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Author: 苏行乐
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[1] 一棍子还不能打翻一船人; Usually 一棍子打翻一船人 is said. Anyhow the original is literally a stick still cannot knock over a boatman. It's equivalent to the English saying that you can't paint everyone with the same brush.
[2] Bean thread vermicelli is also called cellophane noodles, Chinese vermicelli, and mung bean starch noodles. This photo is shark's fin.
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https://www.eenews.net/image_assets/2017/11/image_asset_24481.jpg [3] This seems to have a second meaning of brushing away the rebuke.
[4] 小鞋; Tight shoes are a figure of speech. This refers to ill treatment and difficulties created by a superior aimed at someone who cannot be openly punished.
[5] 红杏出墙; the red apricot tree that leans over the garden wall refers to having an affair.
[6] 贞节牌坊; chastity arch for women which is a memorial arch in honor of a chaste widow. Unfortunately in historical practice, the life of such a widow was pretty miserable. She often had to fend against her husband's family as they wanted the property she inherited from her husband. This sometimes meant being forcibly remarried, often done through a bribed official. If that didn't happen, the family could find ways to sideline her to get control of the property. If the family did not use underhanded means, they would distrust her unless she assured them that she would not remarry using more than words. Remarrying to a person of her choice would take the property away from the husbands' family. Demonstrating her sincerity to remain a widow usually meant physically mutilating herself which generally consisted of cutting off a finger or disfiguring her face.
[7] 下更漏; This is a replica of a Song dynasty water clock. There is another type of water clock but those were very large (40 feet/12+ meters tall) so the smaller one seen in the photo makes more sense in this context.
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https://i1.wp.com/factsanddetails.com/archives/004/201610/57fda028e9abf.jpg?zoom=2 Ch 18 – Carelessly Run Outside the Wall
"It can't be said that way. People cannot be painted with the same brush [1]!"
Su Tang was jolted. All along she didn't hear this voice, a moment ago she didn't hear this voice. Who would speak for her? The head inclined a tiny bit to one side to see, but only saw that green shirt woman who all along appeared to be on a mental journey, far, far away. She was absent-mindedly adjusting the fully open begonia flowers, admiring them.
