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屋顶的灯光照着黄老婆子头顶，稀疏的头发缠绕在那根玉簪上，白头发下是光亮的头皮，她的那件蓝大褂不时散发出樟木箱子的气息，灯光下我才看出，蓝衫不是布的，光影里隐隐闪烁出兰草和菊花的图案。 (Ye, 2011: p. 41)

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The ceiling light lit up the top of Old Lady Huang’s head, highlighting her sparse hair entwined about that jade hairpin, and the shiny scalp underneath her grey hair. // Her blue garment smelled of a sandalwood chest. // Only now that it was under the light did I notice that it wasn’t made of common cloth. // The light vaguely revealed a subtle pattern of chrysanthemum and thoroughwort. (Humes, 2014: p. 75)