She read anthologies of classics and learned that lines taken from them were rhythmic and poetic. Taiwanese slang and proverbs were indispensable too. "To practice developing and chanting lines, I'd put what I saw into seven-character verse all through the day.
「為了訓練即興編出對白和唱詞，平時看到任何物品就隨口用『七字仔』唱唸一番，經常口中念念有詞，別人還以為我學戲學到走火入魔呢。」