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囊萤映雪

囊螢映雪

Level 4 · 寓言故事 · 44 vocabulary words

Source: 《晋书·车胤传》 · Book of Jin, Biography of Che Yin

晋jìn朝cháo的de车chē胤yìn,小时候xiǎo shí hou家里jiā lǐ买不起mǎi bu qǐ灯dēng油yóu。

In the Jin dynasty, young Che Yin's family could not afford lamp oil.

夏天xià tiān的de晚上wǎn shang,他tā抓zhuā了liǎo许多xǔ duō萤yíng火huǒ虫chóng,装zhuāng在zài纱shā袋dài里lǐ,借jiè着zhuó萤yíng火huǒ虫chóng的de光guāng读书dú shū。

On summer nights he caught many fireflies in a gauze bag and read by their light.

孙sūn康kāng家里jiā lǐ也yě很hěn穷qióng,冬天dōng tiān的de夜里yè li,他tā借jiè着zhuó雪xuě的de反fǎn光guāng读书dú shū。

Sun Kang's family was also poor; on winter nights he read by the light reflected off the snow.

后来hòu lái,他们tā men都dōu成chéng了liǎo很hěn有yǒu学问xué wèn的de人rén。

Later, both became very learned men.

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