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白蛇传·断桥

白蛇傳·斷橋

The Broken Bridge

Level 5 · Folktales · 民间故事 · 55 vocabulary words

Source: 民间传说 · Folk tradition

白bái娘niáng子zi被bèi许xǔ仙xiān的de雄xióng黄huáng酒jǐu吓xià出chū了liǎo原形yuán xíng,许xǔ仙xiān昏hūn死sǐ过去guò qù。

The realgar wine forced Lady White into her true shape; Xu Xian fell dead of fright.

白bái娘niáng子zi醒来xǐng lái看见kàn jiàn丈夫zhàng fu死sǐ了liǎo,不顾bù gù自己zì jǐ怀孕huái yùn,去qù昆kūn仑lún山shān盗dào灵líng芝zhī仙xiān草cǎo。

Waking to find him lifeless, she flew — pregnant — to Kunlun Mountain to steal the herb of immortality.

昆kūn仑lún山shān鹤hè鹿lù二èr仙xiān童tóng要yào杀shā她tā,南极nán jí仙xiān翁wēng可怜kě lián她tā的de真心zhēn xīn,给gěi了liǎo她tā仙xiān草cǎo。

When the crane and deer acolytes would have killed her, the Old Man of the South Star took pity on her devotion and gave her the herb.

许xǔ仙xiān活huó过来guò lái了liǎo,在zài西xī湖hú断duàn桥qiáo上shàng又yòu见到jiàn dào白bái娘niáng子zi。断duàn桥qiáo不断bù duàn,恩情ēn qíng不断bù duàn。

Xu Xian revived and met her again at Broken Bridge. The bridge is 'broken', their bond unbroken.

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