I swear to you, I was never so alive as when I was winning this throne, or so dead as now that I've won it.

跟你发誓，赢得王位的时候我感到从未有过的活力，可坐上王位之后是从未想过的死气沉沉。

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I swear to you, I was never so alive as when I was winning this throne, or so dead as now that I've won it.

跟你发誓，赢得王位的时候我感到从未有过的活力，可坐上王位后是从未想过的死气沉沉。

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The novel's characters never come so alive as when they are amid Canton's swarms.

小说的人物如果不是在广州密集人群中，他们就不会这么活灵活现。

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