三　老馬走進屠場 The Old Horse Enters the Slaughterhouse

老馬走上進城的大道，「私宰場」就在城門的東邊。The old mare took the main road into town; the “private slaughterhouse” stood just east of the city gate.那裏的屠刀正張著，在等待這個殘老的動物。There the butcher’s knife stood poised, waiting for this worn-out old animal.

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

走

zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)

上進

shàng jìn — 1. to make progress 2. to do better 3. fig. ambitious to improve oneself 4. to move forwards

城

chéng — 1. city walls 2. city 3. town 4. classifier: 座 (zuò), 道 (dào), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

大道

dà dào — 1. main street 2. avenue (HSK 6)

私

sī — 1. personal 2. private 3. selfish

宰

zǎi — 1. to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc) 2. (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge 3. (bound form) to govern; to rule 4. (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) (HSK 7-9)

場

cháng — 1. threshing floor 2. classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout (HSK 2)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

城門

chéng mén — city gate

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

東邊

dōng bian — 1. east 2. east side 3. eastern part 4. to the east of (HSK 1)

那裏

nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

屠刀

tú dāo — 1. butcher's knife 2. abattoir hatchet

正

zhēng — first month of the lunar year (HSK 1)

張

Zhāng — surname Zhang (HSK 3)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

等待

děng dài — to wait; to wait for (HSK 3)

這個

zhè ge — 1. (pronoun) this 2. (adjective) this

殘

cán — 1. to destroy 2. to spoil 3. to ruin 4. to injure 5. cruel 6. oppressive 7. savage 8. brutal 9. incomplete 10. disabled 11. to remain 12. to survive 13. remnant 14. surplus (HSK 7-9)

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

動物

dòng wù — animal (HSK 2)

老马走上进城的大道，「私宰场」就在城门的东边。那里的屠刀正张著，在等待这个残老的动物。

老王婆不牽著她的馬兒，在後面用一條短枝驅著牠前進。Old Wangpo did not lead her mare, but walked behind, driving her forward with a short switch.

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

牽

qiān — 1. to lead along 2. to pull (an animal on a tether) 3. (bound form) to involve 4. to draw in (HSK 6)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

在後

zài hòu — behind

面

miàn — 1. face 2. side 3. surface 4. aspect 5. top 6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

用

yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

條

tiáo — 1. strip 2. item 3. article 4. clause (of law or treaty) 5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) (HSK 2)

短

duǎn — 1. short 2. brief 3. to lack 4. weak point 5. fault (HSK 2)

枝

zhī — 1. branch 2. classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc (HSK 6)

驅

qū — 1. to expel 2. to urge on 3. to drive 4. to run quickly

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

前進

qián jìn — 1. to go forward 2. to forge ahead 3. to advance 4. onward (HSK 3)

老王婆不牵著她的马儿，在后面用一条短枝驱著牠前进。

大樹林子裏有黃葉迴旋著，那是些呼叫著的黃葉。Yellow leaves whirled through the great grove, leaves that seemed to cry aloud.望向林子的那端，全林的樹棵，彷彿是關落下來的大傘。Looking toward the far end of the grove, she saw all the trees like great umbrellas folded down.淒沉的陽光，曬著所有的禿樹。The bleak, sunken sunlight shone upon all the bare trees.田間望遍了遠近的人家。Across the fields, houses could be seen near and far.深秋的田地好像沒有感覺的光了毛的皮革，遠近平鋪著。The fields in late autumn lay spread far and wide like a hide stripped of its hair and all sensation.夏季埋在植物裏的家屋，現在明顯的好像突出地面一般，好像新從地面突出。The houses that had been buried among the plants in summer now stood out plainly, as though they had just thrust up from the ground.

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

樹林

Shù lín — Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市 (Xīn běi shì), Taiwan (HSK 4)

子

zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

裏

lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

黃

Huáng — surname Huang or Hwang (HSK 2)

葉

Yè — surname Ye

迴旋

huí xuán — to circle; to wheel; to go around

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

那是

nà shi — 1. (coll.) of course 2. naturally 3. indeed

些

xiē — classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several (HSK 4)

呼叫

hū jiào — 1. to shout 2. to yell 3. (telecommunications) to call

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

黃

Huáng — surname Huang or Hwang (HSK 2)

葉

Yè — surname Ye

望

wàng — 1. full moon 2. to hope 3. to expect 4. to visit 5. to gaze (into the distance) 6. to look towards 7. towards (HSK 7-9)

向

Xiàng — surname Xiang (HSK 2)

林子

lín zi — 1. woods 2. grove 3. forest

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

端

duān — 1. (bound form) tip; end; extremity 2. (bound form) aspect; facet 3. (bound form) upright; proper 4. to hold sth level with both hands; to carry 5. to eliminate; to wipe out (HSK 6)

全

Quán — surname Quan (HSK 2)

林

Lín — 1. surname Lin 2. Japanese surname Hayashi

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

樹

shù — 1. tree 2. classifier: 棵 (kē) 3. to cultivate 4. to set up (HSK 1)

棵

kē — classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc (HSK 4)

彷彿

fǎng fú — 1. to seem; as if; seemingly 2. alike; similar (HSK 6)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

關

Guān — surname Guan (HSK 1)

落下

luò xià — 1. to fall 2. to drop 3. to land (of projectile) (HSK 7-9)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

傘

sǎn — 1. umbrella 2. parasol 3. classifier: 把 (bǎ) (HSK 4)

淒

qī — 1. intense cold 2. frigid 3. dismal 4. grim 5. bleak 6. sad 7. mournful

沉

chén — 1. to submerge 2. to immerse 3. to sink 4. to keep down 5. to lower 6. to drop 7. deep 8. profound 9. heavy (HSK 4)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

陽光

yáng guāng — 1. sunshine 2. (of personality) upbeat; energetic 3. transparent (open to public scrutiny) (HSK 3)

曬

shài — 1. (of the sun) to shine on 2. to bask in (the sunshine) 3. to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun 4. (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") 5. (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to (HSK 4)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

所有

suǒ yǒu — 1. all 2. to have; to possess; to own (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

禿

tū — 1. bald (lacking hair or feathers) 2. barren; bare; denuded 3. blunt (lacking a point) 4. (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory; lacking something (HSK 7-9)

樹

shù — 1. tree 2. classifier: 棵 (kē) 3. to cultivate 4. to set up (HSK 1)

田間

tián jiān — 1. field 2. farm 3. farming area 4. village

望

wàng — 1. full moon 2. to hope 3. to expect 4. to visit 5. to gaze (into the distance) 6. to look towards 7. towards (HSK 7-9)

遍

biàn — 1. everywhere 2. all over 3. classifier for actions: one time (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

遠近

yuǎn jìn — 1. far and near 2. distance

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

人家

rén jiā — 1. household 2. dwelling 3. family 4. sb else's house 5. household business 6. house of woman's husband-to-be 7. classifier: 戶 (hù), 家 (jiā) (HSK 4)

深秋

shēn qiū — late autumn

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

田地

tián dì — 1. field 2. farmland 3. cropland 4. plight 5. extent

好像

hǎo xiàng — 1. as if 2. to seem like (HSK 2)

沒有

méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)

感覺

gǎn jué — 1. feeling; impression; sensation 2. to feel; to perceive (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

光

guāng — 1. light; ray (classifier: 道 (dào)) 2. bright; shiny 3. only; merely 4. used up; finished 5. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

毛

Máo — surname Mao (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

皮革

pí gé — 1. leather 2. classifier: 張 (zhāng)

遠近

yuǎn jìn — 1. far and near 2. distance

平

Píng — surname Ping (HSK 2)

鋪

pū — 1. to spread 2. to display 3. to set up 4. (old) holder for door-knocker (HSK 6)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

夏季

xià jì — summer (HSK 4)

埋

mái — to bury (HSK 6)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

植物

zhí wù — 1. plant 2. vegetation 3. classifier: 種 (zhǒng) (HSK 4)

裏

lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

家

jiā — 1. home 2. family 3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) 4. classifier for families or businesses 5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China 6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian 7. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)

屋

wū — 1. (bound form) house 2. (bound form) room (HSK 5)

現在

xiàn zài — now; at present; currently (HSK 1)

明顯

míng xiǎn — 1. clear 2. distinct 3. obvious (HSK 3)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

好像

hǎo xiàng — 1. as if 2. to seem like (HSK 2)

突出

tū chū — 1. prominent 2. outstanding 3. to give prominence to 4. to protrude 5. to project (HSK 3)

地面

dì miàn — 1. floor 2. ground 3. surface (HSK 4)

一般

yī bān — 1. same 2. ordinary 3. so-so 4. common 5. general 6. generally 7. in general (HSK 2)

好像

hǎo xiàng — 1. as if 2. to seem like (HSK 2)

新

Xīn — 1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 (Xīn jiāng) 2. abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 (Xīn jiā pō) 3. surname Xin (HSK 1)

從

Cóng — surname Cong (HSK 1)

地面

dì miàn — 1. floor 2. ground 3. surface (HSK 4)

突出

tū chū — 1. prominent 2. outstanding 3. to give prominence to 4. to protrude 5. to project (HSK 3)

大树林子里有黄叶回旋著，那是些呼叫著的黄叶。望向林子的那端，全林的树棵，仿佛是关落下来的大伞。凄沉的阳光，晒著所有的秃树。田间望遍了远近的人家。深秋的田地好像没有感觉的光了毛的皮革，远近平铺著。夏季埋在植物里的家屋，现在明显的好像突出地面一般，好像新从地面突出。

深秋帶來的黃葉，趕走了夏季的蝴蝶。The yellow leaves brought by late autumn had driven away the butterflies of summer.一張葉子落到王婆的頭上，葉子是安靜的伏貼在那裏。A leaf fell onto Wangpo’s head and lay there quietly, clinging flat.王婆驅著她的老馬，頭上頂著飄落的黃葉；Wangpo drove on her old mare, wearing the fallen yellow leaf upon her head;老馬，老人，配著一張老的葉子，他們走在進城的大道。the old mare, the old woman, and the old leaf made a fitting trio as they walked the main road into town.

