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Bì yù zhuāng chéng yī shù gāo ，
碧玉妆成一树高，
Wàn tiáo chuí xià lǜ sī tāo 。
万条垂下绿丝绦。
Bù zhī xì yè shuí cái chū ，
不知细叶谁裁出，
Èr yuè chūn fēng sì jiǎn dāo 。
二月春风似剪刀。

Evaluation

远远望去, 树枝像是被碧绿色的玉石挂满了，柳条也像绿丝带一样下垂，刚刚发芽的柳叶非常纤细，这是谁剪裁出来的？原来是二月的春风，像剪刀一样剪出了细嫩的柳叶。
Seen from afar, the branches look full of hanging jade stones. The willow branches dangle like green ribbons. The budding willow leaves are slim, like they were cut by someone – but whom? It was a spring breeze in the second month that, like scissors, cuts out the tender leaves.

到了农历二月，柳树的枝叶已经全部变绿，所以中国人以柳树为报春的使者。当柳树长长的枝条垂下，在风中起舞时，春天也就到了。

When the second lunar month arrives, the willow leaves have already turned green, so Chinese people view willow trees as messengers of spring. When the long willow branches dangle and dance in the wind, spring has arrived.

Explanation

碧玉(bìyù)：n. jasper
妆(zhuāng)：v. to decorate
万(wàn)：num. ten thousand; lots of
裁(cái)：v. to trim
二月(èr yuè)：n. the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar

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