使用了三个并列的动词短语 drain, occupy, erode，层层递进，生动地刻画了负面影响的深度。
In a dream of Nanke, the lamp of parting burns down the beacon fires of the sky. Amid the flowing years of the Northern Dipper, a single thought reaches the other shore. Holding hands at the curve of the brow, weathered by vicissitudes, the inch of land between the brows upheaves like mountains. Offering the deep affection of Huaxia, bestowing three cups of wine, the song ends and people scatter, sorrow lingering. Consoling the young in their parting, splendor draws a line of separation, and the years paint a picture of emotional anguish. Parting is intense, sorrow forms a city, the straight road to the city gate holds a third of the sky; love is heavy, the sea of people changes, glancing at the scenery as rain falls. Three parts of an inch river, three cups of parting emotion, a sheet of desolation. The phoenix turns back, the broken song in the sea of people, ink and paper divided, love understood by two. One finger of Zen, the Bodhisattva in the sea of people, holding hands with emotional eyes, sorrowful thoughts.
His lifelong love, upon encountering that woman, bloomed fully and brilliantly like fireworks, then faded away in solitude.
No matter how good the oranges are, they are still oranges, while he prefers apples. In our youth, we easily mistake moving feelings for love, and passersby for true loves.
Letting go of this life's concerns, being alone is how free one feels.
They can drain our energy, occupy our happiness, and erode our lives.
南柯一梦，离恨如灯，烧尽烽火漫天，北斗流转间，一念抵达彼岸。执手于眉弯，历经沧桑，眉间寸土翻涌如山。许下华夏深情，赋以三杯薄酒，曲终人散，伤感萦绕。慰问少年离别，繁华划开离别，年华绘就情殇。离别浓烈，伤感成城，直道城门三分天；爱情沉重，人海变迁，顾盼风景落雨。三分寸河，三杯离情，一纸荒凉。凤凰回头，断曲于人海，纸墨一分，爱意两懂。一指禅定，人海菩萨，执手情眼，伤情思绪。
他穷尽一生的爱，在遇到那个女子的瞬间，像烟花一样，全数灿烂而绚丽地盛开，然后落寞地消弭。
橘子再好终究是橘子，而他喜欢的是苹果。年轻的我们，容易把感动当成爱情，也容易把过客当成挚爱。
放下此生牵挂事，孑然一身多洒脱。
它们能消耗我们的精力，占据我们的快乐，侵蚀我们的生命。