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The lake and the moon set each other off, and there is no wind mirror on the pool surface.
Looking at Dongting from a distance, there is a green snail in the silver plate.
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1. Dongting: the name of the lake, in Hunan Province.
2. Harmony: Harmony refers to the fusion of water color and moonlight.
3. Pool surface: refers to the lake surface. Mirrors are not polished: ancient mirrors were made of copper. What is said here is that there is no wind on the water surface and the waves are as smooth as a mirror; It is said that the scenery in the lake is blurred from a distance, just as the mirror is not clear without polishing. You can say both.
4. Silver plate: Describe Dongting Lake. Green snail: a blue-black spiral ink used by ancient women to thrush. This is used to describe Junshan Mountain in Dongting Lake.
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The water and light in Dongting Lake are in harmony with the autumn moon.
The water is as calm as a bronze mirror.
Seen from a distance, the Dongting Lake landscape is green.
Like a silver plate with green snails.
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