红楼梦Chapter17_小升初阅读_小升初-查字典英语网

红楼梦Chapter17

What would you then suggest? Chia Cheng asked.

I would submit the four words， the red (flowers) are fragrant， the GREen (banana leaves) like jade， which would render complete the beauties of both (the begonias and bananas)。

It isnt good! it isnt good! Chia Cheng remonstrated as he shook his head; and while passing this remark， he conducted the party into the house， where they noticed that the internal arrangements effected differed from those in other places， as no partitions could， in fact， be discerned. Indeed， the four sides were all alike covered with boards carved hollow with fretwork， (in designs consisting) either of rolling clouds and hundreds of bats; or of the three friends of the cold season of the year， (fir， bamboo and almond); of scenery and human beings， or of birds or flowers; either of clusters of decoration， or of relics of olden times; either of ten thousand characters of happiness or of ten thousand characters of longevity. The various kinds of designs had been all carved by renowned hands， in variegated colours， inlaid with gold， and studded with precious gems; while on shelf upon shelf were either arranged collections of books， or tripods were laid out; either pens and inkslabs were distributed about， or vases with flowers set out， or figured pots were placed about; the designs of the shelves being either round or square; or similar to sunflowers or banana leaves; or like links， half overlapping each other. And in very truth they resembled bouquets of flowers or clusters of tapestry， with all their fretwork so transparent. Suddenly (the eye was struck) by variegated gauzes pasted (on the wood-work)， actually forming small windows; and of a sudden by fine thin silks lightly overshadowing (the fretwork) just as if there were， after all， secret doors. The whole walls were in addition traced， with no regard to symmetry， with outlines of the shapes of curios and nick-nacks in imitation of lutes， double-edged swords， hanging bottles and the like， the whole number of which， though (apparently) suspended on the walls， were all however on a same level with the surface of the partition walls.