“Even a tree has more hope! If it is cut down, it will sprout again and grow new branches. Though its roots have grown old in the earth and its stump decays, at the scent of water it will bud and sprout again like a new seedling.”
树若被砍下，还可指望发芽，嫩枝生长不息；其根虽然衰老在地里，干也死在土中，及至得了水气，还要发芽，又长枝条，像新栽的树一样。