I am drinking on a winter's night, and suddenly note that the night has turned extremely cold. I push open the window and see that snowflakes come down the size of a palm and there are already three or four inches of snow on the ground. Ah, is this not happiness?

冬夜饮酒,转复寒甚,推窗试看,雪大如手,已积三四寸矣。不亦快哉!

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