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五言絕句 王建 新嫁娘

三日入廚下, 洗手作羹湯。
未諳姑食性, 先遣小姑嘗。

Five-character-quatrain
Wang Jian A BRIDE

On the third day, taking my place to cook,
Washing my hands to make the bridal soup,
I decide that not my mother-in-law
But my husband's young sister shall have the fiat taste.