Nor has it anything in common with lilong (meaning alleys) in Shanghai, which are literally packed with dwellings and their residents.

小贩憧憧来往，黝暗的小门边，不时走出一些趿着拖鞋的女子，头临风飞舞的秋蓬，眼睛里网满红丝，脸残着不调和的隔夜脂粉，颓然地走到老虎灶水。

Down at their feet, near the shore, a dusky line of huts and houses was scarcely visible; and over these lay a pale blue film of peat smoke that did not move in the still air.

在他们站立的脚下，那块毗邻岸边的地方，成排的房屋村舍隐约憧憧，一柱蓝色泥炭炊烟隐绰升起，在静谧的空中悄然凝固。