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渔童

渔童

The Fisher Boy

Level 5 · Folktales · 民间故事 · 64 vocabulary words

Source: 民间传说 · Folk tradition

老lǎo渔yú夫fū打dǎ上来shàng lái一yí个gè白bái玉yù石shí的de鱼yú盆pén,盆pén里lǐ刻kè着zhe一yí个gè小xiǎo渔yú童tóng。

An old fisherman netted a white-jade basin carved with a fisher boy.

夜里yè li渔yú童tóng从cóng盆pén里lǐ跳tiào出来chū lái,拿ná着zhe鱼yú竿gān在zài盆pén里lǐ钓鱼diào yú,钓diào出chū一yì条tiáo条tiáo活huó蹦bèng乱luàn跳tiào的de金鱼jīn yú。

At night the boy leapt out and fished in the basin, landing live golden fish.

洋yáng牧mù师shī知道zhī dào了le,和hé官guān府fǔ勾结gōu jié,说shuō这zhè个gè宝贝bǎo bèi盆pén是shì他tā丢diū的de,要yào抢qiǎng走zǒu。

A foreign priest and the corrupt magistrate claimed the bowl was 'lost property' and tried to seize it.

老lǎo渔yú夫fū把bǎ鱼yú盆pén摔shuāi碎suì,渔yú童tóng跳tiào出来chū lái,用yòng鱼yú竿gān把bǎ洋yáng牧mù师shī和hé贪tān官guān甩shuǎi到dào大海dà hǎi里lǐ去qù了le。中国zhōng guó的de宝贝bǎo bèi,不bú让ràng坏人huài rén抢qiǎng走zǒu。

The old man smashed the basin, the fisher boy sprang out and flung priest and magistrate into the sea. China's treasures stay out of robbers' hands.

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