深秋

shēn qiū — late autumn

帶來

dài lái — 1. to bring 2. (fig.) to bring about; to produce (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

黃

Huáng — surname Huang or Hwang (HSK 2)

葉

Yè — surname Ye

趕走

gǎn zǒu — 1. to drive out 2. to turn back

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

夏季

xià jì — summer (HSK 4)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

蝴蝶

hú dié — 1. butterfly 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

張

Zhāng — surname Zhang (HSK 3)

葉子

yè zi — 1. leaf (classifier: 片 (piàn)) 2. (slang) marijuana (HSK 4)

落

là — 1. to leave out 2. to be missing 3. to leave behind or forget to bring 4. to lag or fall behind (HSK 4)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

頭上

tóu shàng — 1. overhead 2. above

葉子

yè zi — 1. leaf (classifier: 片 (piàn)) 2. (slang) marijuana (HSK 4)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

安靜

ān jìng — 1. quiet 2. peaceful 3. calm (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

伏

Fú — surname Fu

貼

tiē — 1. to stick 2. to paste 3. to post (e.g. on a blog) 4. to keep close to 5. to fit snugly 6. to subsidize 7. allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) 8. sticker 9. classifier for sticking plaster: strip (HSK 4)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

那裏

nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

驅

qū — 1. to expel 2. to urge on 3. to drive 4. to run quickly

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

頭上

tóu shàng — 1. overhead 2. above

頂

dǐng — 1. apex 2. crown of the head 3. top 4. roof 5. most 6. to carry on the head 7. to push to the top 8. to go against 9. to replace 10. to substitute 11. to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) 12. (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile 13. classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc (HSK 4)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

飄落

piāo luò — 1. to float down 2. to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

黃

Huáng — surname Huang or Hwang (HSK 2)

葉

Yè — surname Ye

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

老人

lǎo rén — 1. old man or woman 2. the elderly 3. one's aged parents or grandparents (HSK 1)

配

pèi — 1. to join 2. to fit 3. to mate 4. to mix 5. to match 6. to deserve 7. to make up (a prescription) 8. to allocate (HSK 3)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

張

Zhāng — surname Zhang (HSK 3)

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

葉子

yè zi — 1. leaf (classifier: 片 (piàn)) 2. (slang) marijuana (HSK 4)

他們

tā men — they; them (HSK 1)

走

zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

進城

jìn chéng — 1. to go to town 2. to enter a big city (to live or work)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

大道

dà dào — 1. main street 2. avenue (HSK 6)

深秋带来的黄叶，赶走了夏季的蝴蝶。一张叶子落到王婆的头上，叶子是安静的伏贴在那里。王婆驱著她的老马，头上顶著飘落的黄叶；老马，老人，配著一张老的叶子，他们走在进城的大道。

道口漸漸看見人影，漸漸看見那個人吸菸，二里半迎面來了。At the crossroads a figure gradually came into view, then the man could be seen smoking: Erli Ban was approaching head-on.他長形的臉孔配起擺動的身子來，有點像一個馴順的猿猴。His long face, coupled with his swaying body, made him look somewhat like a tame ape.他說：『唉呀！He said, “Ah!起得太早啦！You’re up too early!進城去有事嗎？Going into town on some business?怎麼驅著馬進城，不裝車糧拉著？』Why are you driving the mare into town without hitching her to a cartload of grain?”

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

口

kǒu — 1. mouth 2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) 3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls (HSK 1)

漸漸

jiàn jiàn — gradually (HSK 4)

看見

kàn jiàn — to see; to catch sight of (HSK 1)

人影

rén yǐng — 1. the shadow of a human figure 2. a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb)

漸漸

jiàn jiàn — gradually (HSK 4)

看見

kàn jiàn — to see; to catch sight of (HSK 1)

那個人

nà gè rén — 1. lit. that person 2. fig. the person you have been looking for 3. Mr Right 4. the girl of one's dreams

吸

xī — 1. to breathe 2. to suck in 3. to absorb 4. to inhale (HSK 4)

菸

yān — tobacco (variant of 煙 (yān)) (HSK 3)

二

èr — 1. two 2. 2 3. (Beijing dialect) stupid (HSK 1)

里

Lǐ — surname Li (HSK 1)

半

bàn — 1. half 2. semi- 3. incomplete 4. (after a number) and a half (HSK 1)

迎面

yíng miàn — 1. directly; head-on (collision) 2. (of wind) in one's face

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

長

cháng — 1. long 2. (bound form) length 3. (bound form) strong point; forte 4. (bound form) to be good at 5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. (zhàng)) (HSK 2)

形

xíng — 1. to appear 2. to look 3. form 4. shape (HSK 6)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

臉孔

liǎn kǒng — face

配

pèi — 1. to join 2. to fit 3. to mate 4. to mix 5. to match 6. to deserve 7. to make up (a prescription) 8. to allocate (HSK 3)

起

qǐ — 1. to rise 2. to raise 3. to get up 4. to set out 5. to start 6. to appear 7. to launch 8. to initiate (action) 9. to draft 10. to establish 11. to get (from a depot or counter) 12. verb suffix, to start 13. starting from (a time, place, price etc) 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance 15. classifier for groups: batch, group (HSK 1)

擺動

bǎi dòng — 1. to sway 2. to swing 3. to move back and forth 4. to oscillate (HSK 4)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

身子

shēn zi — 1. body 2. pregnancy 3. health (HSK 7-9)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

有點

yǒu diǎn — a little

像

xiàng — 1. to resemble 2. to be like 3. to look as if 4. such as 5. appearance 6. image 7. portrait 8. image under a mapping (math.) (HSK 2)

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

馴順

xùn shùn — 1. tame 2. docile

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

猿猴

yuán hóu — apes and monkeys

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

唉

āi — 1. interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!) 2. to sigh (HSK 7-9)

呀

yā — 1. ah (used to express surprise) 2. (onom.) creaking (HSK 4)

起

qǐ — 1. to rise 2. to raise 3. to get up 4. to set out 5. to start 6. to appear 7. to launch 8. to initiate (action) 9. to draft 10. to establish 11. to get (from a depot or counter) 12. verb suffix, to start 13. starting from (a time, place, price etc) 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance 15. classifier for groups: batch, group (HSK 1)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

太

tài — 1. highest 2. greatest 3. too (much) 4. very 5. extremely (HSK 1)

早

zǎo — 1. early 2. morning 3. Good morning! 4. long ago 5. prematurely (HSK 1)

啦

lā — 1. (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc 2. (phonetic) 3. (dialect) to chat (HSK 6)

進城

jìn chéng — 1. to go to town 2. to enter a big city (to live or work)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

有事

yǒu shì — 1. to be occupied with sth 2. to have sth on one's mind 3. there is something the matter (HSK 6)

嗎

má — (coll.) what? (HSK 1)

怎麼

zěn me — 1. how? 2. what? 3. why? (HSK 1)

驅

qū — 1. to expel 2. to urge on 3. to drive 4. to run quickly

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

進城

jìn chéng — 1. to go to town 2. to enter a big city (to live or work)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

裝

zhuāng — 1. adornment 2. to adorn 3. dress 4. clothing 5. costume (of an actor in a play) 6. to play a role 7. to pretend 8. to install 9. to fix 10. to wrap (sth in a bag) 11. to load 12. to pack (HSK 2)

車

Chē — surname Che (HSK 1)

糧

liáng — 1. grain 2. food 3. provisions 4. agricultural tax paid in grain

拉

lā — 1. to pull 2. to play (a bowed instrument) 3. to drag 4. to draw 5. to chat 6. (coll.) to empty one's bowels (HSK 2)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

道口渐渐看见人影，渐渐看见那个人吸烟，二里半迎面来了。他长形的脸孔配起摆动的身子来，有点像一个驯顺的猿猴。他说：『唉呀！起得太早啦！进城去有事吗？怎么驱著马进城，不装车粮拉著？』

振一振袖子，把耳邊的頭髮向後撫弄一下，王婆的手顫抖著說了：『到日子了呢！Wangpo shook out her sleeves and pushed back the hair beside her ears; her hand trembled as she said, “Her time has come!下湯鍋去吧！』王婆什麼心情也沒有，她看著馬在吃道旁的葉子，她用短枝驅著又前進了。Into the boiling pot she goes!” Wangpo felt nothing at all; she watched the mare eating leaves by the roadside, then drove her onward with the short switch.

振

zhèn — 1. to shake 2. to flap 3. to vibrate 4. to resonate 5. to rise up with spirit 6. to rouse oneself

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

振

zhèn — 1. to shake 2. to flap 3. to vibrate 4. to resonate 5. to rise up with spirit 6. to rouse oneself

袖子

xiù zi — sleeve

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

耳

ěr — 1. ear 2. handle (archaeology) 3. and that is all (Classical Chinese)

邊

biān — 1. side 2. edge 3. margin 4. border 5. boundary 6. classifier: 個 (gè) 7. simultaneously (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

頭髮

tóu fa — hair (on the head) (HSK 2)

向後

xiàng hòu — backward

撫弄

fǔ nòng — to fondle; to caress; to stroke

一下

yī xià — 1. (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) 2. all at once; suddenly

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

手

shǒu — 1. hand 2. (formal) to hold 3. person engaged in certain types of work 4. person skilled in certain types of work 5. personal(ly) 6. convenient 7. classifier for skill 8. classifier: 雙 (shuāng), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 1)

顫抖

chàn dǒu — 1. to shudder 2. to shiver 3. to shake 4. to tremble (HSK 7-9)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

日子

rì zi — 1. day 2. a (calendar) date 3. days of one's life (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

湯

Tāng — surname Tang (HSK 3)

鍋

guō — 1. pot; pan; wok; cauldron 2. pot-shaped thing 3. classifier: 口 (kǒu), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 5)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

吧

bā — 1. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) 2. to puff (on a pipe etc) 3. (onom.) bang 4. abbr. for 貼吧 (tiē bā) (HSK 1)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

什麼

shén me — 1. what? 2. something; anything (HSK 1)

心情

xīn qíng — mood; frame of mind (HSK 2)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

沒有

méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

看

kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

吃

chī — 1. to eat; to consume 2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc) 3. to eradicate; to destroy 4. to absorb 5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

旁

páng — 1. one side 2. other 3. different 4. lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂 (dāo), 亻 (rén) etc) (HSK 5)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

葉子

yè zi — 1. leaf (classifier: 片 (piàn)) 2. (slang) marijuana (HSK 4)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

用

yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)

短

duǎn — 1. short 2. brief 3. to lack 4. weak point 5. fault (HSK 2)

枝

zhī — 1. branch 2. classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc (HSK 6)

驅

qū — 1. to expel 2. to urge on 3. to drive 4. to run quickly

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

前進

qián jìn — 1. to go forward 2. to forge ahead 3. to advance 4. onward (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

振一振袖子，把耳边的头发向后抚弄一下，王婆的手颤抖著说了：『到日子了呢！下汤锅去吧！』王婆什么心情也没有，她看著马在吃道旁的叶子，她用短枝驱著又前进了。

二里半感到非常悲痛。Erli Ban was overcome with grief.他痙攣著了。His body convulsed.過了一個時刻轉過身來，他趕上去說：『下湯鍋是下不得的，……After a moment he turned around, caught up with her, and said, “She mustn’t go into the boiling pot...下湯鍋是下不得……』但是怎樣辦呢？She mustn’t go into the boiling pot...” But what else could be done?二里半連半句語言也沒有了！Erli Ban could not utter another half a word!他扭歪著身子跨到前面，用手摸一摸馬兒的鬃髮。Twisting his body, he stepped ahead and stroked the mare’s mane.老馬立刻響著鼻子了！The old mare immediately snorted!牠的眼睛哭著一般，濕潤而模糊。Her eyes looked as though they were weeping, moist and clouded.悲傷立刻掠過王婆的心孔。Grief at once swept through Wangpo’s heart.啞著嗓子，王婆說：『算了吧！In a hoarse voice Wangpo said, “Let it be!算了吧！Let it be!不下湯鍋，還不是等著餓死嗎？』If she doesn’t go into the boiling pot, won’t she only wait to starve to death?”

