| 釋義 |
一龍九種，種種各別yī lóng jiǔ zhǒng , zhǒng zhong gè biéa dragon begets nine offspring,each one different—family characteristics vary
? 原來(lái)這學(xué)中雖都是本族子弟與些親戚家的子侄，俗語(yǔ)說(shuō)的好，“～”，未免人多了就有龍蛇混雜，下流人物在內(nèi)。(《紅樓夢(mèng)》 110)Now although all the pupils in this school were members of the Jia clan or relations by marriage,as the proverb so aptly says，“A dragon begets nine offspring,each one different.”And inevitably among so many boys there were low types too,snakes mixedup with dragons. |