man cannot be always fortunate,flowers never bloom forever; good times do not last forever,all flowers fade ❍ 石秀是个精细的人,看在肚里便省得了,自心中忖道: “常言 ‘~’。……” (《水浒全传》562) Shi Xiu had a subtle mind. He was a man who kept his own counsel. “As the old saying goes:‘Good times don’t lastf orever,all flowers fade’,”he thought.