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梁山伯与祝英台

梁山伯与祝英台

The Butterfly Lovers

Level 5 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 65 vocabulary words

Source: 民间传说 · Folk tradition

祝zhù英yīng台tái女nǚ扮bàn男nán装zhuāng去qù杭háng州zhōu读书dú shū,和hé同学tóng xué梁liáng山shān伯bó成chéng了le好hǎo朋友péng you。

Zhu Yingtai disguised herself as a man to study in Hangzhou, and became fast friends with classmate Liang Shanbo.

三sān年nián同tóng窗chuāng,英yīng台tái爱ài上shàng了le山shān伯bó,山shān伯bó却què不知bù zhī道dào她tā是shì女nǚ的de。

Three years together, she loved him; he never knew she was a woman.

英yīng台tái回家huí jiā,父母fù mǔ把bǎ她tā许xǔ给gěi了le别人bié ren。山shān伯bó知道zhī dào了le,又yòu急jí又yòu病bìng,死sǐ了le。

Called home, she was betrothed to another. When Shanbo learned the truth, he fell ill of grief and died.

英yīng台tái出chū嫁jià那nà天tiān,路过lù guò山shān伯bó的de坟fén,坟fén忽然hū rán裂liè开kāi,英yīng台tái跳tiào了le进去jìn qù。一yí对duì蝴蝶hú dié从cóng坟fén里lǐ飞fēi出来chū lái,自由自在zì yóu zì zài,再也zài yě不bù分开fēn kāi了le。

On her wedding day the procession passed his grave, it split open and she leapt in. Out flew two butterflies, free together forever.

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