜜糖一样甜。比喻为了骗人而说得动听的话

Beautiful words, sweet speech

形容交互错杂

Erratically involved in military affairs

巷：胡同。指四处的街坊居民

Rear alley, front street

钩：探取；抉：排出，挖出。在治学上能发掘幽深精微

Hook out the hidden, pick out the subtle

谈今说古。谈话的内容兼及古今

Compare the Present with the Past

涉笔：动笔，着笔；雅：雅致。指动笔就雅致而不落俗套

Produce elegant writing through practice

窥觎：窥伺可乘之隙；非望：非分之想。指伺隙谋夺帝位

Covet without expectation

小声唠叨。形容说话声音低且含混不清

Chattering and mumbling

箭：弓箭；穿：通过，穿通。比喻闭嘴不出声

An arrow pierces a goose's mouth

家言：一家之言，指偏见；邪：不正当；邪学：邪说。指偏见邪说

Family teachings and heretical studies

苦口：口味苦。有疗效的药往往味苦难吃。比喻尖锐的批评，听起来觉得不舒服，但对改正错误很有好处

Bitter medicine