《太平广记·卷二百一十三·画四》
于是请人在后厅地上挖一个池子，长宽各约一丈，深一尺多，用麻灰抹好。
乃请后厅上掘地为池方丈，深尺余。泥以麻灰。
So he asked for someone to dig a pond in the backyard, the length and width of it were about ten feet, and the depth of more than one foot. It was well polished with hemp ash.
<s>[INST] Analyze the grammatical structure of the following Classical Chinese sentence and provide its English translation: 夫君子之交淡若水，小人之交甘若醴。 [/INST] Grammatical analysis: 夫：a particle that emphasizes a word; 君子之交： a noun phrase, meaning "the friendship of a gentleman"; 淡若水： 淡=light or plain, 若=as, 水=water, so it means 'light as water'; 小人之交： a noun phrase, meaning "the friendship of a small man"; 甘若醴： 甘=sweet, 若=as, 醴=sweet wine, so it means 'sweet as wine'. English translation: The friendship of a gentleman is as plain as water, the friendship of a petty man is as sweet as wine.</s>
Analyze the grammatical structure of the following Classical Chinese sentence and provide its English translation: 夫君子之交淡若水，小人之交甘若醴。
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Grammatical analysis: 夫：a particle that emphasizes a word; 君子之交： a noun phrase, meaning "the friendship of a gentleman"; 淡若水： 淡=light or plain, 若=as, 水=water, so it means 'light as water'; 小人之交： a noun phrase, meaning "the friendship of a small man"; 甘若醴： 甘=sweet, 若=as, 醴=sweet wine, so it means 'sweet as wine'. English translation: The friendship of a gentleman is as plain as water, the friendship of a petty man is as sweet as wine.
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