1. I know it’s not snow from afar, because there is a faint fragrance coming. ——"Plum Blossoms" by Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty

Translation: Why do you know from a distance that the white plum blossoms are not snow? Because there is a faint fragrance of plum blossoms.

2. The north wind blows the white grass on the ground, and the sky is full of snow in August. ——Tang Cen Shen's "Song of White Snow Sending Magistrate Wu Back to the Capital"

Translation: The north wind sweeps across the land and breaks the white grass, and the weather in the Hu land is full of snow falling in August.

3. Suddenly a spring breeze comes overnight, and thousands of pear trees bloom. ——Tang Cen Shen's "Baixuege Sends Magistrate Wu Back to the Capital"

Translation: Suddenly it was like a spring breeze blowing overnight, and thousands of pear trees were in full bloom.

4. A man in a boat with a coir raincoat fishing alone in the snow in the cold river. ——Liu Zongyuan of the Tang Dynasty, "Snow on the River"

Translation: On a lone boat, a fisherman wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat fished alone in the wind and snow.

5. The scenery of the North Country is covered with ice and snow for thousands of miles. ——Modern times Mao Zedong's "Qinyuan Spring·Snow"

Translation: The scenery in the north is covered with ice for thousands of miles and snowflakes are floating for thousands of miles.