The withered tree shakes in the cold wind.

枯树在冷风里摇。

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A thousand sails pass by the wrecked ship; ten thousand saplings shoot up beyond the withered tree.

沉船的旁边正有千帆驶过，病树的前头却是万木争春。

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When it closes its wings it resembles a withered tree leaf hanging from a branch — scarcely noticeable to the human eye.

当它阖起两张翅膀的时候，像生长在树枝上的一张干枯了的树叶。

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Around eighteen months after launch, Nokia bought the company, the management team shattered and drifted apart, and Dopplr simply withered and died on the Web 2.0 tree, while the users could do little but watch it stumble and fall.

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