Now that nearly all the snow has thawed, I had to cook the long leg of mutton stored through the protracted severe winter.

羊腿長長貯寒冬，今當烹之雪旣融。

It cost me much time trying in vain to cut it short by chopping and sawing at random. It was soon disassembled when I cut through its joints.

鋸斫多時無以截，批郤導窾須臾終。