He had not chosen a nice day for a dinner party, he thought, and wished he could have pressed blotting paper against the pale rain clouds to dry them up.
他想这请客日子拣得不安全，恨不能用吸墨水纸压干了天空淡淡的水云。
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In the time of Qianlong, the vegetation in Chengde was extremely good, and pines reached high up to the sky, blotting out the sunlight.