二

èr — 1. two 2. 2 3. (Beijing dialect) stupid (HSK 1)

里

Lǐ — surname Li (HSK 1)

半

bàn — 1. half 2. semi- 3. incomplete 4. (after a number) and a half (HSK 1)

感到

gǎn dào — to feel; to sense; to perceive (HSK 2)

非常

fēi cháng — 1. very; really 2. unusual; extraordinary (HSK 1)

悲痛

bēi tòng — 1. grieved 2. sorrowful (HSK 7-9)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

痙攣

jìng luán — 1. to jerk 2. to contort 3. spasm 4. convulsion

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

過

Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

時刻

shí kè — 1. time 2. juncture 3. moment 4. period of time 5. classifier: 個 (gè), 段 (duàn) 6. constantly 7. always (HSK 3)

轉

zhuǎi — see 轉文 (zhuǎi wén) (HSK 3)

過身

guò shēn — to die; to pass away

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

趕上

gǎn shàng — 1. to keep up with 2. to catch up with 3. to overtake 4. to chance upon 5. in time for (HSK 6)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

湯

Tāng — surname Tang (HSK 3)

鍋

guō — 1. pot; pan; wok; cauldron 2. pot-shaped thing 3. classifier: 口 (kǒu), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 5)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

不得

bù dé — 1. must not 2. may not 3. not to be allowed 4. cannot

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

湯

Tāng — surname Tang (HSK 3)

鍋

guō — 1. pot; pan; wok; cauldron 2. pot-shaped thing 3. classifier: 口 (kǒu), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 5)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

不得

bù dé — 1. must not 2. may not 3. not to be allowed 4. cannot

但是

dàn shì — but; however (HSK 2)

怎樣

zěn yàng — 1. how 2. what kind (HSK 2)

辦

bàn — 1. to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event) 2. to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) 3. (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect) 4. (bound form) office (as in 招辦 (zhāo bàn), admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室 (bàn gōng shì)) (HSK 2)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

二

èr — 1. two 2. 2 3. (Beijing dialect) stupid (HSK 1)

里

Lǐ — surname Li (HSK 1)

半

bàn — 1. half 2. semi- 3. incomplete 4. (after a number) and a half (HSK 1)

連

Lián — surname Lian (HSK 3)

半

bàn — 1. half 2. semi- 3. incomplete 4. (after a number) and a half (HSK 1)

句

gōu — variant of 勾 (gōu) (HSK 2)

語言

yǔ yán — 1. language 2. classifier: 門 (mén), 種 (zhǒng) (HSK 2)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

沒有

méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

扭

niǔ — 1. to turn 2. to twist 3. to wring 4. to sprain 5. to swing one's hips (HSK 6)

歪

wāi — 1. askew 2. at a crooked angle 3. devious 4. noxious 5. (coll.) to lie on one's side (HSK 7-9)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

身子

shēn zi — 1. body 2. pregnancy 3. health (HSK 7-9)

跨

kuà — 1. to step across 2. to stride over 3. to straddle 4. to span (HSK 6)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

前面

qián miàn — 1. ahead 2. in front 3. preceding 4. above 5. also pr. (qián mian) (HSK 3)

用

yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)

手

shǒu — 1. hand 2. (formal) to hold 3. person engaged in certain types of work 4. person skilled in certain types of work 5. personal(ly) 6. convenient 7. classifier for skill 8. classifier: 雙 (shuāng), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 1)

摸

mō — 1. to feel with the hand 2. to touch 3. to stroke 4. to grope 5. to steal 6. to abstract (HSK 4)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

摸

mō — 1. to feel with the hand 2. to touch 3. to stroke 4. to grope 5. to steal 6. to abstract (HSK 4)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

鬃

zōng — 1. bristles 2. horse's mane

髮

fà — 1. hair 2. Taiwan pr. (fǎ) (HSK 2)

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

立刻

lì kè — immediately; at once; right away (HSK 3)

響

xiǎng — 1. echo 2. sound 3. noise 4. to make a sound 5. to sound 6. to ring 7. loud 8. classifier for noises (HSK 2)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

鼻子

bí zi — 1. nose 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 5)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

眼睛

yǎn jing — 1. eye 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng) (HSK 2)

哭

kū — to cry; to weep (HSK 2)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

一般

yī bān — 1. same 2. ordinary 3. so-so 4. common 5. general 6. generally 7. in general (HSK 2)

濕潤

shī rùn — moist (HSK 7-9)

而

ér — 1. and 2. as well as 3. and so 4. but (not) 5. yet (not) 6. (indicates causal relation) 7. (indicates change of state) 8. (indicates contrast) (HSK 4)

模糊

mó hu — 1. vague; indistinct; fuzzy 2. to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up (HSK 5)

悲傷

bēi shāng — sad; sorrowful (HSK 5)

立刻

lì kè — immediately; at once; right away (HSK 3)

掠過

lüè guò — 1. to flit across 2. to sweep past 3. to glance (strike at an angle)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

心孔

xīn kǒng — see 心竅 (xīn qiào)

啞

yā — 1. (onom.) sound of cawing 2. sound of infant learning to talk 3. variant of 呀 (yā) (HSK 7-9)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

嗓子

sǎng zi — 1. throat 2. voice 3. classifier: 把 (bǎ) (HSK 7-9)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

算了

suàn le — 1. let it be 2. let it pass 3. forget about it (HSK 6)

吧

bā — 1. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) 2. to puff (on a pipe etc) 3. (onom.) bang 4. abbr. for 貼吧 (tiē bā) (HSK 1)

算了

suàn le — 1. let it be 2. let it pass 3. forget about it (HSK 6)

吧

bā — 1. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) 2. to puff (on a pipe etc) 3. (onom.) bang 4. abbr. for 貼吧 (tiē bā) (HSK 1)

不下

bù xià — to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)

湯

Tāng — surname Tang (HSK 3)

鍋

guō — 1. pot; pan; wok; cauldron 2. pot-shaped thing 3. classifier: 口 (kǒu), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 5)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

不是

bù shì — 1. no 2. is not 3. not

等

děng — 1. to wait for; to await 2. by the time; when; till 3. and so on; etc.; et al. 4. (bound form) class; rank; grade 5. (bound form) equal to; same as 6. (used to end an enumeration) 7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

餓死

è sǐ — 1. to starve to death 2. to be very hungry

嗎

má — (coll.) what? (HSK 1)

二里半感到非常悲痛。他痉挛著了。过了一个时刻转过身来，他赶上去说：『下汤锅是下不得的，……下汤锅是下不得……』但是怎样办呢？二里半连半句语言也没有了！他扭歪著身子跨到前面，用手摸一摸马儿的鬃发。老马立刻响著鼻子了！牠的眼睛哭著一般，湿润而模糊。悲伤立刻掠过王婆的心孔。哑著嗓子，王婆说：『算了吧！算了吧！不下汤锅，还不是等著饿死吗？』

深秋禿葉的樹，為了慘厲的風變，脫去了靈魂一般吹嘯著。The bare trees of late autumn, stripped of their souls by the cruel, shrieking wind, wailed aloud.馬行在前面，王婆隨在後面，一步一步屠場近著了；The mare walked in front and Wangpo followed behind; step by step the slaughterhouse drew nearer;一步一步風聲送著老馬歸去。step by step the wind ushered the old mare toward her final home.

深秋

shēn qiū — late autumn

禿

tū — 1. bald (lacking hair or feathers) 2. barren; bare; denuded 3. blunt (lacking a point) 4. (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory; lacking something (HSK 7-9)

葉

Yè — surname Ye

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

樹

shù — 1. tree 2. classifier: 棵 (kē) 3. to cultivate 4. to set up (HSK 1)

為了

wèi le — for; for the purpose of; in order to (HSK 3)

慘

cǎn — 1. miserable 2. wretched 3. cruel 4. inhuman 5. disastrous 6. tragic 7. dim 8. gloomy (HSK 6)

厲

Lì — surname Li

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

風

fēng — 1. wind 2. news 3. style 4. custom 5. manner 6. classifier: 陣 (zhèn), 絲 (sī) (HSK 1)

變

biàn — 1. to change 2. to become different 3. to transform 4. to vary 5. rebellion (HSK 2)

脫去

tuō qù — to throw off

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

靈魂

líng hún — 1. soul 2. spirit (HSK 7-9)

一般

yī bān — 1. same 2. ordinary 3. so-so 4. common 5. general 6. generally 7. in general (HSK 2)

吹

chuī — 1. to blow 2. to play a wind instrument 3. to blast 4. to puff 5. to boast 6. to brag 7. to end in failure 8. to fall through (HSK 2)

嘯

xiào — 1. (of people) to whistle 2. (of birds and animals) to screech; to howl; to roar

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

行

háng — 1. (bound form) row; line 2. (bound form) line of business; trade; profession 3. (bound form) commercial firm 4. (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) 5. (in data tables) row; (Tw) column 6. classifier for rows or lines (HSK 1)

在前

zài qián — 1. ahead 2. formerly 3. in the past

面

miàn — 1. face 2. side 3. surface 4. aspect 5. top 6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

隨

Suí — surname Sui (HSK 3)

在後

zài hòu — behind

面

miàn — 1. face 2. side 3. surface 4. aspect 5. top 6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

步

Bù — surname Bu (HSK 3)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

步

Bù — surname Bu (HSK 3)

屠場

tú chǎng — 1. slaughterhouse 2. abattoir

近

jìn — 1. near 2. close to 3. approximately (HSK 2)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

步

Bù — surname Bu (HSK 3)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

步

Bù — surname Bu (HSK 3)

風聲

fēng shēng — 1. sound of the wind 2. rumor 3. talk 4. news 5. reputation

送

sòng — 1. to send; to deliver; to transmit 2. to give (as a present) 3. to see (sb) off 4. to accompany; to go along with (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

歸

Guī — surname Gui (HSK 4)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

深秋秃叶的树，为了惨厉的风变，脱去了灵魂一般吹啸著。马行在前面，王婆随在后面，一步一步屠场近著了；一步一步风声送著老马归去。

王婆她自己想著：一個人怎麼變得這樣利害？Wangpo thought to herself: how could a person become so hardhearted?年青的時候，不是常常為著送老馬或是老牛進過屠場嗎？When she was young, had she not often taken old horses and old oxen to the slaughterhouse?她顫寒起來，幻想著屠刀要像穿過自己的背脊，於是，手中的短枝脫落了！She began to shiver, imagining the butcher’s knife passing through her own spine, and the short switch fell from her hand!她茫然暈昏地停在道旁，頭髮舞著好像個鬼魂樣。Dazed and faint, she stopped beside the road, her hair dancing like a ghost.等她重新拾起短枝來，老馬不見了！When she picked up the short switch again, the old mare was gone!牠到前面小水溝的地方喝水去了！She had gone ahead to drink from a little ditch!這是牠最末一次飲水吧！This would be the last water she ever drank!老馬需要飲水，牠也需要休息，在水溝旁倒臥下了！The old mare needed water, and she needed rest too; beside the ditch she lay down!牠慢慢呼吸著。She breathed slowly.王婆用低音，慈和的音調呼喚著：『起來吧！In a low, gentle voice Wangpo called, “Get up!走進城去吧，有什麼法子呢？』馬仍然仰臥著。Let’s go into town—what else can we do?” The mare still lay on her back.王婆看一看日午了，還要趕回去燒午飯，但，任她怎樣拉韁繩，馬仍是沒有移動。Wangpo saw that it was already noon and that she still had to hurry home to cook the midday meal; yet however she pulled at the reins, the mare would not move.

