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孟姜女

Meng Jiangnü

Level 3 · 神话传说 · 神话传说 · 58 vocabulary words

Source: 中国民间故事 · Chinese folktale

秦qín始shǐ皇huáng修长xiū cháng城chéng,把bǎ很hěn多duō人rén抓zhuā去qù干gàn活huó。孟mèng姜jiāng女nǚ的de丈夫zhàng fu也yě被bèi抓zhuā走zǒu了le。

The First Emperor built the Great Wall and forced many men to work. Meng Jiangnü's husband was taken away.

冬天dōng tiān到dào了le,孟mèng姜jiāng女nǚ做zuò好hǎo棉mián衣yī,走zǒu了le很hěn远yuǎn很hěn远yuǎn,去qù长城cháng chéng给gěi丈夫zhàng fu送sòng衣服yī fu。

Winter came. Meng Jiangnü made warm clothes and walked a very long way to bring them to him at the Wall.

可是kě shì丈夫zhàng fu已经yǐ jīng死sǐ了le,埋mái在zài长城cháng chéng下面xià miàn。孟mèng姜jiāng女nǚ哭kū了le三sān天tiān三sān夜yè。

But her husband had already died and been buried under the Wall. She cried for three days and nights.

长城cháng chéng哭kū倒dào了le一yí段duàn,露lù出chū了le丈夫zhàng fu的de尸shī骨gǔ。人们rén men一直yì zhí记jì着zhe这zhè个gè悲伤bēi shāng的de故事gù shi。

A section of the Wall collapsed, uncovering his bones. People have always remembered this sad story.

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