东门天使把他的翅膀展开在头顶遮挡住最初的雨点。

The angel of the Eastern Gate put his wings over his head to shield himself from the first drops.

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鸟展开翅膀。

The bird spread its wings.

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他认为，在任何时候，蝴蝶都可能展开翅膀，收缩自己的身体。

He thought that at any time, the butterfly might spread its wings, shrink the body.

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Can you make a novel, as he says in the essay, that will "sprout wings and grow claws" in secret in his mind? That's an image taken from the metamorphosis of the butterfly within the chrysalis.

你能够让一本小说，就像他在那篇文章里说的那样，会在他,脑海里秘密的“展开翅膀，伸出爪子“？，这是从蝴蝶羽化中,借鉴来的比喻。

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