例一：
A thousand moustaches can live together, but not four breasts.
千条汉子能相处；
两个婆娘不相容。
例二：
--What flower does everybody have?--Tulips (=two lips)
--人人都有什么花？
--泪花。
例三：Some fishing boats were becalmed just in front of us. Their shadows slept, or almost slept, upon that water, a gentle quivering alone showing that it was not complete sleep, or if sleep, that it was sleep with dreams.
渔舟三五，横泊眼前，樯影倒映水面，好像睡去，偶然微颤，似未深眠，恍若惊梦。