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白蛇传

白蛇传

The Legend of the White Snake

Level 5 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 86 vocabulary words

Source: 民间传说(《警世通言》等) · Folk tradition (Jingshi Tongyan et al.)

白bái蛇shé修xiū成人chéng rén形xíng,取qǔ名míng白bái娘niáng子zǐ,在zài西xī湖hú边biān遇到yù dào了le书shū生shēng许xǔ仙xiān,两liǎng人rén成chéng了le夫妻fū qī。

A white snake cultivated into human form, Lady White, met the scholar Xu Xian by West Lake, and they married.

金jīn山shān寺sì的de和尚hé shang法fǎ海hǎi告诉gào su许xǔ仙xiān:你nǐ妻子qī zi是shì蛇shé变biàn的de。端午节duān wǔ jié他tā让ràng许xǔ仙xiān给gěi白bái娘niáng子zǐ喝hē雄xióng黄huáng酒jiǔ,白bái娘niáng子zǐ现xiàn出chū了le原形yuán xíng,许xǔ仙xiān吓xià死sǐ了le。

The monk Fahai told Xu Xian his wife was a snake; at the Duanwu festival he had him serve her realgar wine, and she showed her true form, Xu Xian died of fright.

白bái娘niáng子zǐ到dào昆kūn仑lún山shān盗dào来lái灵líng芝zhī草cǎo救jiù活huó许xǔ仙xiān。法fǎ海hǎi又yòu把bǎ许xǔ仙xiān关guān在zài金jīn山shān寺sì。白bái娘niáng子zǐ带dài着zhe水shuǐ族zú水shuǐ漫màn金jīn山shān,和hé法fǎ海hǎi大dà战zhàn。

Lady White stole the herb of immortality from Kunlun and revived him. Fahai imprisoned Xu Xian in Jinshan Temple; she flooded the mountain and fought him.

最后zuì hòu法fǎ海hǎi把bǎ白bái娘niáng子zǐ压yā在zài雷léi峰fēng塔tǎ下xià。许多xǔ duō年nián后hòu,她tā的de儿子ér zi中zhōng了le状元zhuàng yuán,拜bài塔tǎ救jiù母mǔ,一家人yì jiā rén团圆tuán yuán了le。

At last Fahai crushed her under Leifeng Pagoda. Years later her son took first place in the examinations, bowed to the pagoda, freed his mother, and the family was reunited.

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