牛郎织女

牛niú郎láng是shì个gè穷qióng孤儿gū ér，和hé一头yì tóu老lǎo牛niú一起yì qǐ生活shēng huó。老lǎo牛niú会huì说话shuō huà，告诉gào su他tā天上tiān shàng的de织zhī女nǚ要yào下xià凡fán洗澡xǐ zǎo。

The cowherd was a poor orphan living with an old ox. The talking ox told him the weaver maid of heaven would bathe on earth.

牛niú郎láng藏cáng起qǐ织zhī女nǚ的de衣裳yī shang，织zhī女nǚ回huí不bú去qù，嫁jià给gěi了le牛niú郎láng，生shēng了le一yì儿ér一yì女nǚ。

He hid her robe; she could not return, married him, and bore a boy and girl.

王wáng母mǔ娘niáng娘niáng知道zhī dào了le，把bǎ织zhī女nǚ抓zhuā回huí天上tiān shàng。牛niú郎láng披pī着zhe老lǎo牛niú的de皮pí，挑tiāo着zhe两liǎng个gè孩子hái zi追zhuī上shàng天tiān去qù。

The Queen Mother found out and dragged the weaver back to heaven. The cowherd donned the ox's hide and chased her skyward, carrying the children.

王wáng母mǔ娘niáng娘niáng拔bá下xià簪zān子zǐ划huà出chū一yì条tiáo银yín河hé，把bǎ他们tā men分开fēn kāi。每měi年nián七qī月初yuè chū七qī，喜xǐ鹊què搭dā桥qiáo，牛niú郎láng织zhī女nǚ才能cái néng见jiàn一yí次cì面miàn。

The Queen Mother drew her hairpin across the sky, the Silver River, dividing them. On the seventh night of the seventh month, magpies bridge it so the lovers meet once a year.