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月下老人

The Old Man Under the Moon

Level 4 · Folktales · 民间故事 · 67 vocabulary words

Source: 《续玄怪录·定婚店》 · Xu Xuanguai Lu, The Betrothal Shop

韦wéi固gù夜里yè li看见kàn jiàn一yī个gè老人lǎo rén在zài月光yuè guāng下xià翻fān书shū,身边shēn biān有yǒu个gè口袋kǒu dài,里面lǐ miàn全quán是shì红hóng绳shéng。

Wei Gu saw an old man reading by moonlight, a bag of red cords beside him.

老人lǎo rén说shuō:书shū里lǐ记jì的de是shì天下tiān xià人rén的de姻yīn缘yuán,红hóng绳shéng系jì在zài两liǎng个人gè rén脚jiǎo上shàng,这zhè两liǎng个人gè rén一辈子yī bèi zi就是jiù shì夫妻fū qī。

The old man said: the book records all marriages; a red cord ties two ankles, those two are destined husband and wife.

老人lǎo rén给gěi韦wéi固gù看kān了liǎo一yī个gè小xiǎo女nǚ孩hái说shuō:这zhè是shì你nǐ未来wèi lái的de妻子qī zi。韦wéi固gù嫌xián她tā丑chǒu,叫jiào人rén去qù伤害shāng hài她tā。

He showed Wei Gu a little girl: your future wife. Scorning her looks, Wei Gu had her attacked.

十shí几jǐ年nián后hòu,韦wéi固gù娶qǔ的de妻子qī zi,眉méi心xīn正好zhèng hǎo有yǒu一道yī dào疤bā——就是jiù shì当年dāng nián的de小xiǎo女nǚ孩hái。姻yīn缘yuán天tiān定dìng,红hóng绳shéng早就zǎo jiù系jì好了hǎo le。

Years later his wife bore a scar between her brows, the same girl. Marriage is fate; the red cord was tied long ago.

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