← All stories

嫦娥奔月

Chang'e Flies to the Moon

Level 5 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 66 vocabulary words

Source: 《淮南子·览冥训》 · Huainanzi, Peering into the Obscure

后hòu羿yì射shè下xià九jǐu个gè太阳tài yang,西xī王wáng母mǔ送给sòng gěi他tā一yī包bāo不bù死sǐ药yào。

For shooting down nine suns, the Queen Mother gave Hou Yi the elixir of immortality.

后hòu羿yì的de妻子qī zi嫦娥cháng é把bǎ药yào藏cáng了liǎo起来qǐ lai。坏人huài rén蓬péng蒙méng来lái抢qiǎng药yào,嫦娥cháng é不bù让ràng,自己zì jǐ把bǎ药yào全quán吞tūn了liǎo下去xià qù。

His wife Chang'e kept it. When the villain Pengmeng came to steal it, she swallowed it all herself.

她tā一下子yī xià zi轻qīng了liǎo,飞fēi出chū窗chuāng外wài,一直yī zhí飞fēi到dào月亮yuè liang上shàng。

She floated up, out of the window, all the way to the moon.

从此cóng cǐ嫦娥cháng é住zhù在zài月亮yuè liang的de广guǎng寒hán宫gōng里lǐ,只有zhǐ yǒu一yī只zhī玉yù兔tù陪péi着zhuó她tā。每měi年nián中zhōng秋qiū,人们rén men都dōu看kān着zhuó月亮yuè liang想xiǎng她tā。

There she lives in the Cold Palace with only the Jade Rabbit — and every Mid-Autumn festival people look up and think of her.

📖 Tap any word for its gloss. In the app, + drops it straight into your review deck with this sentence's audio. Get the app →