They think an egg is a symbol of new life.

他们认为鸡蛋是新生活的一种象征。

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This is not all, though. It carries a deeper meaning. Think of it this way. Each of us is, more or less, an egg.

更深一层的看，我们每个人，也或多或少都是一枚鸡蛋。

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To lose a finger over the price of an egg? You think it's worth it?

为了一个鸡蛋而失去了一只手指，值得吗？

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So if you think of a shell, you can actually just think of an egg shell, that's probably the easiest way to think of it, where the yolk, if you really maybe make it a lot smaller might be the nucleus.

可以把它想成，个蛋壳，这也许是，最简单的思考办法,蛋黄如果，缩小非常多倍的话,就可以想象成核子。

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"I think I had, in the past couple of days prior to that, just an egg and a glass of water -- this is the extreme measures we have to go to in order to cut weight for our category, " she said.

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