太阳升起来离地面已有三根竹竿那样高。约为午前八、九点钟。形容天已大亮，时间不早了。也形容人起床太晚。

The sun is three poles high late in the moring The sun is high up in the sky

指经历年代极久远。同“万代千秋”。

For ten thousand years

闻：听到。早就听到对方的盛名。多用作初见面时的客套话。

Ive long heard about your great name with a long standing reputation

表示判断或处理事情有相当能力。

a slight superiority

指力所不能及。

The whip cannot reach

佛家语，认为佛法无生灭变迁，即“常住”之异名。

Neither dying nor being born cannot be created and destroyed will never be reborn to die again

积年：多年；累月：连月。指经过的时间长。

for years on end year after year

每分钟，每一时刻

by the minute

形容延续的时间极久。

through unnumbered ages for eons

早晨闻过，晚上即改正。形容改正错误之迅速。

quick reform of ones faults rapid amendment heard in the morning and amended in the evening

转眼：一眨眼。一眨眼的时间。形容极短的时间。

in the turning of a hand/before one knows it

闪电的光，燧石的火。原为佛家语，比喻事物瞬息即逝。现多形容事物象闪电和石火一样一瞬间就消逝。

As fast as lightning

知道满足就不会受到羞辱。表示不要有贪心。

Being contented with ones lot, one will not be disgraced by others for it He who is contented with his lot will not be humiliated

夕阳的余辉照在桑榆树梢上。指傍晚。比喻晚年的时光。

evening of ones life

寿命象终南山那样长久。用于祝人长寿。

birthday greeting-live as long as the Southern Mountain

厚积：指大量地、充分地积蓄；薄发：指少量地、慢慢地放出。多多积蓄，慢慢放出。形容只有准备充分才能办好事情。

wait for chance of apprearance

广：宽，大。推展开来而且把它扩大。也指从一件事情推及其它。

in the same way likewise

九泉：地下。死人埋葬的地方，即在阴间。

in the nether regions down in the Nine Springs in the nether regions after death

暇：空闲；给：足够。指事情繁多，时间不够，来不及做完。

be full occupied every day

禄：俸禄。泛指职位高，待遇优。

high posts with salaries to match