(续上)……须先试验新瓦片,看加热时会不会裂开;若节日里头一次加热,就是在试验它们,这是被禁的工。有人说:理由是新瓦片须头一次烧得过热、使之坚硬才合用,这算把器皿预备好使用,节日里禁行。
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……须要试验它们,确保它们加热时不会爆裂。
it is necessary to test them to ensure that they do not burst when heated.
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若它们在节日里头一次被加热,他就借此在试验它们,而这是一项被禁止的工。
If they are heated for the first time on a Festival, he will be thereby testing them, which is a prohibited labor.
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而有人说:是因为须要借着头一次把它们烧得过热、使它们坚硬,好叫它们合用;这被看作把一件器皿预备好使用,在节日里是被禁止的。
And some say: Because it is necessary to harden them by overheating them the first time to make them fit for use, which is considered preparing a vessel for use and is prohibited on a Festival.