We had just made it up the precipitous cliff by the channel mouth when the day became dark, and raindrops the size of hailstones began to beat down to the accompaniment of a howling wind.

• 山路愈陡愈狭，我们刚到了峡口悬崖之上，周围一下昏暗起来，雹子大的雨点随着狂风猛扑而下。