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

自己

zì jǐ — oneself; (attributive) one's own (HSK 2)

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

一個人

yī gè rén — 1. by oneself (without assistance) 2. alone (without company)

怎麼

zěn me — 1. how? 2. what? 3. why? (HSK 1)

變得

biàn de — to become

這樣

zhè yàng — 1. this way; like this; so 2. (before a noun) this kind of; such (HSK 2)

利害

lì hài — 1. pros and cons 2. advantages and disadvantages 3. gains and losses (HSK 7-9)

年青

nián qīng — youthful

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

時候

shí hou — 1. time 2. length of time 3. moment 4. period (HSK 1)

不是

bù shì — 1. no 2. is not 3. not

常常

cháng cháng — frequently; often (HSK 1)

為著

wèi zhe — 1. in order to 2. because of 3. for the sake of

送

sòng — 1. to send; to deliver; to transmit 2. to give (as a present) 3. to see (sb) off 4. to accompany; to go along with (HSK 1)

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

或是

huò shì — 1. or 2. either one or the other (HSK 5)

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

牛

Niú — surname Niu (HSK 3)

進

jìn — 1. to go forward 2. to advance 3. to go in 4. to enter 5. to put in 6. to submit 7. to take in 8. to admit 9. (math.) base of a number system 10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound (HSK 1)

過

Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)

屠場

tú chǎng — 1. slaughterhouse 2. abattoir

嗎

má — (coll.) what? (HSK 1)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

顫

chàn — 1. to tremble 2. to shiver 3. to shake 4. to vibrate 5. Taiwan pr. (zhàn)

寒

hán — 1. cold 2. poor 3. to tremble

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

幻想

huàn xiǎng — 1. to fantasize; to imagine 2. an illusion; a fantasy (HSK 6)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

屠刀

tú dāo — 1. butcher's knife 2. abattoir hatchet

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

像

xiàng — 1. to resemble 2. to be like 3. to look as if 4. such as 5. appearance 6. image 7. portrait 8. image under a mapping (math.) (HSK 2)

穿過

chuān guò — to pass through (HSK 7-9)

自己

zì jǐ — oneself; (attributive) one's own (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

背脊

bèi jǐ — the back of the human body

於是

yú shì — thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence (HSK 4)

手

shǒu — 1. hand 2. (formal) to hold 3. person engaged in certain types of work 4. person skilled in certain types of work 5. personal(ly) 6. convenient 7. classifier for skill 8. classifier: 雙 (shuāng), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 1)

中的

zhòng dì — 1. to hit the target 2. (fig.) to hit the nail on the head

短

duǎn — 1. short 2. brief 3. to lack 4. weak point 5. fault (HSK 2)

枝

zhī — 1. branch 2. classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc (HSK 6)

脫落

tuō luò — 1. to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out 2. to omit (a character when writing) (HSK 7-9)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

茫然

máng rán — 1. blankly 2. vacantly 3. at a loss (HSK 7-9)

暈

yūn — 1. confused 2. dizzy 3. giddy 4. to faint 5. to swoon 6. to lose consciousness 7. to pass out (HSK 6)

昏

hūn — 1. muddle-headed 2. twilight 3. to faint 4. to lose consciousness (HSK 6)

地

de — 1. -ly 2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct (HSK 1)

停

tíng — 1. to stop 2. to halt 3. to park (a car) (HSK 2)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

旁

páng — 1. one side 2. other 3. different 4. lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂 (dāo), 亻 (rén) etc) (HSK 5)

頭髮

tóu fa — hair (on the head) (HSK 2)

舞

wǔ — 1. to dance 2. to wield 3. to brandish (HSK 5)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

好像

hǎo xiàng — 1. as if 2. to seem like (HSK 2)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

鬼魂

guǐ hún — ghost

樣

yàng — 1. manner 2. pattern 3. way 4. appearance 5. shape 6. classifier: kind, type (HSK 6)

等

děng — 1. to wait for; to await 2. by the time; when; till 3. and so on; etc.; et al. 4. (bound form) class; rank; grade 5. (bound form) equal to; same as 6. (used to end an enumeration) 7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) (HSK 1)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

重新

chóng xīn — again; once more; re- (HSK 2)

拾

shè — to ascend in light steps (HSK 5)

起

qǐ — 1. to rise 2. to raise 3. to get up 4. to set out 5. to start 6. to appear 7. to launch 8. to initiate (action) 9. to draft 10. to establish 11. to get (from a depot or counter) 12. verb suffix, to start 13. starting from (a time, place, price etc) 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance 15. classifier for groups: batch, group (HSK 1)

短

duǎn — 1. short 2. brief 3. to lack 4. weak point 5. fault (HSK 2)

枝

zhī — 1. branch 2. classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc (HSK 6)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

不見了

bù jiàn le — 1. to have disappeared 2. to be missing 3. nowhere to be found

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

前面

qián miàn — 1. ahead 2. in front 3. preceding 4. above 5. also pr. (qián mian) (HSK 3)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

水溝

shuǐ gōu — 1. gutter 2. sewer

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

地方

dì fāng — 1. region 2. regional (away from the central administration) 3. local (HSK 1)

喝

hē — 1. to drink 2. variant of 嗬 (hē) (HSK 1)

水

Shuǐ — 1. surname Shui 2. Shui ethnic group (HSK 1)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

最

zuì — 1. (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est 2. (after 之 (zhī)) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 (shì jiè zhī zuì) "the greatest in the world") (HSK 1)

末

me — variant of 麼 (me) (HSK 4)

一次

yī cì — 1. first 2. first time 3. once 4. (math.) linear (of degree one)

飲水

yǐn shuǐ — 1. to drink water 2. drinking water (HSK 7-9)

吧

bā — 1. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) 2. to puff (on a pipe etc) 3. (onom.) bang 4. abbr. for 貼吧 (tiē bā) (HSK 1)

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

需要

xū yào — 1. to need; to want; to demand; to require 2. needs (HSK 3)

飲水

yǐn shuǐ — 1. to drink water 2. drinking water (HSK 7-9)

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

需要

xū yào — 1. to need; to want; to demand; to require 2. needs (HSK 3)

休息

xiū xi — 1. rest 2. to rest (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

水溝

shuǐ gōu — 1. gutter 2. sewer

旁

páng — 1. one side 2. other 3. different 4. lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂 (dāo), 亻 (rén) etc) (HSK 5)

倒臥

dǎo wò — 1. to lie down 2. to drop dead

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

慢慢

màn màn — slowly; gradually (HSK 3)

呼吸

hū xī — to breathe (HSK 4)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

用

yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)

低音

dī yīn — bass

慈和

cí hé — 1. kindly 2. amiable

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

音調

yīn diào — 1. pitch of voice (high or low) 2. pitch (of a musical note) 3. tone

呼喚

hū huàn — 1. to call out (a name etc) 2. to shout (HSK 7-9)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

吧

bā — 1. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) 2. to puff (on a pipe etc) 3. (onom.) bang 4. abbr. for 貼吧 (tiē bā) (HSK 1)

走進

zǒu jìn — to enter; to step into (HSK 2)

城

chéng — 1. city walls 2. city 3. town 4. classifier: 座 (zuò), 道 (dào), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

吧

bā — 1. bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc) 2. to puff (on a pipe etc) 3. (onom.) bang 4. abbr. for 貼吧 (tiē bā) (HSK 1)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

什麼

shén me — 1. what? 2. something; anything (HSK 1)

法子

fǎ zi — 1. way 2. method 3. Taiwan pr. (fá zi)

呢

ne — 1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") 2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds 3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

仍然

réng rán — still; as before; yet (HSK 3)

仰臥

yǎng wò — to lie supine

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

看一看

kàn yī kàn — to have a look

日

rì — 1. (bound form) sun 2. day 3. day of the month 4. (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本 (Rì běn)) 5. (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with (HSK 1)

午

wǔ — 1. 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse 2. ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

趕

gǎn — 1. to overtake; to catch up with 2. to hurry; to rush 3. to try to catch (the bus etc) 4. to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away 5. to avail oneself of (an opportunity) 6. until; by (a certain time) (HSK 3)

回去

huí qu — 1. to return 2. to go back (HSK 1)

燒

shāo — 1. to burn; to set on fire 2. to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc) 3. to braise 4. to cook; to prepare food 5. to run a fever 6. fever 7. (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away (HSK 4)

午飯

wǔ fàn — 1. lunch 2. classifier: 份 (fèn), 頓 (dùn), 次 (cì), 餐 (cān) (HSK 1)

但

dàn — 1. but; yet; however; still 2. merely; only; just (HSK 2)

任

Rén — surname Ren (HSK 3)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

怎樣

zěn yàng — 1. how 2. what kind (HSK 2)

拉

lā — 1. to pull 2. to play (a bowed instrument) 3. to drag 4. to draw 5. to chat 6. (coll.) to empty one's bowels (HSK 2)

韁繩

jiāng shéng — reins

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

仍

réng — 1. still; yet 2. to remain 3. (literary) frequently; often (HSK 3)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

沒有

méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)

移動

yí dòng — 1. to move 2. movement 3. migration 4. mobile 5. portable (HSK 4)

王婆她自己想著：一个人怎么变得这样利害？年青的时候，不是常常为著送老马或是老牛进过屠场吗？她颤寒起来，幻想著屠刀要像穿过自己的背脊，于是，手中的短枝脱落了！她茫然晕昏地停在道旁，头发舞著好像个鬼魂样。等她重新拾起短枝来，老马不见了！牠到前面小水沟的地方喝水去了！这是牠最末一次饮水吧！老马需要饮水，牠也需要休息，在水沟旁倒卧下了！牠慢慢呼吸著。王婆用低音，慈和的音调呼唤著：『起来吧！走进城去吧，有什么法子呢？』马仍然仰卧著。王婆看一看日午了，还要赶回去烧午饭，但，任她怎样拉缰绳，马仍是没有移动。

王婆惱怒著了！Wangpo grew angry!她用短枝打著牠起來。She struck her with the short switch to make her rise.雖是起來，老馬仍然貪戀著小水溝。Though she got up, the old mare still lingered longingly by the little ditch.王婆因為苦痛的人生，使她易於暴怒，樹枝在馬兒的脊骨上斷成半截。A life of suffering had made Wangpo quick to rage, and the branch snapped in two across the mare’s backbone.

