Wang had thought that people living under such circumstances would have given in to despair, but she discovered that the detainees were often reprimanded for grooming their eyebrows or manicuring their fingernails.
原本以為人到了這樣的境地應該是很絕望的，但是王安憶卻發現這些女孩子卻經常因為修眉毛、修指甲，而被管制人員申斥。