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鲁班造锯

鲁班造锯

Lu Ban Invents the Saw

Level 4 · Folktales · 民间故事 · 67 vocabulary words

Source: 民间传说 · Folk tradition

鲁lǔ班bān上shàng山shān砍kǎn树shù,手shǒu被bèi一yì种zhǒng野yě草cǎo的de叶子yè zi划huá破pò了le。

On the mountain Lu Ban's hand was cut by a blade of wild grass.

他tā拿ná起qǐ叶子yè zi一yí看kàn,叶子yè zi边biān上shàng全quán是shì小xiǎo齿chǐ。他tā又yòu看见kàn jiàn蝗huáng虫chóng的de大dà牙yá也yě是shì一yì排pái小xiǎo齿chǐ,能néng咬yǎo断duàn叶子yè zi。

Looking closer he saw the leaf's edge lined with fine teeth, and a locust's jaws were toothed the same way.

鲁lǔ班bān想xiǎng:做zuò一yì条tiáo带dài齿chǐ的de铁tiě片piàn,不bú就jiù能néng割gē树shù了le?

He thought: an iron strip with teeth could cut wood.

他tā打dǎ出chū第dì一yī把bǎ锯jù子zǐ,一yì拉lā一yì推tuī,树shù很hěn快kuài就jiù断duàn了le。从cóng一yí片piàn草cǎo叶xié上学shàng xué来lái的de本事běn shi,改变gǎi biàn了le几jǐ千qiān年nián的de木mù工gōng。

He forged the first saw; push-pull, and the tree was down. Learned from a blade of grass, it changed carpentry for millennia.

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