This couplet not only puts into a few words the barber's shaving and massage skills, but does so in a clever, stately poetic counterpoint of sound and meaning.
此對不但把理髮師推拿、剃頭的好手藝寫進字裡行間，加上對仗工整，氣勢宏闊，迄今猶被引為佳話。