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When I said I was 'starving,' I didn't mean it in the literal sense; I was just very hungry.

(Chinese) 当我说我“饿死了”时，并不是字面意思上的快饿死，我只是非常饿。

Translating poetry is difficult because a literal translation often loses the original emotion.

(Chinese) 翻译诗歌很难，因为字面翻译往往会丢失原有的情感。