The first chopsticks were made from bone and jade.
第一批筷子是骨头或玉制成的。
It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody.
信任任何人和不信任任何人,同样是缺点。
In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.