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司马光砸缸

司马光砸缸

Sima Guang Smashes the Vat

Level 5 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 47 vocabulary words

Source: 《宋史·司马光传》 · History of Song, Biography of Sima Guang

司sī马mǎ光guāng小时候xiǎo shí hou和hé小朋友xiǎo péng yǒu在zài院子yuàn zi里lǐ玩wán。

Young Sima Guang played in the courtyard with friends.

一yí个gè孩子hái zi掉diào进jìn了le大dà水shuǐ缸gāng,水shuǐ很hěn深shēn,眼看yǎn kàn要yào淹yān死sǐ。孩子hái zi们men都dōu吓xià跑pǎo了le。

A child fell into a huge water vat, deep, drowning. The others ran off in fright.

司sī马mǎ光guāng抱bào起qǐ一yí块kuài大dà石头shí tou,把bǎ水shuǐ缸gāng砸zá了le个gè大dà洞dòng。

Sima Guang lifted a stone and smashed a hole in the vat.

水shuǐ哗huā哗huā地de流liú出来chū lái,孩子hái zi得dé救jiù了le。别人bié ren都dōu跑pǎo,他tā留下liú xià想xiǎng办法bàn fǎ。

Water poured out; the child was saved. While others fled, he stayed and thought.

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