As a Manchu, she was exempt from the painful hand traditional foot binding a practice she had banned in later life.

作为一个满族人，她不用忍受痛苦的传统缠足，这是她在晚年禁止的。

When I think about Chinese foot binding — which resulted in women's feet being around three inches in size — it seems like such a profound body modification.

当我想到中国的缠足——这导致女性的脚大约有三英寸大——这似乎是一种意义重大的身体改造。