Ancient Summer Poetry 9: "Giving Lotus" Tang Li Shangyin

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Give a lotus flower

Flowers and leaves in the world are incoherent,

Flowers into the golden basin, leaves as dust.

Only green lotus and red lotus,

Opening and closing is naive.

This flower and this leaf often set each other off,

Cui turns red, mourns and kills.

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People in the world have different attitudes towards flowers and leaves. Flowers are planted in copper pots, and flowers and leaves can only fall into the soil and turn into dust.

Only the lotus flower is a red green leaf, the lotus leaf is curled and relaxed, and the lotus flower opens and closes, which is so perfect and natural.

Lotus and lotus leaf have set each other off for a long time. It's really sad when the lotus leaves fall and wither.

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Incoherence: there is no comparability. This means that the world values flowers more than leaves. Karen: The same kind.

Golden basin: A copper basin. Used for washing with water.

H à n à n: Violet refers to the green lotus leaf. Hanban refers to the unopened lotus.

Roll Shu: Describe the posture of lotus leaf. Roll up, roll up. Shu, stretch yourself.

Opening and closing: describe the posture of lotus flower. Open, open. Close the door, close the door.

Naivete: natural, unadorned true colors.

Cui reduces red decay: Cui is a leaf, red is a flower, Cui reduces red decay, and leaves wither. Cui: It refers to the lotus leaf. Red: refers to the lotus.

Lisa: Extremely sad.