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nà sā xiàng jiāng shuǐ de yī zūn jiǔ ，biàn liánjiē le zhè xūhuàn yǔ zhēnshí ，fǎngfú chuānyuè le shíkōng ，bǎ shīrén gūdān què jīyuè de qínghuái tóurù le nà guàngàiyúnjí de gǔ guó zhànchǎng shàng ，yě ràng tā jìliáo de xīn dédào le xiē xǔ wèijiè 。

The cup of alcohol sprinkled on the river water, links the illusory with the real, as if passing through time and space, infusing the poet's lonely yet intense mood into the overcast skies of the battleground of the Three Kingdoms, giving some consolation to his lonely heart.

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词末以人生如梦之叹，转樽酒敬江月为结，梦与江月皆属虚幻，孑然一身的孤独却又十分真实，人生境遇多苦，与其沉溺，不如放开胸怀、喝酒赏月，方不失洒脱。

cí mò yǐ rénshēng rú mèng zhī tàn ，zhuǎn zūnjiǔ jìng jiāngyuè wèi jié ，mèng yǔ jiāngyuè jiē shǔ xūhuàn ，jiérán yīshēn de gūdú què yòu shífēn zhēnshí ，rénshēng jìngyù duō kǔ ，yǔqí chénnì ，bùrú fàngkāi xiōnghuái 、hējiǔ shǎng yuè ，fāng bùshī sǎtuō 。

The poem ends with exasperation at how life is like a dream, and ends with a toast to the moon's reflection on the river. Both the dreams and the moon on the river's surface are illusory, the lonely solitude is quite real. Rather than wallowing in the pain of one's life circumstance, it's perhaps better to open one's mind, and drink while admiring the moon, letting go of all constraints.

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