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然而他的诗不过说： 颗如松子色如樱，未识磋跎欲半生。
然其语不过曰： 颗如松子色如樱，未识蹉跎欲半生。
However, his poem only says: It has a small kernel like a pine cone, a color like cherries, I've never seen it dim and endure half my life.
<s>[INST] I need this in both modern chinese phrasing and English - could you help? 然其语不过曰： 颗如松子色如樱，未识蹉跎欲半生。 [/INST] Contemporary: 然而他的诗不过说： 颗如松子色如樱，未识磋跎欲半生。 English version: However, his poem only says: It has a small kernel like a pine cone, a color like cherries, I've never seen it dim and endure half my life.</s>
I need this in both modern chinese phrasing and English - could you help? 然其语不过曰： 颗如松子色如樱，未识蹉跎欲半生。
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Contemporary: 然而他的诗不过说： 颗如松子色如樱，未识磋跎欲半生。 English version: However, his poem only says: It has a small kernel like a pine cone, a color like cherries, I've never seen it dim and endure half my life.
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