Men dang hu dui = The appropriate door fits the frame of the correct house -- Dian tie cheng jin = Converting iron into gold -- Ru ying sui xing = Inseparable as each other's shadows -- Xiu se ke can = Surpassing loveliness good enough to feast upon -- Yi chang chun meng = An episode of a spring dream -- Jia chou bu ke wai yang = Family ugliness should never be aired in public -- Yuan mu qiu yu = Climbing a tree to seek for fish -- Yi shi tong ren = Extend the same treatment to all -- Ren jie di ling = Inspired scholar in an enchanting land -- Du riru nian = Each day passes like a year -- Zi chu ji zhu = Original ideas in literary composition -- Tong chuang yi meng = Same bed, different dreams -- You he bu ke? = Is anything impossible? -- Yi qin yi he = One lute, one crane -- Fu zhong you yu = Fish swimming in a cauldron -- Pi ma dan qiang = One horse, single spear.
Summary:
A courgeous woman's triumph over despair in a lifelong search for acceptance, love, and understanding. Unfolding against a turbulent backdrop of social, political, and cultural upheaval, it is at once a work of heartfelt intimacy and a rare portrait of twentieth-century China.
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