He was just within reach of the Weaving Maid when the Queen Mother of the West plucked out a golden hairpin and with it drew out the Silver River (Milky Way), giving rise to those words of eternal longing, "So full, the distance o'er these waters, / So silent, between the lovers no words may pass."
眼看就要追到了，卻被西王母拔下金簪，劃出天河，寫下了「盈盈一水間，默默不得語」的千古相思。