The courtyard is as empty as water, and the water is covered with bamboo and cypress.
Translated as follows:
The moonlight in the yard is as clear and transparent as water. Seaweed and aquatic plants crisscross, which turned out to be the shadows of bamboo and pine and cypress branches in the yard.
The author cherishes ink as gold, and only uses eighteen words to create a quiet and charming night scene with clear moonlight, mottled bamboo shadows. Readers can use their imagination: the moonlight is crystal clear, as clear as a pool of empty water. Even better, there are aquatic plants floating and wandering in the "water", and suddenly they are like entering a fairyland. The beauty of the author is that the shadows of bamboo and cypress trees set each other off against the moonlight, and the metaphor is accurate, novel and appropriate, which renders the beauty and solemnity of the scenery. It also reflects the cool and clear characteristics of moonlight. Set off the author's leisurely mood.
"The courtyard is as empty as water, and the algae in the water are intertwined and covered with bamboo and cypress." A vivid pen is used to write the height of moonlight. In just three sentences, I didn't write a word for a month, but there was bright moonlight everywhere. "Water is empty and bright" gives people a sense of tranquility in a pool of spring water; The "crossing of algae and grass" has the dynamic beauty of swaying water plants; The whole artistic conception is moving, and the more you move, the more you look at it. "The sky is bright above the water" is a description of the moonlight itself, and "the intersection of algae and flowers" is the reflection of pine and cypress. . Between the two sentences, there is a front-side description, which depicts a clear and transparent realm for readers. This transparent realm embodies the author's aboveboard and unpretentious mind.
These words about moonlight are also the writer's mood. It was a wonderful moonlight song, a transparent dream.
The author uses "clear water" to compare the clarity and transparency of moonlight in the courtyard, and "intersection of algae and grass" to compare the beautiful reflection of bamboo and cypress under the moon. It is not new to describe the moon with water. What is novel is that the author does not use ordinary similes, but uses metaphors as a warning, creating an illusion of water accumulation in the courtyard. Then, the clear water and the clear shadow of the algae are intertwined, which raises the metaphor to a new level and makes people feel confused and difficult to distinguish. Just as the reader was in a trance, the author gently pointed out: "The master Bai Ying is also." Let the reader suddenly realize. A word "shadow" is unknown to write moonlight, and now there is a beautiful artistic conception of moonlight.