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春(朱自清)

Spring

Level 6 · Modern Essays · 现代散文 · 60 vocabulary words

Source: 朱自清《春》 · Zhu Ziqing, Spring

盼望pàn wàng着zhuó,盼望pàn wàng着zhuó,东dōng风fēng来lái了liǎo,春天chūn tiān的de脚步jiǎo bù近jìn了liǎo。

Longing, longing — the east wind comes, spring's steps draw near.

小xiǎo草cǎo偷偷tōu tōu地dì从cóng土tǔ里lǐ钻zuān出来chū lái,嫩nèn嫩nèn的de,绿lǜ绿lǜ的de。园yuán子zi里lǐ,田野tián yě里lǐ,瞧qiáo去qù,一yī大片dà piàn一yī大片dà piàn满mǎn是shì的de。

The grass slips secretly from the soil — tender, green; gardens and fields are covered with it.

桃树táo shù、杏xìng树shù、梨lí树shù,你nǐ不bù让ràng我wǒ,我wǒ不bù让ràng你nǐ,都dōu开kāi满mǎn了liǎo花huā赶gǎn趟tàng儿ér。

Peach, apricot, pear trees vie to flower — none yields the ground.

春天chūn tiān像xiàng刚gāng落地luò dì的de娃娃wá wa,从头cóng tóu到dào脚jiǎo都dōu是shì新xīn的de,它tā生长shēng zhǎng着zhuó。春天chūn tiān像xiàng小xiǎo姑娘gū niang,花huā枝zhī招zhāo展zhǎn的de,笑xiào着zhuó走zǒu着zhuó。

Spring is a newborn child, all new, still growing; spring is a little girl, dressed in flowers, laughing as she walks.

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