Page:Pekinese Rhymes (G. Vitale, 1896).djvu/50



NOTES

大嫂 ta$4$ sao$3$, general appellation for the eldest brother's wife; married women call each other ta$4$ sao$3$ for sake of ceremony. 豆角 tou$4$ chiao$3$, bean pods. 撩 liao$1$, to grasp, to pull, here, "to pull away" 炕蓆 k'ang$4$ hsi$2$, the mat wichwhich [sic] is spread on the k'ang. Somebody could be curious to know which of the two ladies ran home, but the song does not satisfy the curiosity.

TRANSLATION

Mistress Chang ― and Mistress Li ― have gone to the Southern slope ― to gather bean pods ― (one of them) felt a pain in her bosom ― and ran home ― pulled off the k'ang-mat ― spread dry