回复到人本来的淳厚、朴实的状态或本性。同“还淳返朴”。

Return to simplicity and revert to plainness

形容对人发怒时说话的神情。同“疾言遽色”。

Harsh words and arrogant demeanor

比喻变化之快。

Fog clears and clouds disperse

比喻急不可待。

Hanging drum awaiting the beater

原指龙在云中，东露一鳞，西露半爪，看不到它的全貌。比喻零星片段的事物。

A single scale and half a shell

言辞简练，含意深刻。

Concise words with profound meaning

书信往来。雁、鱼均喻书信。

Geese depart and fish arrive

指整天整夜。同“通宵彻昼”。

All night till dawn

指青春年少。同“朱颜绿发”。

Rouge-faced youth and green-haired elders

连续不断地称赞。形容对人或事物非常赞赏。

Endless praises

形容尽情地欢笑。

Full of joy and laughter

质朴无文采。

Directly strike without embellishment

指时运不佳，处于逆境。

Enduring hardship with clumsy luck

苟：马虎，随便。形容写文章不随便下笔，每一个字都要斟酌。

Meticulous in every word

犹言众口一词。所有的人都说同样的话。

All speak with one voice

摧：折断。兰草、美玉都折断了。旧时多用于哀悼人不幸早死。

the orchid has withered and the jade is brokena worthy person has died young

指老人与小孩

young and old/old and young

解颐：开颜而笑。有趣的话引人发笑。

witty remarks make people laugh wisecracks that really tickle

指不断涌现。

Parallel phrases arising sporadically

腼颜：厚着脸面。天壤：天地，指人世间。形容厚着脸皮活在人世间。

Shy in demeanor, vast as heaven and earth