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神笔马良

神笔马良

Ma Liang and the Magic Brush

Level 5 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 66 vocabulary words

Source: 洪汛涛《神笔马良》 · Hong Xuntao, Ma Liang the Magic Brush

马mǎ良liáng是shì个gè穷qióng孩子hái zi,最zuì爱ài画huà画huà,买不起mǎi bu qǐ笔bǐ,就jiù用yòng树枝shù zhī在zài地上dì shang画huà。

Ma Liang was a poor boy who loved to paint; having no brush, he drew on the ground with sticks.

一yí位wèi老人lǎo rén送sòng他tā一yì支zhī神shén笔bǐ,画huà什么shén me就jiù成chéng真的zhēn de。他tā给gěi穷人qióng rén画huà耕gēng牛niú、画huà水shuǐ车chē。

An old man gave him a magic brush, whatever he painted became real. He painted oxen and waterwheels for the poor.

县xiàn官guān知道zhī dào了le,抓zhuā马mǎ良liáng来lái画huà金jīn山shān。马mǎ良liáng先xiān画huà了le一yí片piàn大海dà hǎi,再zài画huà海hǎi里lǐ的de金jīn山shān,又yòu画huà一yì只zhī大dà船chuán。

The magistrate seized him and demanded a gold mountain. Ma Liang painted a great sea, the gold mountain inside it, then a great ship.

县xiàn官guān带dài着zhe人rén上shàng了le大dà船chuán去qù拿ná金子jīn zi,马mǎ良liáng画huà起qǐ大dà浪làng,把bǎ船chuán打dǎ翻fān了le。用yòng神shén笔bǐ帮bāng穷人qióng rén,不bù帮bāng贪心tān xīn的de人rén。

The magistrate boarded the ship for the gold, Ma Liang painted a great wave and sank it. The magic brush served the poor, never the greedy.

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