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1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven

上有政策，下有对策

shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè

1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)

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嗯，别担心，有时候不努力一下，你都不知道什么叫绝望，好吧，据不完全统计，你每个月总有那么几天情绪大大地失控。应该正在周期内吧？

ng4 ，bié dānxīn ，yǒushíhou bù nǔlì yīxià ，nǐ dōu bù zhīdào shénme jiào juéwàng ，hǎoba ，jù bù wánquán tǒngjì ，nǐ měi ge yuè zǒng yǒu nàme jǐtiān qíngxù dàdà de shīkòng 。yīnggāi zhèngzài zhōuqī nèi ba ？

Yeah, don't worry. If you don't ever try, you won't know what despair is. OK, according to incomplete data, you always have those few days a month in which you lose control of your emotions big time. You must be on your period, no?

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然而踏碎了的蔷薇犹能盛开，醉倒了的猛虎有时醒来。所以霸王有时悲歌，弱女有时杀贼；梅村，子山晚作悲凉，萨松在第一次大战后出版了低调的“心旅”。

ránér tà suì le de qiángwēi yóu néng shèngkāi ，zuì dǎo le de měng hǔ yǒushí xǐnglái 。suǒyǐ bàwáng yǒushí bēigē ，ruò nǚ yǒushí shā zéi ；Méicūn ，Zǐshān wǎn zuò bēiliáng ，Sàsōng zài dìyīcì dàzhàn hòu chūbǎn le dīdiào de “xīnlǚ ”。

However, the trampled rose can still bloom, and the intoxicated tiger will wake at times. Just as the hegemon will sing dirges at times and young girls may kill thieves at times; The late works of Wu Weiye and Yu Xin are sorrowful, for example, and Sassoon published the very downbeat 'The Heart's Journey' after World War I.

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可不是嘛，男人就是笨手笨脚的，有时候觉得可爱，有时候真觉得自己又给儿子当妈又给老公当妈。

kěbushì ma ，nánrén jiùshì bènshǒubènjiǎo de ，yǒushíhou juéde kě ài ，yǒushíhou zhēn juéde zìjǐ yòu gěi érzi dāng mā yòu gěi lǎogōng dāng mā 。

Isn't that it exactly? Men are so clumsy, sometimes I think it's cute, but sometimes I feel like I'm a mother for both my son and my husband.

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说得也有几分道理，有时候我就是习惯性赖床，明明醒了，却还喜欢黏在我的爱床上，内心想着是，多睡一分钟也是赚到。

shuōde yě yǒu jǐ fēn dàolǐ ，yǒushíhou wǒ jiùshì xíguànxìng làichuáng ，míngmíng xǐng le ，què hái xǐhuan nián zài wǒ de àichuáng shàng ，nèixīn xiǎng zhe shì ，duō shuì yīfēnzhōng yě shì zhuàn dào 。

You are making quite a bit of sense. Sometime, with me, it's just that I've got into the habit of having a lie in. I'm actually awake, but I just like to lay in the warm embrace of my beloved bed. What I'm thinking is that every extra minute of sleep I get is a minute won!

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秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿，他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句，但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月，他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面，但除了点咖啡和道谢之外，他们两人未曾说过其它话语。

qínyǔ shì gè xiūsè de nánháir ，tā qíshí yǒushíhou xiǎng hé zhège nǚháiēr liáo jǐ jù ，dàn yě bù zhīdào gāi cónghé liáo qǐ 。jiù zhème guò le jiāngjìn sān ge yuè ，tā hé nǚháiēr jīhū tiāntiān jiàndào miàn ，dàn chúle diǎn kāfēi hé dàoxiè zhīwài ，tāmen liǎng rén wèicéng shuō guo qítā huàyǔ 。

QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.

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