干将、莫邪：古代宝剑名。锋利的宝剑的代称。

Gan Jiang and Mo Xie

指一回又一回，经过一段时间。表示逐渐的意思。

gradually in the long run

表示判断或处理事情有相当能力。

a slight superiority

升：登上；堂：古代指宫室的前屋。拜见对方的母亲。指互相结拜为友好人家。

Ascend the hall to pay respects to mother

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

指从古代到现代，从国内到国外。泛指时间久远，空间广阔。

at all times and in all lands

丰：多；刻：刻薄；与：给予。取之于民的多，用之于民的少。多形容残酷地剥削。

take a lot and give away little

覆：盖；载：承受。象天覆盖万物，地承受一切一样。比喻范围极广大。也比喻恩泽深厚。

all under heaven and upon earth what is under heaven and horne by the earth

每分钟，每一时刻

by the minute

积年：多年；累月：连月。指经过的时间长。

for years on end year after year

形容延续的时间极久。

through unnumbered ages for eons

指经过的时间长。同“积年累月”。

Accumulated years

从古到今。泛指很长一段时间。

since time immemorial

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

犹日上三竿。形容太阳升得很高，时间不早了。也形容人起床太晚。

The sun is well up The sun has climbed in the sky The sun is already high in the sky The sun is high in the heavens

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

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

比喻没有月光风也很大的夜晚。比喻险恶的环境。

A dark moon and high wind

①比喻好高鹜远，终无成就。②比喻好事做不成，反变了坏事。

Paint a tiger and carve a swan