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

惱怒

nǎo nù — 1. resentful 2. angry 3. to enrage sb

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

用

yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)

短

duǎn — 1. short 2. brief 3. to lack 4. weak point 5. fault (HSK 2)

枝

zhī — 1. branch 2. classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc (HSK 6)

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

雖是

suī shì — 1. although 2. even though 3. even if

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

仍然

réng rán — still; as before; yet (HSK 3)

貪戀

tān liàn — 1. to cling to 2. to be reluctant to give up (sth) 3. to have a fondness for (an indulgence etc)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

水溝

shuǐ gōu — 1. gutter 2. sewer

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

因為

yīn wèi — because; owing to; on account of (HSK 2)

苦痛

kǔ tòng — 1. pain 2. suffering

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

人生

rén shēng — life (one's time on earth) (HSK 3)

使

shǐ — 1. to make 2. to cause 3. to enable 4. to use 5. to employ 6. to send 7. to instruct sb to do sth 8. envoy 9. messenger (HSK 3)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

易於

yì yú — 1. very likely 2. prone to

暴怒

bào nù — 1. to fly into a rage 2. to rage violently

樹枝

shù zhī — 1. branch 2. twig (HSK 7-9)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

脊骨

jǐ gǔ — backbone

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

斷

duàn — 1. to break 2. to snap 3. to cut off 4. to give up or abstain from sth 5. to judge 6. (usu. used in the negative) absolutely 7. definitely 8. decidedly (HSK 3)

成

Chéng — 1. surname Cheng 2. short name for Chengdu 成都 (Chéng dū) (HSK 2)

半截

bàn jié — 1. half (of sth) 2. halfway through

王婆恼怒著了！她用短枝打著牠起来。虽是起来，老马仍然贪恋著小水沟。王婆因为苦痛的人生，使她易于暴怒，树枝在马儿的脊骨上断成半截。

又安然走在大道上了！Once more they went calmly along the main road!經過一些荒涼的家屋，經過幾座頹敗的小廟。They passed some desolate houses and several small, crumbling temples.一個小廟前躺著個死了的小孩，那是用一綑穀草束扎著的。Before one small temple lay a dead child, wrapped in a bundle of straw.孩子小小的頭頂露在外面，可憐的小腳從草稍直伸出來；The child’s tiny crown was exposed, and its pitiful little feet stuck straight out beyond the ends of the straw;他是誰家的孩子睡在這曠野的小廟前？whose child was this, sleeping before a little temple in the wilderness?

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

安然

ān rán — 1. calmly 2. without qualms 3. free from worry 4. safe and sound

走

zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

大道

dà dào — 1. main street 2. avenue (HSK 6)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

經過

jīng guò — 1. to pass 2. to go through 3. process 4. course 5. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

一些

yī xiē — some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er (HSK 1)

荒涼

huāng liáng — desolate (HSK 7-9)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

家

jiā — 1. home 2. family 3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) 4. classifier for families or businesses 5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China 6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian 7. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)

屋

wū — 1. (bound form) house 2. (bound form) room (HSK 5)

經過

jīng guò — 1. to pass 2. to go through 3. process 4. course 5. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

幾

jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)

座

zuò — 1. seat 2. base; stand 3. (bound form) constellation 4. (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座 (shī zuò)) 5. classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc (HSK 2)

頹敗

tuí bài — 1. to decay 2. to decline 3. to become corrupt

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

廟

miào — 1. temple 2. ancestral shrine 3. classifier: 座 (zuò) 4. temple fair 5. great imperial hall 6. imperial (HSK 7-9)

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

廟

miào — 1. temple 2. ancestral shrine 3. classifier: 座 (zuò) 4. temple fair 5. great imperial hall 6. imperial (HSK 7-9)

前

qián — 1. front 2. forward 3. ahead 4. first 5. top (followed by a number) 6. future 7. ago 8. before 9. BC (e.g. 前293年) 10. former 11. formerly (HSK 1)

躺

tǎng — 1. to recline 2. to lie down (HSK 4)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

死

sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

小孩

xiǎo hái — 1. child 2. classifier: 個 (gè)

那是

nà shi — 1. (coll.) of course 2. naturally 3. indeed

用

yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

綑

kǔn — variant of 捆 (kǔn) (HSK 7-9)

穀草

gǔ cǎo — straw

束

Shù — surname Shu (HSK 3)

扎

zhā — 1. to prick 2. to run or stick (a needle etc) into 3. mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar") (HSK 6)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

小小

xiǎo xiǎo — 1. very small 2. very few 3. very minor

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

頭頂

tóu dǐng — top of the head (HSK 7-9)

露

Lù — surname Lu (HSK 6)

在外

zài wài — 1. outer 2. excluded

面

miàn — 1. face 2. side 3. surface 4. aspect 5. top 6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

可憐

kě lián — 1. pitiful 2. pathetic 3. to have pity on (HSK 5)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

小腳

xiǎo jiǎo — bound feet (traditional)

從

Cóng — surname Cong (HSK 1)

草

cǎo — 1. grass 2. straw 3. manuscript 4. draft (of a document) 5. careless 6. rough 7. classifier: 棵 (kē), 撮 (zuǒ), 株 (zhū), 根 (gēn) (HSK 2)

稍

shāo — 1. somewhat 2. a little (HSK 5)

直

Zhí — 1. surname Zhi 2. Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 (Yán dì) descended from Shennong 神農 (Shén nóng) Farmer God (HSK 3)

伸出

shēn chū — to extend

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

誰

shéi — 1. who 2. also pr. (shuí) (HSK 1)

家的

jiā de — (old) wife

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

睡

shuì — 1. to sleep 2. to lie down (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

曠野

kuàng yě — wilderness

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

廟

miào — 1. temple 2. ancestral shrine 3. classifier: 座 (zuò) 4. temple fair 5. great imperial hall 6. imperial (HSK 7-9)

前

qián — 1. front 2. forward 3. ahead 4. first 5. top (followed by a number) 6. future 7. ago 8. before 9. BC (e.g. 前293年) 10. former 11. formerly (HSK 1)

又安然走在大道上了！经过一些荒凉的家屋，经过几座颓败的小庙。一个小庙前躺著个死了的小孩，那是用一捆谷草束扎著的。孩子小小的头顶露在外面，可怜的小脚从草稍直伸出来；他是谁家的孩子睡在这旷野的小庙前？

屠場近著了，城門就在眼前；The slaughterhouse was drawing near; the city gate was before them;王婆的心更翻著不停了。Wangpo’s heart churned more and more violently.

屠場

tú chǎng — 1. slaughterhouse 2. abattoir

近

jìn — 1. near 2. close to 3. approximately (HSK 2)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

城門

chéng mén — city gate

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

眼前

yǎn qián — 1. before one's eyes 2. now 3. at present (HSK 3)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

心

xīn — 1. heart 2. mind 3. intention 4. center 5. core 6. classifier: 顆 (kē), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

更

gēng — 1. to change or replace 2. to experience 3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided 4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) (HSK 2)

翻

fān — 1. to turn over 2. to flip over 3. to overturn 4. to rummage through 5. to translate 6. to decode 7. to double 8. to climb over or into 9. to cross (HSK 4)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

不停

bù tíng — incessant (HSK 5)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

屠场近著了，城门就在眼前；王婆的心更翻著不停了。

五年前牠也是一匹年青的馬，為了耕種，傷害得只有毛皮蒙遮著骨架。Five years ago she too had been a young mare, but plowing had worn her down until only skin and hair covered her skeleton.現在牠是老了！Now she was old!秋末了！Autumn was ending!收割完了！The harvest was over!沒有用處了！She was of no more use!只為一張馬皮，主人忍心把牠送進屠場。For the sake of a single horsehide, her owner had the heart to send her to the slaughterhouse.就是一張馬皮的價值，地主又要從王婆的手裏奪去。And even the price of that horsehide would be snatched from Wangpo’s hands by the landlord.

五

wǔ — 1. five 2. 5 (HSK 1)

年前

nián qián — 1. by the end of the year 2. at the end of the year; shortly before New Year (HSK 5)

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

匹

pǐ — 1. (bound form) matching; comparable to 2. (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair 3. classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. (pī)) 4. classifier for cloth: bolt 5. horsepower (HSK 5)

年青

nián qīng — youthful

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

為了

wèi le — for; for the purpose of; in order to (HSK 3)

耕種

gēng zhòng — 1. to till 2. to cultivate

傷害

shāng hài — to injure; to harm (HSK 4)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

只有

zhǐ yǒu — 1. only have ...; there is only ... 2. (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng guò zhì liáo cái néng quán yù) "the only way to cure it is with therapy") 3. it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 (zhǐ yǒu nán xìng cái yǒu cǐ xū yào) "only men would have such a requirement") 4. (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 (zhǐ yǒu qū fú) "the only thing you can do is give in") (HSK 3)

毛皮

máo pí — 1. fur 2. pelt

蒙

Méng — surname Meng (HSK 6)

遮

zhē — 1. to cover up (a shortcoming) 2. to screen off 3. to hide 4. to conceal (HSK 7-9)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

骨架

gǔ jià — 1. framework 2. skeleton

現在

xiàn zài — now; at present; currently (HSK 1)

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

秋

Qiū — surname Qiu

末了

mò liǎo — 1. (coll.) final part; last bit 2. (coll.) in the end; finally

收割

shōu gē — 1. to harvest 2. to reap 3. to gather in crops

完了

wán le — 1. to be finished 2. to be done for 3. ruined 4. gone to the dogs 5. oh no (HSK 5)

沒有

méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)

用處

yòng chu — 1. usefulness 2. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 6)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

為

wéi — 1. as (in the capacity of) 2. to take sth as 3. to act as 4. to serve as 5. to behave as 6. to become 7. to be 8. to do 9. by (in the passive voice) (HSK 2)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

張

Zhāng — surname Zhang (HSK 3)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

皮

Pí — surname Pi (HSK 3)

主人

zhǔ rén — 1. master 2. host 3. owner 4. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

忍心

rěn xīn — 1. to have the heart to do sth 2. to steel oneself to a task (HSK 7-9)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

送

sòng — 1. to send; to deliver; to transmit 2. to give (as a present) 3. to see (sb) off 4. to accompany; to go along with (HSK 1)

進

jìn — 1. to go forward 2. to advance 3. to go in 4. to enter 5. to put in 6. to submit 7. to take in 8. to admit 9. (math.) base of a number system 10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound (HSK 1)

屠場

tú chǎng — 1. slaughterhouse 2. abattoir

就是

jiù shì — 1. exactly; precisely 2. only; simply; just 3. (used correlatively with 也 (yě)) even; even if (HSK 3)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

張

Zhāng — surname Zhang (HSK 3)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

皮

Pí — surname Pi (HSK 3)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

價值

jià zhí — 1. value; worth 2. (ethical, cultural etc) values (HSK 3)

