green leaves make a shade—young mother of many children ? 寶玉因想道:“能病了幾天,竟把杏花辜負(fù)了!不覺(jué)到‘~子滿枝’ 了!…… (《紅樓夢(mèng)》746)“Just a few days’illness and I missed the appricot-blossom,”thought Baoyu,“Now‘Green leaves make a shade and the boughs are filled with fruit’.”