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七言絕句 杜牧 赤壁

折戟沈沙鐵未銷, 自將磨洗認前朝。
東風不與周郎便,銅雀春深鎖二喬。

Seven-character-quatrain
Du Mu BY THE PURPLE CLIFF

On a part of a spear still unrusted in the sand
I have burnished the symbol of an ancient kingdom....
Except for a wind aiding General Zhou Yu,
Spring would have sealed both Qiao girls in CopperBird Palace.