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武松打虎

Wu Song Fights the Tiger

Level 5 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 56 vocabulary words

Source: 《水浒传》 · Water Margin

武wǔ松sōng回家huí jiā看kān哥gē哥gē,路过lù guò景jǐng阳yáng冈gāng,冈gāng上shàng有yǒu老lǎo虎hǔ伤shāng人rén。

Wu Song passed Jingyang Ridge on the way to see his brother — a man-eating tiger ranged there.

酒店jǐu diàn写xiě着zhuó'三sān碗wǎn不过bù guò冈gāng',武wǔ松sōng喝hē了liǎo十shí八bā碗wǎn,提tí着zhuó哨shào棒bàng上shàng山shān。

The inn warned 'three bowls and you can't cross'; he drank eighteen and went up with his staff.

大dà老lǎo虎hǔ跳tiào出来chū lái,武wǔ松sōng躲duǒ了liǎo三sān下xià,哨shào棒bàng打dǎ在zài树shù上shàng断duàn了liǎo。

The tiger sprang; he dodged three times, then broke his staff on a tree.

他tā丢dīu下xià棒bàng子zi,骑qí在zài老lǎo虎hǔ身上shēn shang,赤chì手shǒu空kòng拳quán把bǎ老lǎo虎hǔ打dǎ死sǐ了liǎo。冈gāng下xià的de人rén都dōu不bù敢gǎn信xìn,他tā成chéng了liǎo打dǎ虎hǔ英雄yīng xióng。

Barehanded, he leapt on its back and beat it to death. Below, no one believed it — the tiger-slaying hero.

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