العروس الجديدة / The New Bride

新嫁娘 · Three Hundred Tang Poems

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العروس الجديدة / The New Bride

On the third day, she descends to the kitchen,

washes her hands, and prepares a soup.

Not yet knowing her mother-in-law's tastes,

she sends it first to the young sister-in-law to try.

新嫁娘

三日入廚下,洗手作羹湯。

未諳姑食性,先遣小姑嘗。