地主

dì zhǔ — 1. landlord 2. landowner 3. host

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

從

Cóng — surname Cong (HSK 1)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

手

shǒu — 1. hand 2. (formal) to hold 3. person engaged in certain types of work 4. person skilled in certain types of work 5. personal(ly) 6. convenient 7. classifier for skill 8. classifier: 雙 (shuāng), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 1)

裏

lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)

奪

duó — 1. to seize 2. to take away forcibly 3. to wrest control of 4. to compete or strive for 5. to force one's way through 6. to leave out 7. to lose (HSK 6)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

五年前牠也是一匹年青的马，为了耕种，伤害得只有毛皮蒙遮著骨架。现在牠是老了！秋末了！收割完了！没有用处了！只为一张马皮，主人忍心把牠送进屠场。就是一张马皮的价值，地主又要从王婆的手里夺去。

王婆的心自己感覺得好像懸起來；Wangpo felt as though her heart were hanging suspended;好像要掉落一般，當她看見板牆釘著一張牛皮的時候。as though it were about to fall when she saw an oxhide nailed to a plank wall.那一條小街盡是一些要攤落的房屋；The little street was lined entirely with houses on the verge of collapse;女人啦，孩子啦，散集在兩旁。women and children stood scattered in groups on either side.地面踏起的灰粉，污沒著鞋子；The powdery dust kicked up from the ground soiled their shoes;衝上人的鼻孔。it surged into their nostrils.孩子們拾起土塊，或是垃圾團打擊著馬兒，王婆罵道：The children picked up clods of earth and balls of rubbish and threw them at the mare, and Wangpo cursed:

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

心

xīn — 1. heart 2. mind 3. intention 4. center 5. core 6. classifier: 顆 (kē), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

自己

zì jǐ — oneself; (attributive) one's own (HSK 2)

感覺

gǎn jué — 1. feeling; impression; sensation 2. to feel; to perceive (HSK 2)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

好像

hǎo xiàng — 1. as if 2. to seem like (HSK 2)

懸

xuán — 1. to hang or suspend 2. to worry 3. public announcement 4. unresolved 5. baseless 6. without foundation (HSK 6)

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

好像

hǎo xiàng — 1. as if 2. to seem like (HSK 2)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

掉落

diào luò — to fall down

一般

yī bān — 1. same 2. ordinary 3. so-so 4. common 5. general 6. generally 7. in general (HSK 2)

當

dāng — 1. to be 2. to act as 3. manage 4. withstand 5. when 6. during 7. ought 8. should 9. match equally 10. equal 11. same 12. obstruct 13. just at (a time or place) 14. on the spot 15. right 16. just at (HSK 2)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

看見

kàn jiàn — to see; to catch sight of (HSK 1)

板

bǎn — 1. board 2. plank 3. plate 4. shutter 5. table tennis bat 6. clappers (music) 7. classifier: 塊 (kuài) 8. accented beat in Chinese music 9. hard 10. stiff 11. to stop smiling or look serious (HSK 3)

牆

qiáng — 1. wall (classifier: 面 (miàn), 堵 (dǔ)) 2. (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆 (bèi qiáng)) (HSK 2)

釘

dīng — 1. nail 2. to follow closely 3. to keep at sb (to do sth) 4. variant of 盯 (dīng) (HSK 7-9)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

張

Zhāng — surname Zhang (HSK 3)

牛皮

niú pí — 1. cowhide 2. leather 3. fig. flexible and tough 4. boasting 5. big talk

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

時候

shí hou — 1. time 2. length of time 3. moment 4. period (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

條

tiáo — 1. strip 2. item 3. article 4. clause (of law or treaty) 5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) (HSK 2)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

街

jiē — 1. street 2. classifier: 條 (tiáo) (HSK 2)

盡是

jìn shì — 1. to be full of 2. completely

一些

yī xiē — some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er (HSK 1)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

攤

tān — 1. to spread out 2. vendor's stand (HSK 7-9)

落

là — 1. to leave out 2. to be missing 3. to leave behind or forget to bring 4. to lag or fall behind (HSK 4)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

房屋

fáng wū — 1. house 2. building 3. classifier: 所 (suǒ), 套 (tào) (HSK 3)

女人

nǚ rén — woman (HSK 1)

啦

lā — 1. (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc 2. (phonetic) 3. (dialect) to chat (HSK 6)

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

啦

lā — 1. (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc 2. (phonetic) 3. (dialect) to chat (HSK 6)

散

sǎn — 1. scattered 2. loose 3. to come loose 4. to fall apart 5. leisurely 6. powdered medicine (HSK 4)

集

jí — 1. to gather 2. to collect 3. collected works 4. classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode (HSK 6)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

兩旁

liǎng páng — both sides; either side

地面

dì miàn — 1. floor 2. ground 3. surface (HSK 4)

踏

tā — see 踏實 (tā shi) (HSK 6)

起

qǐ — 1. to rise 2. to raise 3. to get up 4. to set out 5. to start 6. to appear 7. to launch 8. to initiate (action) 9. to draft 10. to establish 11. to get (from a depot or counter) 12. verb suffix, to start 13. starting from (a time, place, price etc) 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance 15. classifier for groups: batch, group (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

灰

huī — 1. ash 2. dust 3. lime 4. gray 5. discouraged; dejected (HSK 7-9)

粉

fěn — 1. powder 2. cosmetic face powder 3. food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour 4. to turn to powder 5. (dialect) to whitewash 6. white 7. pink 8. (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲 (fěn sī)) 9. to be a fan of (HSK 7-9)

污

wū — 1. dirty 2. filthy 3. foul 4. corrupt 5. to smear 6. to defile 7. dirt 8. filth

沒

méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

鞋子

xié zi — shoe

衝

chōng — 1. thoroughfare 2. to go straight ahead 3. to rush 4. to clash (HSK 4)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

鼻孔

bí kǒng — 1. nostril 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī)

孩子們

hái zi men — children

拾

shè — to ascend in light steps (HSK 5)

起

qǐ — 1. to rise 2. to raise 3. to get up 4. to set out 5. to start 6. to appear 7. to launch 8. to initiate (action) 9. to draft 10. to establish 11. to get (from a depot or counter) 12. verb suffix, to start 13. starting from (a time, place, price etc) 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance 15. classifier for groups: batch, group (HSK 1)

土

Tǔ — 1. surname Tu 2. Tu ethnic group (HSK 3)

塊

kuài — 1. lump; chunk; piece 2. classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc 3. (coll.) classifier for money and currency units (HSK 1)

或是

huò shì — 1. or 2. either one or the other (HSK 5)

垃圾

lā jī — 1. trash 2. refuse 3. garbage 4. (coll.) of poor quality 5. Taiwan pr. (lè sè) (HSK 4)

團

tuán — 1. round 2. lump 3. ball 4. to roll into a ball 5. to gather 6. regiment 7. group 8. society 9. classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) (HSK 3)

打擊

dǎ jī — 1. to hit 2. to strike 3. to attack 4. to crack down on sth 5. blow 6. (psychological) shock 7. percussion (music) (HSK 5)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

罵

mà — 1. to scold 2. to abuse 3. to curse 4. classifier: 通 (tòng), 頓 (dùn) (HSK 5)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

王婆的心自己感觉得好像悬起来；好像要掉落一般，当她看见板墙钉著一张牛皮的时候。那一条小街尽是一些要摊落的房屋；女人啦，孩子啦，散集在两旁。地面踏起的灰粉，污没著鞋子；冲上人的鼻孔。孩子们拾起土块，或是垃圾团打击著马儿，王婆骂道：

『該死的呀！“Damn you!你們這該死的一群。』You whole damned lot!”

該死

gāi sǐ — 1. Damn it! 2. damned 3. wretched

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

呀

yā — 1. ah (used to express surprise) 2. (onom.) creaking (HSK 4)

你們

nǐ men — you (plural) (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

該死

gāi sǐ — 1. Damn it! 2. damned 3. wretched

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

群

qún — 1. group 2. crowd 3. flock, herd, pack etc (HSK 3)

『该死的呀！你们这该死的一群。』

這是一條短短的街。It was a short street.就在短街的盡頭，張開兩張黑色的門扇。At its very end stood two black gate leaves, gaping open.再走近一點，可以發見門扇斑斑點點的血印。A little nearer, mottled stains of blood could be seen upon them.被血印所恐嚇的老太婆好像自己踏在刑場了！Terrified by the bloodstains, the old woman felt as though she herself had stepped onto an execution ground!她努力鎮壓著自己，不讓一些年青時所見到刑場上的回憶翻動。She struggled to master herself, refusing to let memories of the execution ground she had seen in her youth stir within her.但，那回憶卻連續的開始織張：──一個小伙子倒下來了，一個老頭也倒下來了！But those memories began to weave themselves together unceasingly—a young fellow fell, and then an old man fell too!揮刀的人又向第三個人作著式子。The man wielding the blade made ready for a third.

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

條

tiáo — 1. strip 2. item 3. article 4. clause (of law or treaty) 5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) (HSK 2)

短

duǎn — 1. short 2. brief 3. to lack 4. weak point 5. fault (HSK 2)

短

duǎn — 1. short 2. brief 3. to lack 4. weak point 5. fault (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

街

jiē — 1. street 2. classifier: 條 (tiáo) (HSK 2)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

短

duǎn — 1. short 2. brief 3. to lack 4. weak point 5. fault (HSK 2)

街

jiē — 1. street 2. classifier: 條 (tiáo) (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

盡頭

jìn tóu — end; extremity; limit (HSK 7-9)

張開

zhāng kāi — 1. to open up 2. to spread 3. to extend

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

張

Zhāng — surname Zhang (HSK 3)

黑色

hēi sè — black (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

門扇

mén shàn — 1. door 2. the opening panel of a door

再

zài — 1. again; once more; re- 2. further; beyond this point of time 3. (before an adjective) more 4. then (after sth, and not until then) 5. no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 (yě) or 都 (dōu) for emphasis) 6. (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則 (zài zé), 再就是 (zài jiù shì) etc) 7. (literary) to reappear; to reoccur (HSK 1)

走近

zǒu jìn — 1. to approach 2. to draw near to (HSK 7-9)

一點

yī diǎn — 1. a bit; a little bit 2. (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit 3. (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er 4. a point (in a discussion etc) 5. (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) 6. one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾 (yī diǎn zhōng))

可以

kě yǐ — 1. can 2. may 3. possible 4. able to 5. not bad 6. pretty good (HSK 2)

發

fā — 1. to send out 2. to show (one's feeling) 3. to issue 4. to develop 5. to make a bundle of money 6. classifier for gunshots (rounds) (HSK 2)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

門扇

mén shàn — 1. door 2. the opening panel of a door

斑斑

bān bān — full of stains or spots

點點

Diǎn diǎn — Diandian (Chinese microblogging and social networking website)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

血

xiě — see 血 (xuè) (HSK 3)

印

Yìn — 1. surname Yin 2. abbr. for 印度 (Yìn dù), India (HSK 6)

被

bèi — 1. quilt 2. to cover (with) 3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) 4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) 5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip") (HSK 3)

