1.比喻陶冶﹑教化。 2.比喻造化﹐自然界。 3.比喻君王。 4.指权位或掌握权位的人。 5.烧制陶器。 -----------------国语辞典:制造陶器所用的旋盘。后世多以陶工转动旋盘制器,比喻圣王治理天下。《晋书.卷二二.乐志上》:「弘济区夏,陶甄万方。」也作「陶钧」。英语 to mold and educate people
◎ 家徒四壁 jiātúsìbì[utterly destitute;be empty of all furniture;be extremely poor with only the walls of the household standing;with nothing is one's house but bare walls] 家中极端贫困,空无所有,徒有四堵墙壁树立 -----------------国语辞典:家中只剩四面墙壁。形容家境贫困,一无所有。宋.辛弃疾〈水调歌头.我亦卜居者〉词:「好在书携一束,莫问家徒四壁,往日置锥无。」《孽海花.第三回》:「那时正是家徒四壁,囊无一文。」也作「家徒壁立」。近环堵萧然,家贫壁立,室如悬磬,四壁萧条,一贫如洗反富可敌国,富甲一方,腰缠万贯英语 lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom), fig. very poor, wretched德语 vollkommen mittellos (Sprichw)