Walking into the fields on a summer night, 'green grass and pond frogs everywhere' - what lively noise.
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From 赵师秀《约客》 (Zhao Shixiu, 'Waiting for a Guest,' Southern Song, 12th-13th c.): 黄梅时节家家雨，青草池塘处处蛙。有约不来过夜半，闲敲棋子落灯花 (In the plum season it rains at every house; in the green-grass ponds, frogs croak everywhere. The friend who promised to come has not appeared past midnight - I idly tap a chess piece, and the lamp's wick-flower falls). A masterpiece of restrained waiting and quiet sound.
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Always quoted with its partner line 黄梅时节家家雨. The couplet is a stock reference for early summer rainy season (梅雨) in southern China.
