廉颇善饭

廉颇，战国时赵国名将。赵惠文王时任上卿，屡次战胜齐、魏等国。长平(今山西高平县西北)之战，他坚壁固守三年，后因赵孝成王改用赵括为将，被秦军打败。赵孝成王十五年(前251年)，他战胜燕军，任相国，封信平君。赵悼襄王继位，派乐乘代替廉颇为将，廉颇气愤投奔魏国大梁(今河南开封)。廉颇在大梁住了很久，魏国并不信任重用他。赵国因为多次被秦军围困，赵悼襄王想再任用廉颇，廉颇也想再被赵国任用。赵王派遣使者去探望廉颇是否还有用。廉颇的仇人郭开给使者很多金钱，让他说廉颇坏话。赵国使者见到廉颇后，廉颇在他面前一顿饭吃了一斗米、十斤肉，还披穿铠甲上马，表示自己还可有用。赵国使者回来向赵王报告道：“廉将军虽然老了，但饭量还很大，可是与我坐在一起，一会儿就去三次便。”赵王认为廉颇老了，就没有再征召他。

翻译（仅供参考）：

Lian Po is a famous general in Zhao at the Warring States period. He is appointed as a senior executive by King of Zhao Huiwei and he has defeated Qi, Wei and other countries for many times. In the war of Changping, he guards his country three years. Zhao was defeated by Qin after King of Zhao Xiaocheng changed to use Zhao Kuo as the general. In the fifteenth year of the age of Zhao Xiaocheng, Lian Po conquered Yan and is granted the name Xin Pingjun. Then the successor, King of Zhao Daoxiang nominate Yue Cheng as the general, and Lian Po was so angry that he went to Daliang, a city in Wei. Although he lives there for a long time, the king of Wei doesn’t give him a post. At the same time, Zhao is besieged by Qin, so the king of Zhao Daoxiang wants to grant Lian Po again and Lian Po also wants to be granted. Zhao dispatches a messenger to confirm if Lian Po could be used. Lian Po’s rival Guo Kai gave the messenger a lot of money, let him speak ill about Lian Po. When Zhao's messenger saw Lianpo, Lian Po had a rice and ten pounds of meat and put on the armor to show that he is still strong. That messenger came back and reported to Zhao Wang: ‘Although the general is old, he still has a good appetite. However, he went to toilet three times in a while.’ Thus Zhao Wang thought he was too old to be appointed.

廉颇善饭后以此典比喻老当益壮，雄风不减。

Now, people use this idiom to describe someone who is old but still ambitious.

廉颇善饭的几种翻译：

1、old but vigorous

2、gain vigour with age

3、hale and hearty

参考双语例句：

A loss, the mind emerges out of Wang Bo's words: "healthy and strong, rather white in the first shift of the heart, the poor and benefit kin, do not fall Albatron ambition."

彷徨中，脑海中浮现出王勃的一句话：“老当益壮，宁移白首之心，穷且益坚，不坠青云之志。”