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背影(The Shadow of the Back)

我与父亲不相见已二年余了,我最不能忘记的是他的背影。

I have not seen my father for more than two years, and the one thing I cannot forget is his back.

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荷塘月色(Moonlight over the Lotus Pond)

这几天心里颇不宁静。

These days, my heart has been quite restless.

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将人生体验卡用到极致(Maximizing the Life Experience Card)

我偶尔听到了人生就是一张体验卡的说法,立即引起共鸣:既然人生从宏观看没有意义,只能靠微观自赋意义,那么人生就是一张包含三万天的体验卡。

I occasionally heard the saying that life is like an experience card, which immediately resonated with me: since life has no meaning from a macro perspective, we can only give it meaning through micro-experiences, so life is a card containing thirty thousand days.

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不要等待(Do Not Wait)

年幼时,不懂得等待。

When I was young, I did not understand waiting.

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致橡树(To the Oak Tree)

我如果爱你——

If I love you—

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那年的鸡蛋(The Eggs That Year)

我小时候家里穷,母亲养了几只鸡,一日三餐,用鸡蛋换米、换盐、换菜。父亲从田里回来,常常一边吃饭一边笑吟吟地说,这几只鸡,是咱家的功臣呢。

When I was young, our family was poor. My mother raised a few chickens, and we would exchange eggs for rice, salt, and vegetables at every meal. When my father returned from the fields, he would often laugh and say while eating, 'These chickens are the heroes of our family.'

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雨说(The Rain Says)

(雨说:四月已在大地上等待久了……)

(The rain says: April has been waiting on the earth for a long time...)

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