存心要犯的念头比犯了的罪更难当,你的记诵之号是肉的香气。烤肉的香气比真吃那肉更勾人胃口。夏末的暑热比盛夏的暑热更难当,你的记诵之号是烧热了的炉。炉子一日之内烧过几遍,再添一把火,纵是一点,也发出极大的热。夏末也是这样:万物既已被晒透,那热就格外难当。
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存心要犯的念头比犯了的罪更难当,你的记诵之号是肉的香气。
Thoughts of transgression are worse than transgression itself, and your mnemonic is the odor of meat.
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烤肉的香气比真吃那肉更勾人胃口。
The smell of roasting meat is more appetizing than actually eating the meat.
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夏末的暑热比盛夏的暑热更难当,你的记诵之号是烧热了的炉。
The heat of the end of summer is more oppressive than the heat of the summer itself, and your mnemonic is a heated oven.
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炉子一日之内烧过几遍,再添一把火,纵是一点,也发出极大的热。
After an oven has been heated several times in the course of a day, lighting it again, even slightly, will produce powerful heat.
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夏末也是这样:万物既已被晒透,那热就格外难当。
So too, at the end of the summer, since everything is hot, the heat is more oppressive.