血

xiě — see 血 (xuè) (HSK 3)

印

Yìn — 1. surname Yin 2. abbr. for 印度 (Yìn dù), India (HSK 6)

所

suǒ — 1. actually 2. place 3. classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc 4. that which 5. particle introducing a relative clause or passive 6. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

恐嚇

kǒng hè — 1. to threaten 2. to menace (HSK 7-9)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

老太婆

lǎo tài pó — old woman (at times contemptuous)

好像

hǎo xiàng — 1. as if 2. to seem like (HSK 2)

自己

zì jǐ — oneself; (attributive) one's own (HSK 2)

踏

tā — see 踏實 (tā shi) (HSK 6)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

刑場

xíng chǎng — execution ground

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

努力

nǔ lì — 1. to make an effort; to try hard; to strive 2. hard-working; conscientious (HSK 2)

鎮壓

zhèn yā — 1. suppression 2. repression 3. to suppress 4. to put down 5. to quell

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

自己

zì jǐ — oneself; (attributive) one's own (HSK 2)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

讓

ràng — 1. to yield 2. to permit 3. to let sb do sth 4. to have sb do sth 5. to make sb (feel sad etc) 6. by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被 (bèi)) (HSK 2)

一些

yī xiē — some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er (HSK 1)

年青

nián qīng — youthful

時

Shí — surname Shi (HSK 3)

所見

suǒ jiàn — 1. (literary) what one sees 2. (literary) opinion; view

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

刑場

xíng chǎng — execution ground

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

回憶

huí yì — 1. to recall 2. memories 3. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 5)

翻動

fān dòng — 1. to flip over 2. to turn (a page) 3. to scroll (an electronic document) 4. to stir (food in a pot etc) 5. to move things about 6. to rummage

但

dàn — 1. but; yet; however; still 2. merely; only; just (HSK 2)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

回憶

huí yì — 1. to recall 2. memories 3. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 5)

卻

què — 1. but 2. yet 3. however 4. while 5. to go back 6. to decline 7. to retreat 8. nevertheless 9. even though (HSK 4)

連續

lián xù — 1. continuous 2. in a row 3. serial 4. consecutive (HSK 3)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

開始

kāi shǐ — 1. to begin 2. beginning 3. to start 4. initial 5. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

織

zhī — 1. to weave 2. to knit (HSK 6)

張

Zhāng — surname Zhang (HSK 3)

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

小伙子

xiǎo huǒ zi — (coll.) young man; young fellow; lad (HSK 4)

倒下

dǎo xià — 1. to collapse 2. to topple over (HSK 7-9)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

老頭

lǎo tóu — 1. old fellow 2. old man 3. father 4. husband

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

倒下

dǎo xià — 1. to collapse 2. to topple over (HSK 7-9)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

揮

huī — 1. to wave 2. to brandish 3. to command 4. to conduct 5. to scatter 6. to disperse (HSK 7-9)

刀

Dāo — surname Dao (HSK 3)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

向

Xiàng — surname Xiang (HSK 2)

第

dì — 1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 (dì liù) "sixth") 2. (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed 3. (old) residence of a high official 4. (literary) but; however 5. (literary) only; just

三

Sān — surname San (HSK 1)

個人

gè rén — an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own (HSK 3)

作

zuō — 1. (bound form) worker 2. (bound form) workshop 3. (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) (HSK 6)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

式子

shì zi — 1. posture 2. (math.) expression; formula

这是一条短短的街。就在短街的尽头，张开两张黑色的门扇。再走近一点，可以发见门扇斑斑点点的血印。被血印所恐吓的老太婆好像自己踏在刑场了！她努力镇压著自己，不让一些年青时所见到刑场上的回忆翻动。但，那回忆却连续的开始织张：──一个小伙子倒下来了，一个老头也倒下来了！挥刀的人又向第三个人作著式子。

彷彿是箭，又像火刺燒著王婆，她看不見那一群孩子在打馬，她忘記怎樣去罵那一群頑皮的孩子。Like an arrow, like a burning spike, the memory pierced Wangpo; she no longer saw the children striking the mare, and forgot how to curse the pack of mischievous children.走著，走著，立在院心了。On they went and went, until they stood in the middle of the yard.四面板牆釘住無數張毛皮。Countless hides were nailed to the plank walls on every side.靠近房簷立了兩條高杆，高杆中央橫著橫樑；Beside the eaves stood two tall poles, with a crossbeam between them;馬蹄或是牛蹄折下來用麻繩把兩隻蹄端扎連在一起，做一個叉形掛在上面，一團一團的腸子也攪在上面；horse hooves and ox hooves had been hacked off, each pair of hoof ends bound together with hemp rope and hung from it in a forked shape, while coils of intestines were tangled over it too;腸子因為日久了，乾成黑色不動而僵直的片狀的繩索。with age, the intestines had dried into black, motionless, rigid, ribbon-like cords.並且那些折斷的腿骨，有的從折斷處涔滴著血。And from the broken ends of some of the severed leg bones, blood still dripped.

彷彿

fǎng fú — 1. to seem; as if; seemingly 2. alike; similar (HSK 6)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

箭

jiàn — 1. arrow 2. classifier: 支 (zhī) (HSK 6)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

像

xiàng — 1. to resemble 2. to be like 3. to look as if 4. such as 5. appearance 6. image 7. portrait 8. image under a mapping (math.) (HSK 2)

火

Huǒ — surname Huo (HSK 3)

刺

cī — (onom.) whoosh (HSK 4)

燒

shāo — 1. to burn; to set on fire 2. to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc) 3. to braise 4. to cook; to prepare food 5. to run a fever 6. fever 7. (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away (HSK 4)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

看不見

kàn bu jiàn — 1. cannot see 2. cannot be seen 3. invisible

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

群

qún — 1. group 2. crowd 3. flock, herd, pack etc (HSK 3)

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

忘記

wàng jì — to forget (HSK 1)

怎樣

zěn yàng — 1. how 2. what kind (HSK 2)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

罵

mà — 1. to scold 2. to abuse 3. to curse 4. classifier: 通 (tòng), 頓 (dùn) (HSK 5)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

群

qún — 1. group 2. crowd 3. flock, herd, pack etc (HSK 3)

頑皮

wán pí — naughty (HSK 6)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

走

zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

走

zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

立

Lì — surname Li (HSK 5)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

院

yuàn — 1. courtyard 2. institution 3. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

心

xīn — 1. heart 2. mind 3. intention 4. center 5. core 6. classifier: 顆 (kē), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

四面

sì miàn — all sides

板

bǎn — 1. board 2. plank 3. plate 4. shutter 5. table tennis bat 6. clappers (music) 7. classifier: 塊 (kuài) 8. accented beat in Chinese music 9. hard 10. stiff 11. to stop smiling or look serious (HSK 3)

牆

qiáng — 1. wall (classifier: 面 (miàn), 堵 (dǔ)) 2. (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆 (bèi qiáng)) (HSK 2)

釘

dīng — 1. nail 2. to follow closely 3. to keep at sb (to do sth) 4. variant of 盯 (dīng) (HSK 7-9)

住

zhù — 1. to live; to reside; to stay 2. to stop; to cease 3. (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) (HSK 1)

無數

wú shù — 1. countless 2. numberless 3. innumerable (HSK 4)

張

Zhāng — surname Zhang (HSK 3)

毛皮

máo pí — 1. fur 2. pelt

靠近

kào jìn — 1. to be close to 2. to approach; to draw near (HSK 5)

房

Fáng — surname Fang

簷

yán — variant of 檐 (yán)

立

Lì — surname Li (HSK 5)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

條

tiáo — 1. strip 2. item 3. article 4. clause (of law or treaty) 5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) (HSK 2)

高

Gāo — surname Gao (HSK 1)

杆

gān — (bound form) pole; shaft (HSK 6)

高

Gāo — surname Gao (HSK 1)

杆

gān — (bound form) pole; shaft (HSK 6)

中央

zhōng yāng — 1. central 2. middle 3. center 4. central authorities (of a state) (HSK 5)

橫

héng — 1. horizontal 2. across 3. crosswise 4. horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) 5. to place (sth) flat (on a surface) 6. to cross (a river, etc) 7. in a jumble 8. chaotic 9. (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable 10. violent (HSK 6)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

橫

héng — 1. horizontal 2. across 3. crosswise 4. horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) 5. to place (sth) flat (on a surface) 6. to cross (a river, etc) 7. in a jumble 8. chaotic 9. (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable 10. violent (HSK 6)

樑

liáng — variant of 梁 (liáng)

馬蹄

mǎ tí — 1. horse's hoof 2. horseshoe 3. Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)

或是

huò shì — 1. or 2. either one or the other (HSK 5)

牛

Niú — surname Niu (HSK 3)

蹄

tí — 1. hoof 2. pig's trotters

折

shé — 1. to snap 2. to break (a stick, a bone etc) 3. (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) (HSK 4)

下來

xià lai — 1. to come down 2. (completed action marker) 3. (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) 4. (indicates continuation from the past towards us) 5. to be harvested (of crops) 6. to be over (of a period of time) 7. to go among the masses (said of leaders) (HSK 3)

用

yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)

麻

Má — surname Ma (HSK 7-9)

繩

shéng — 1. rope 2. classifier: 根 (gēn)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

隻

zhī — classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc (HSK 2)

蹄

tí — 1. hoof 2. pig's trotters

端

duān — 1. (bound form) tip; end; extremity 2. (bound form) aspect; facet 3. (bound form) upright; proper 4. to hold sth level with both hands; to carry 5. to eliminate; to wipe out (HSK 6)

扎

zhā — 1. to prick 2. to run or stick (a needle etc) into 3. mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar") (HSK 6)

連

Lián — surname Lian (HSK 3)

在一起

zài yī qǐ — together

做

zuò — 1. to make; to produce 2. to write; to compose 3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) 4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) 5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for 6. to assume (an air or manner) (HSK 1)

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

叉形

chā xíng — forked

掛

guà — 1. to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) 2. to hang up (the phone) 3. (of a line) to be dead 4. to be worried; to be concerned 5. (dialect) to make a phone call 6. to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) 7. (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) 8. classifier for sets or clusters of objects (HSK 3)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

上面

shàng miàn — 1. on top of 2. above-mentioned 3. also pr. (shàng mian) (HSK 3)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

團

tuán — 1. round 2. lump 3. ball 4. to roll into a ball 5. to gather 6. regiment 7. group 8. society 9. classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) (HSK 3)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

團

tuán — 1. round 2. lump 3. ball 4. to roll into a ball 5. to gather 6. regiment 7. group 8. society 9. classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) (HSK 3)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

腸子

cháng zi — intestines

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

攪

jiǎo — 1. to disturb 2. to annoy 3. to mix 4. to stir (HSK 7-9)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

上面

shàng miàn — 1. on top of 2. above-mentioned 3. also pr. (shàng mian) (HSK 3)

腸子

cháng zi — intestines

因為

yīn wèi — because; owing to; on account of (HSK 2)

