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七言絕句 朱慶餘 近試上張水部

洞房昨夜停紅燭, 待曉堂前拜舅姑。
妝罷低聲問夫婿, 畫眉深淺入時無。

Seven-character-quatrain
Zhu Qingyu ON THE EVE OF GOVERNMENT EXAMINATIONS
TO SECRETARY ZHANG

Out go the great red wedding-chamber candles.
Tomorrow in state the bride faces your parents.
She has finished preparing; she asks of you meekly
Whether her eyebrows are painted in fashion.