However, Su's words raised the "literary" status of ducks no end, making them the heralds of spring on water on a par with the swallows which, on land, chatter through the night when spring arrives.
只是，這一說，讓鴨子在「文學」上的地位頗有提昇，與啼春噪晚的燕子，一成了陸地上的報春鳥，一成了水域裡的迎春禽。