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1 lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom)
2 fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection

Sample Sentences

大多数没有目的没有理由，乘兴而去，未至而归，就像王子猷雪夜访戴安道一样，“想他她了”这个理由，单纯的就像雪夜的月光。

dà duōshù méiyǒu mùdì méiyǒu lǐyóu ，chéngxìng ér qù ，wèi zhì ér guī ，jiù xiàng fǎng yīyàng ，“xiǎng tā tā le ”zhège lǐyóu ，dānchún de jiù xiàng de yuèguāng 。

Most of them have no purpose and come and go impulsively. It is like the story of the Wang Ziyou visiting Dai Andao on a snowy night; the reason for “missing him or her” is simply like the moonlight of a snowy night.

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得得得，走火入魔了吧，真受不了你，免税店都是大牌奢侈品，价位夸张，纯属铺张浪费，我实在是无法苟同。

děi děi děi ，zǒuhuǒrùmó le ba ，zhēn shòubùliǎo nǐ ，miǎn shuì diàn dōu shì dàpái shēchǐpǐn ，jiàwèi kuāzhāng ，chúnshǔ pūzhānglàngfèi ，wǒ shízài shì wúfǎ gǒutóng 。

OK, OK, you're obsessed. I can't stand it anymore. Duty-free stores are all big brand luxury goods, with inflated prices, it's completely extravagant. I really can't agree with you on this.

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可不是嘛，如果想要带一些跌打损伤的药品，可以选择香港国际机场一号航站楼的余仁生，那里的保健品都是纯中药的，价格比它的原产国新加坡还便宜，买一些家中常备药经济实惠。

kěbushì ma ，rúguǒ xiǎngyào dài yīxiē diēdǎsǔnshāng de yàopǐn ，kěyǐ xuǎnzé Xiānggǎng guójì jīchǎng yīhào hángzhànlóu de Yúrénshēng ，nàli de bǎojiàn pǐn dōu shì chún Zhōngyào de ，jiàgé bǐ tā de yuánchǎn guó Xīnjiāpō hái biànyí ，mǎi yīxiē jiā zhōng chángbèi yào jīngjì shíhuì 。

Right? If you want to get some medicine for cuts and bruises, you can go to the Eu Yan Sang in Terminal 1 of Hong Kong International Airport. The health products are all pure traditional Chinese medicine, and the price is cheaper than in Singapore, the country of origin, so you can stock up on everyday medicine for a cheap price.

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一个人到了这种境界，他能动也能静，能屈也能伸，能微笑也能痛哭，能像廿世纪人一样的复杂，也能像亚当夏娃一样的纯真，一句话，他心里已有猛虎在细嗅蔷薇。

yī gè rén dào le zhèzhǒng jìngjiè ，tā néng dòng yě néng jìng ，néng qū yě néng shēn ，néng wēixiào yě néng tòngkū ，néng xiàng niàn shìjì rén yīyàng de fùzá ，yě néng xiàng Yàdāng Xiàwá yīyàng de chúnzhēn ，yījùhuà ，tā xīnli yǐ yǒu měng hǔ zài xì xiù qiángwēi 。

A person, once they reach this state of being, can be active and passive, they can yield and extend, they can smile and can feel pain, they can be as complex as a twentieth century man and as pure as Adam and Eve, in one sentence, in them, the tiger sniffs the rose.

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真是，不作死就不会死，干嘛要装清纯呢，自作自受了吧。

zhēn shì ，bù zuòsǐ jiù bù huì sǐ ，gànmá yào zhuāng qīngchún ne ，zìzuòzìshòu le ba 。

That's awful. If you hadn't set yourself up, you would have been fine. Why did you pretend to be all naive? You should stew in your own juice.

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拜托，那我也是好意啊，我的动机是纯良的，好吗？

bàituō ，nà wǒ yě shì hǎoyì ā ，wǒ de dòngjī shì chúnliáng de ，hǎo ma ？

Please, I had good intentions. My heart was in the right place, no?

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学生时代当然不可能没有烦恼啦，我说的没有烦恼，指的是拥有纯粹的快乐，纯粹的快乐，你懂吗？

xuésheng shídài dāngrán bù kěnéng méiyǒu fánnǎo la ，wǒ shuō de méiyǒu fánnǎo ，zhǐ de shì yōngyǒu chúncuì de kuàilè ，chúncuì de kuàilè ，nǐ dǒng ma ？

Of course student days aren't trouble free. What I mean by trouble free is that we had pure happiness. Pure happiness, you understand?

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哎，我已经不玩朋友圈很久了。那里已经不再是一个纯粹给朋友交流感情的净土了。

āi ，wǒ yǐjīng bù wán péngyou quān hěnjiǔ le 。nàlǐ yǐjīng bùzài shì yī gè chúncuì gěi péngyou jiāoliú feelings de jìngtǔ le 。

Ugh, I haven't used Moments for ages already. It's not a safe haven to simply exchange feelings with friends anymore.

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哎，谁说不是呢？他们是致富了，可是我的朋友圈却不再单纯了，所以，我是不是应该收他们广告费呀！

āi ，shéi shuō bùshì ne ？tāmen shì zhìfù le ，kěshì wǒ de péngyou quān què bùzài dānchún le ，suǒyǐ ，wǒ shì bùshì yīnggāi shōu tāmen guǎnggàofèi ya ！

Ugh, tell me about it! They may have gotten rich, but my Moments has been tainted, so shouldn't I get some advertising revenue from them!

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没错，科技的力量固然推动了社会发展，可是我多么希望可以回到原来单纯美好的朋友圈呀！

méicuò ，kējì de lìliang gùrán tuīdòng le shèhuì fāzhǎn ，kěshì wǒ duōme xīwàng kěyǐ huí dào yuánlái dānchún měihǎo de péngyou quān ya ！

That's right, the power of technology does of course drive social development, but I really wish to return to the pure and simple old days of Moments.

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