指子女在父母生前不尽心供养，父母死后却大办丧事，借以炫耀自己的经济实力与孝心

treat one's parents ungenerously but bury them generously after their death

更：旧时夜间计时单位，一夜分五更，每更约两小时；阑：将尽；人静：没有人的吵杂声，一片寂静。夜已很深，没有人声，一片寂静。

Late at night, people are quiet

站着说话的一会儿时间。形容时间极短。

In the Course of a Conversation

指迅速如流星闪电。

Moving like a shooting star and flashing lightning

古代就已经有了

have existed since ancient times/ancient

荏苒：时光渐渐过去；代谢：交替。指日月交替运行，时光渐渐消逝

Time passes and generations change

二帝：唐尧、虞舜；三王：夏禹、商汤、周文王。指古代帝王

Two Emperors and three Kings

稀：少。指人到七十岁。

seventy years of age

老虎扑向食物。比喻动作猛烈而迅速

spring on the prey like a fierce tiger with a quick and ferocious speed

峨：高；博：阔。高帽子和阔衣带。古代士大夫的装束。

high-topped hat and a broad waist band

放眼远眺，可以见到很远之处。形容视野广阔辽远。

Looking out a thousand miles

衅：以香涂身。多次沐浴并用香料涂身。这是我国古代对人极为尊重的一种礼遇。

Three washes and three bleedings

指作品的好，不是当时的人所能比。

unparalleledly wonderful in ones time

犹千载一时。一千年才有这么一个时机。形容机会极其难得。

Once in a thousand years

晖：日光。早晚阴晴变化

Morning sunlight and evening shade

辽阔浩渺而无边际。

Boundless and vast

每天多次地自我反省。

Reflecting on oneself three times a day

六街：唐代长安城中的六条大街；市：古代称早晨、中午、傍晚为三时之市。泛指大街小巷。

There were many roads and much business in very street and marketplace the streets

从令：服从命令；如流：好象流水向下，形容迅速。形容绝对服从命令。

Follow Orders Like Water Flowing

常言：习惯常说的话，如谚语、格言等。指流传时间久远，人们常说的话

Ancient sayings often