The Brave Little Tailor (Part 2)
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ID: 2124
Upper Intermediate
Hear ye! Hear ye!
Our little tailor continues his quest
And in tiny kingdom receives a test:
Giants in the wood he has to slay
But will our hero win the day?
In this lesson, hear the second part of the story of “The Brave Little Tailor” and learn more Chinese fairy tale vocab!
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 效劳 | xiàoláo | to be in someone's service | |
| 赏赐 | shǎngcì | to bestow | |
| 眼红 | yǎnhóng | jealous, envious | |
| 大臣们 | dàchéngmen | courtiers |
小裁缝走了很久来到了一个小国小国的国王邀请他去王宫里做客并让他留下来为自己效劳还赏赐了很多金银珠宝给他
xiǎo 小cáiféng 裁缝zǒu 走le 了hěnjiǔ 很久láidào 来到le 了yī 一gè 个xiǎoguó 小国xiǎoguó 小国de 的guówáng 国王yāoqǐng 邀请tā 他qù 去wánggōng 王宫lǐ 里zuòkè 做客bìng 并ràng 让tā 他liúxiàlai 留下来wèi 为zìjǐ 自己xiàoláo 效劳hái 还shǎngcì 赏赐le 了hěn 很duō 多jīnyínzhūbǎo 金银珠宝gěi 给tā 他
The little tailor walked for a while and came to a small kingdom. The king of the small kingdom invited him to stay at the palace as his guest, let him stay and serve him, and bestowed all manner of treasures upon him.
这下大臣们都眼红了他们觉得小裁缝没有为国家作出过一点贡献凭什么得到那么多赏赐啊而且他们也很担心小裁缝会威胁到他们的地位所以他们一起到国王面前抗议请国王赶走小裁缝
zhèxià 这下dàchéngmen 大臣们dōu 都yǎnhóng 眼红le 了tāmen 他们juéde 觉得xiǎo 小cáiféng 裁缝méiyǒu 没有wèi 为guójiā 国家zuò chū 作出guò 过yīdiǎn 一点gòngxiàn 贡献píng shénme 凭什么dédào 得到nàme 那么duō 多shǎngcì 赏赐a 啊érqiě 而且tāmen 他们yě 也hěn 很dānxīn 担心xiǎo 小cáiféng 裁缝huì 会wēixiédào 威胁到tāmen de 他们的dìwèi 地位suǒyǐ 所以tāmen 他们yīqǐ 一起dào 到guówáng 国王miànqián 面前kàngyì 抗议qǐng 请guówáng 国王gǎnzǒu 赶走xiǎo 小cáiféng 裁缝
At this time, the officials of the court were all jealous. They felt: “The little tailor hasn't made any contributions to the country. On what grounds can he receive so many awards?” Also, they were very worried that the little tailor would threaten their positions. So they went together before the king to protest, asking that the king expel the little tailor.
国王觉得大臣们说的有道理但也不甘心就这么放走小裁缝所以他想试试小裁缝到底有多大本事
guówáng 国王juéde 觉得dàchénmen 大臣们shuō 说de 的yǒudàolǐ 有道理dàn 但yě 也bùgānxīn 不甘心jiù 就zhème 这么fàng 放zǒu 走xiǎo 小cáiféng 裁缝suǒyǐ 所以tā 他xiǎng 想shìshi 试试xiǎo 小cáiféng 裁缝dàodǐ 到底yǒu 有duōdà 多大běnshì 本事
The king felt that what the officials said made sense, but he was unwilling to just expel the little tailor, so he thought: “What can I use to test the abilities of the little tailor?”
国王告诉小裁缝如果他能杀死森林里的两个巨人就可以跟公主结婚
guówáng 国王gàosu 告诉xiǎo 小cáiféng 裁缝rúguǒ 如果tā 他néng 能shā sǐ 杀死sēnlín 森林lǐ 里de 的liǎng 两gè 个jùrén 巨人jiù 就kěyǐ 可以gēn 跟gōngzhǔ 公主jiéhūn 结婚
The king told the little tailor: “If you can kill two of the giants in the forest, then you can marry the princess.”
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