When one gives undivided attention to the (vital) breath, and brings it to the utmost degree of pliancy, he can become as a (tender) babe.

专气致柔，能如婴儿乎？

And with more quickness of observation and less pliancy of temper than her sister, and with a judgment too almost held by any attention to herself, she was very little disposed to approve them.

由于她观察敏锐，性情却够柔顺，而的见解很少受到别人的关注，她根本赞成这种做法。

Had Yule been content to manufacture a novel or a play with due disregard for literary honour, he might perchance have made a mercantile success; but the poor fellow had not pliancy enough for this.

如果尤尔满足于创作说或戏剧, 并适当无视文学荣誉, 他也许会取得商业上的成功;但这个可怜的家伙没有足够的韧性。