I grew up in Beijing, but I was in Los Angeles for two years.
我在北京长大,不过在洛杉矶已呆了两年。
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
关得最紧的火,燃烧得最炽烈。
It has always been a mystery to me who city dwellers, who appreciate all these things, obstinately pretend that they would prefer to live in the country.