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So this is where 长风破浪comes from! Excellent work 👍

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Yeah, Li Bai and Du Fu are a bit like Shakespeare in that way, creating lots of words and phrases that have just lodged in the language.

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Good idea the rhymes to suggest the rhythm of the original text.

At the same time I think there should be less words in the translation, even if it can become more cryptic.

翻译技巧大有讲究

Translation is a hard road to walk indeed!

Congratulations for your efforts!

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This is insane.

Li Bai had a hard time walking a straight road on a warm day.

Hill or valley, crooked or straight,

He didn't sober up for any of 'em.

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