[rainy season;late spring and early summer] 春末夏初梅子黄熟的时节
女人涂脂抹粉的脸,经不起酒饭蒸出来的汗汽,和咬嚼运动的震掀,不免像黄梅时节的墙壁。
The women 's rouged and powdered faces , unable to withstand the perspiration steamed out by the food and wine and the vibrations from the exercise of chewing , resembled the walls during the rainy season .