Xiangzi disliked the way this Mr. Xia crept about like a thief, hunched up, his neck pulled in, his eyes on his toes, silent and stingy and joyless. Even seated in the rickshaw, he looked like a skinny monkey.

• 祥子讨厌这位夏先生：成天际弯弯着腰，缩缩着脖，贼似的出入，眼看着脚尖，永远不出声，不花钱，不笑，连坐在车上都象个瘦猴；