照鏡子偶然想到：都是眼耳鼻舌身意，我難看，大象不難看；

In the mirror my eyes look ugly, my ears, nose, tongue, my whole body, even my mind. I may look ugly, but an elephant does not,

都是大鼻子，大象不難看，但某人的大鼻子曾經在漫畫中必須難看。

though its nose is long. If an elephant’s not ugly, someone’s big nose was bound to look ugly in the comics.

清朝的費丹旭讚賞小嘴巴。進入1950年代小嘴巴代表落伍的價值觀。

Fei Danxu from the Qing dynasty praised small-mouthed women. But after 1950, small mouths fell out of fashion.

而濃眉大眼適於地覆天翻，也就是適於犧牲，適於無私，適於奉獻。

Those with striking features might make earthshaking changes, and thus be suitable for devoted self-sacrifice.

對此號稱「新人類」者在2020年代都表示反對：先玩手機，先吃飯！

But the contemporary crowd is against this: first play with the phone, or eat!

可生下來濃眉大眼卻碌碌一生，讓街道居委會的正能量塗鴉情何以堪！

If the attractive live an unaccomplished life, how embarrassing for the neighborhood committee’s uplifting slogans!

都屬兔，有人活成老虎，有人活成大龍。我媽說：看看別人！

Among those born in years of the rabbit, some live like tigers, some like giant dragons—my mother would say “See them!”

都膀大腰圓，有人活成聖人，有人活成保鏢。我媽說：咱不攀高枝！

Of those born to have broad shoulders and firm waists, some become apostles, some bodyguards. My mother said “Don’t depend on connections!”

鳥叫，有人聽進心裏。雨落，有人避不開索性坦然地走在雨中。

Birdsong grows familiar, entering the heart. In rain, those without shelter just keep walking.

平庸者也能詩意地行走於大地。遇上個瘋子，血型相同怎麼辦？

The mediocre may still stride this earth poetically, but what if one meets a maniac with the same blood type?

菩薩沒有血型，慈悲不論血型，但負責任地自我懲罰者畢竟是少數。

Since Guanyin has no blood type, compassion doesn’t require it. But the earnest who punish themselves are few.

酒鬼以為天下人都好酒。破產者以為世界應在半小時內毀滅。

The drunkard believes all beneath the sky crave drink, the bankrupt that in half an hour the world must shatter.

老闆要求人人服從其癖好。猴子以為人人都愛孫悟空。

Bosses ask everyone to obey their whims. Monkeys believe everyone loves Sun Wukong.

有人分發幸福像分發糖果，有人接住糖果以為接住了幸福。

Someone tosses happiness to the crowd like candy. Those with open hands imagine they’ll be happy.