Perhaps the quickest way to understand the elements of what a novelist is doing is not to read, but to write; to make your own experiment with the dangers and difficulties of words.
2
亨利仅以一鼻之差(微末之差)领先而险胜埃德。
Henry just got his nose in front and beat Ed on the post.
3
许多伟大的人物或事件都从微末的开端而成就起来。
Many great people or things grew from a small and modest beginning.