Unlike the large, imposing and stiff figure that my father cuts, the erhu man was slim and lissome and almost spritely with his agile jumps from his small chair.

• 我的父亲身材魁梧、仪态威严而生硬，而拉二胡的老人一点也不像他。瘦小、敏捷，从窄小的椅子上一跃而起的时候灵活得像一阵风一样。