曹冲称象

孙sūn权quán送给sòng gěi曹cáo操cāo一头yì tóu大象dà xiàng，曹cáo操cāo想xiǎng知道zhī dào大象dà xiàng有yǒu多duō重zhòng，大臣dà chén们men都dōu想xiǎng不bù出chū办法bàn fǎ。

Sun Quan sent Cao Cao an elephant; none could figure out how to weigh it.

曹cáo操cāo的de小xiǎo儿子ér zi曹cáo冲chōng才cái五wǔ六liù岁suì，说shuō：把bǎ大象dà xiàng牵qiān到dào大dà船chuán上shàng，看kàn船chuán沉chén下去xià qù多少duō shao，做zuò个gè记号jì hao。

Cao Cao's little son Cao Chong, five or six, said: load it on a barge and mark the waterline.

再zài把bǎ石头shí tou装zhuāng上shàng船chuán，船chuán沉chén到dào一样yí yàng的de地方dì fang，称chēng一yì称chēng石头shí tou就jiù知道zhī dào大象dà xiàng的de重量zhòng liàng了le。

Then load stones to the same line, weigh the stones and you have the elephant.

曹cáo操cāo照办zhào bàn，果然guǒ rán称chēng出chū了le大象dà xiàng的de体重tǐ zhòng，满mǎn朝cháo都dōu夸kuā曹cáo冲chōng聪明cōng ming。

Done exactly so, the court marvelled at the boy's wit.