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盘古开天

盤古開天

Pangu Opens the Sky

Level 5 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 67 vocabulary words

Source: 《三五历纪》 · Sanwu Liji, Records of the Three and Five

很hěn久jǐu很hěn久jǐu以前yǐ qián,天地tiān dì不bù分fēn,像xiàng一yī个gè大dà鸡蛋jī dàn,盘pán古gǔ就jìu睡shuì在zài里面lǐ miàn。

Before time, sky and earth lay merged like a great egg, and Pangu slept inside.

盘pán古gǔ睡shuì了liǎo一yī万wàn八bā千qiān年nián,醒来xǐng lái一yī看kān,四周sì zhōu漆qī黑hēi一yī团tuán。他tā抓zhuā起qǐ一yī把bǎ大dà斧fǔ,劈pī了liǎo下去xià qù。

He slept eighteen thousand years; waking in blackness he seized an axe and swung.

轻qīng的de往wǎng上升shàng shēng,成chéng了liǎo天tiān;重chóng的de往wǎng下xià沉chén,成chéng了liǎo地dì。盘pán古gǔ站zhàn在zài中间zhōng jiān,把bǎ天tiān撑chēng高gāo。

The light rose and became sky; the heavy sank and became earth — Pangu stood between, propping the sky up.

又yòu过guo了liǎo一yī万wàn八bā千qiān年nián,盘pán古gǔ倒下dǎo xià了liǎo。他tā的de眼睛yǎn jing变成biàn chéng日rì月yuè,血xuè变成biàn chéng江jiāng河hé,身体shēn tǐ变成biàn chéng山川shān chuān大地dà dì。我们wǒ men脚jiǎo下xià的de世界shì jiè,就是jìu shì盘pán古gǔ变biàn的de。

After eighteen thousand more years he fell. His eyes became sun and moon, his blood rivers, his body the mountains and land. Our world is Pangu transformed.

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