黛玉进贾府
Daiyu Comes to the Jia House
Level 5 · Classic Novels · 古典名著 · 54 vocabulary words
Source: 《红楼梦》 · Dream of the Red Chamber
林黛玉母亲死了,外祖母接她进贾府。
Her mother dead, little Lin Daiyu was taken in by her grandmother at the Jia mansion.
黛玉小小年纪就知道步步留心,处处在意,不肯多说一句话,多走一步路。
Small as she was, she watched every step, careful not to say one word too many.
吃饭的时候她先看别人怎么做,才跟着做。
At dinner she watched how the others did things, then did the same.
宝玉一见到黛玉就说:这个妹妹我见过。天上掉下个林妹妹,两人的缘分从这里开始。
Baoyu saw her and said at once: this sister I have met before. Their fates were bound from that first look.