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
白娘子被许仙的雄黄酒吓出了原形,许仙昏死过去。
The realgar wine forced Lady White into her true shape; Xu Xian fell dead of fright.
白娘子醒来看见丈夫死了,不顾自己怀孕,去昆仑山盗灵芝仙草。
Waking to find him lifeless, she flew — pregnant — to Kunlun Mountain to steal the herb of immortality.
昆仑山鹤鹿二仙童要杀她,南极仙翁可怜她的真心,给了她仙草。
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.
许仙活过来了,在西湖断桥上又见到白娘子。断桥不断,恩情不断。
Xu Xian revived and met her again at Broken Bridge. The bridge is 'broken', their bond unbroken.