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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Luo and Ma never see the Little Seamstress again.}}
* [[Blind Without 'Em]]: Four-Eyes.
* [[Distant Finale]]: The film adaptation adds to the original story an extra part taking place 30 years later.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Everyone calls her the Little Seamstress.
* [[Good Girls Avoid Abortion]]: Avoided. The abortion does take place.
* [[Life Imitates Art]]: After being read ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (Literature)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'', the old tailor starts designing clothes with French motifs in them.
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* [[Outdoor Bath Peeping]]: When Luo and Ma first see the Little Seamstress, she's bathing in a stream with other young women.
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: When you're being reeducated in Maoist China, every official you meet will be one of those.
* [[Two -Person Pool Party]]: The old miller observes Luo and The Little Seamstress having one in the book.
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: "The secret part of his body was shrunken and sleeping".