Wu Song Fights the Tiger
Level 5 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 56 vocabulary words
Source: 《水浒传》 · Water Margin
武松回家看哥哥,路过景阳冈,冈上有老虎伤人。
Wu Song passed Jingyang Ridge on the way to see his brother — a man-eating tiger ranged there.
酒店写着'三碗不过冈',武松喝了十八碗,提着哨棒上山。
The inn warned 'three bowls and you can't cross'; he drank eighteen and went up with his staff.
大老虎跳出来,武松躲了三下,哨棒打在树上断了。
The tiger sprang; he dodged three times, then broke his staff on a tree.
他丢下棒子,骑在老虎身上,赤手空拳把老虎打死了。冈下的人都不敢信,他成了打虎英雄。
Barehanded, he leapt on its back and beat it to death. Below, no one believed it — the tiger-slaying hero.