日久

rì jiǔ — with the passage of time; over time

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

乾

Qián — surname Qian (HSK 1)

成

Chéng — 1. surname Cheng 2. short name for Chengdu 成都 (Chéng dū) (HSK 2)

黑色

hēi sè — black (HSK 2)

不動

bù dòng — motionless

而

ér — 1. and 2. as well as 3. and so 4. but (not) 5. yet (not) 6. (indicates causal relation) 7. (indicates change of state) 8. (indicates contrast) (HSK 4)

僵直

jiāng zhí — 1. stiff 2. rigid 3. inflexible

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

片

piān — 1. disk 2. sheet (HSK 2)

狀

zhuàng — 1. (bound form) form; appearance; shape 2. (bound form) state; condition 3. (bound form) to describe 4. (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit 5. (bound form) certificate

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

繩索

shéng suǒ — rope

並且

bìng qiě — and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition (HSK 3)

那些

nà xiē — those (HSK 1)

折斷

zhé duàn — 1. to snap sth off 2. to break

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

腿

tuǐ — 1. leg 2. classifier: 條 (tiáo) (HSK 2)

骨

gū — 1. used in 骨碌碌 (gū lù lù) 2. used in 骨碌 (gū lu) 3. used in 骨朵 (gū duo)

有的

yǒu de — 1. (there are) some (who are...) 2. some (exist) (HSK 1)

從

Cóng — surname Cong (HSK 1)

折斷

zhé duàn — 1. to snap sth off 2. to break

處

chǔ — 1. to reside 2. to live 3. to dwell 4. to be in 5. to be situated at 6. to stay 7. to get along with 8. to be in a position of 9. to deal with 10. to discipline 11. to punish (HSK 4)

涔

cén — 1. overflow 2. rainwater 3. tearful

滴

dī — 1. to drip 2. to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc) 3. (bound form) a drop (of liquid) 4. classifier for drops of liquid (HSK 6)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

血

xiě — see 血 (xuè) (HSK 3)

仿佛是箭，又像火刺烧著王婆，她看不见那一群孩子在打马，她忘记怎样去骂那一群顽皮的孩子。走著，走著，立在院心了。四面板墙钉住无数张毛皮。靠近房簷立了两条高杆，高杆中央横著横梁；马蹄或是牛蹄折下来用麻绳把两只蹄端扎连在一起，做一个叉形挂在上面，一团一团的肠子也搅在上面；肠子因为日久了，干成黑色不动而僵直的片状的绳索。并且那些折断的腿骨，有的从折断处涔滴著血。

在南面靠牆的地方也立著高杆，杆頭曬著在蒸氣的腸索。Against the wall to the south stood more tall poles, their tops hung with steaming ropes of intestine.這是說，那個動物是被殺死不久哩！That meant the animal had only just been killed!腸子還熱著呀！The intestines were still warm!

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

南面

nán miàn — 1. south side 2. south

靠

kào — 1. to lean against or on 2. to stand by the side of 3. to come near to 4. to depend on 5. to trust 6. to fuck (vulgar) 7. traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) (HSK 2)

牆

qiáng — 1. wall (classifier: 面 (miàn), 堵 (dǔ)) 2. (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆 (bèi qiáng)) (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

地方

dì fāng — 1. region 2. regional (away from the central administration) 3. local (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

立

Lì — surname Li (HSK 5)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

高

Gāo — surname Gao (HSK 1)

杆

gān — (bound form) pole; shaft (HSK 6)

杆

gān — (bound form) pole; shaft (HSK 6)

頭

tóu — 1. head 2. hair style 3. the top 4. end 5. beginning or end 6. a stub 7. remnant 8. chief 9. boss 10. side 11. aspect 12. first 13. leading 14. classifier for pigs or livestock 15. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

曬

shài — 1. (of the sun) to shine on 2. to bask in (the sunshine) 3. to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun 4. (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") 5. (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to (HSK 4)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

蒸氣

zhēng qì — 1. vapor 2. steam

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

腸

cháng — intestines (HSK 5)

索

Suǒ — 1. surname Suo 2. abbr. for 索馬里 (Suǒ mǎ lǐ), Somalia

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

那個

nà ge — 1. that one 2. that thing 3. that (as opposed to this) 4. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) 5. (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) 6. (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) 7. (euph.) menstruation 8. sex 9. also pr. (nèi ge)

動物

dòng wù — animal (HSK 2)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

被

bèi — 1. quilt 2. to cover (with) 3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) 4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) 5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip") (HSK 3)

殺死

shā sǐ — to kill

不久

bù jiǔ — 1. not long (after) 2. before too long 3. soon 4. soon after (HSK 2)

哩

lǐ — mile

腸子

cháng zi — intestines

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

熱

rè — 1. to warm up 2. to heat up 3. hot (of weather) 4. heat 5. fervent (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

呀

yā — 1. ah (used to express surprise) 2. (onom.) creaking (HSK 4)

在南面靠墙的地方也立著高杆，杆头晒著在蒸气的肠索。这是说，那个动物是被杀死不久哩！肠子还热著呀！

滿院在蒸發腥氣，在這腥味的人間，王婆快要變做一塊鉛了！The whole yard steamed with the stench of raw flesh, and in this human world of blood and offal Wangpo was nearly turning into a lump of lead!沈重而沒有感覺了！Heavy and insensible!

滿

Mǎn — Manchu ethnic group (HSK 2)

院

yuàn — 1. courtyard 2. institution 3. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

蒸發

zhēng fā — 1. to evaporate 2. (fig.) to vanish; to disappear

腥

xīng — fishy (smell) (HSK 7-9)

氣

qì — 1. gas; air 2. smell 3. weather 4. to make angry; to annoy; to get angry 5. vital energy; qi (HSK 2)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

腥

xīng — fishy (smell) (HSK 7-9)

味

wèi — 1. taste 2. smell 3. (fig.) (noun suffix) feel 4. quality 5. sense 6. (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

人間

rén jiān — 1. the human world 2. the earth (HSK 5)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

快要

kuài yào — nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) (HSK 2)

變做

biàn zuò — to turn into

一塊

yī kuài — 1. a piece; a chunk 2. (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這 (zhè)) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感這一塊 (qíng gǎn zhè yī kuài) "the emotional aspect (of it)") 3. (coll.) one yuan; a dollar 4. together; in the same place; in company

鉛

qiān — lead (chemistry) (HSK 7-9)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

沈

Shěn — surname Shen

重

chóng — 1. to repeat 2. repetition 3. again 4. re- 5. classifier: layer (HSK 1)

而

ér — 1. and 2. as well as 3. and so 4. but (not) 5. yet (not) 6. (indicates causal relation) 7. (indicates change of state) 8. (indicates contrast) (HSK 4)

沒有

méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)

感覺

gǎn jué — 1. feeling; impression; sensation 2. to feel; to perceive (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

满院在蒸发腥气，在这腥味的人间，王婆快要变做一块铅了！沈重而没有感觉了！

老馬──棕色的馬，牠孤獨的站在板牆下，牠借助那張釘好的毛皮在搔癢。The old mare—the brown mare—stood alone beneath the plank wall, scratching herself against the hide nailed there.此刻牠仍是馬，過一會牠將也是一張皮了！At this moment she was still a horse; in a little while she too would be a hide!

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

棕色

zōng sè — brown

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

孤獨

gū dú — 1. lonely 2. solitary (HSK 6)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

站

zhàn — 1. station 2. to stand 3. to halt 4. to stop 5. branch of a company or organization 6. website (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

板

bǎn — 1. board 2. plank 3. plate 4. shutter 5. table tennis bat 6. clappers (music) 7. classifier: 塊 (kuài) 8. accented beat in Chinese music 9. hard 10. stiff 11. to stop smiling or look serious (HSK 3)

牆

qiáng — 1. wall (classifier: 面 (miàn), 堵 (dǔ)) 2. (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆 (bèi qiáng)) (HSK 2)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

借助

jiè zhù — 1. to draw support from 2. with the help of (HSK 7-9)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

張

Zhāng — surname Zhang (HSK 3)

釘

dīng — 1. nail 2. to follow closely 3. to keep at sb (to do sth) 4. variant of 盯 (dīng) (HSK 7-9)

好

hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

毛皮

máo pí — 1. fur 2. pelt

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

搔癢

sāo yǎng — 1. to scratch (an itch) 2. to tickle

此刻

cǐ kè — 1. this moment 2. now 3. at present (HSK 5)

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

仍

réng — 1. still; yet 2. to remain 3. (literary) frequently; often (HSK 3)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

過

Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)

一會

yī huì — 1. a moment 2. a while 3. in a moment 4. also pr. (yī huǐ)

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

將

jiāng — 1. will 2. shall 3. to use 4. to take 5. to checkmate 6. just a short while ago 7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 (bǎ)) (HSK 5)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

張

Zhāng — surname Zhang (HSK 3)

皮

Pí — surname Pi (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

老马──棕色的马，牠孤独的站在板墙下，牠借助那张钉好的毛皮在搔痒。此刻牠仍是马，过一会牠将也是一张皮了！

一個大眼睛的惡面孔跑出來。A vicious face with large eyes came running out.裂著胸襟。His jacket gaped open over his chest.說話時，可見他胸膛在起伏：As he spoke, his chest could be seen rising and falling:

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

眼睛

yǎn jing — 1. eye 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng) (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

惡

ě — used in 惡心 (ě xīn) (HSK 7-9)

面孔

miàn kǒng — face

跑出

pǎo chū — to run out

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

裂

liè — 1. to split 2. to crack 3. to break open 4. to rend (HSK 6)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

胸襟

xiōng jīn — 1. lapel of jacket 2. heart 3. aspiration 4. vision

說話

shuō huà — 1. to speak 2. to say 3. to talk 4. to gossip 5. to tell stories 6. talk 7. word (HSK 1)

時

Shí — surname Shi (HSK 3)

可見

kě jiàn — 1. it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) 2. it is (thus) clear 3. clear 4. visible (HSK 4)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

胸膛

xiōng táng — chest (HSK 7-9)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

起伏

qǐ fú — 1. to move up and down 2. to undulate 3. ups and downs (HSK 7-9)

一个大眼睛的恶面孔跑出来。裂著胸襟。说话时，可见他胸膛在起伏：

『牽來了嗎？“You’ve brought her?啊！Ah!價錢好說，我好來看一下。』We can settle the price easily; let me have a look.”

牽

qiān — 1. to lead along 2. to pull (an animal on a tether) 3. (bound form) to involve 4. to draw in (HSK 6)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

嗎

má — (coll.) what? (HSK 1)

啊

ā — 1. interjection of surprise 2. Ah! 3. Oh! (HSK 2)

價錢

jià qian — price (HSK 3)

好說

hǎo shuō — 1. easy to deal with; not a problem 2. (polite answer) you flatter me (HSK 7-9)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

好

hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

看

kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)

一下

yī xià — 1. (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) 2. all at once; suddenly

『牵来了吗？啊！价钱好说，我好来看一下。』

王婆說：『給幾個錢我就走了！Wangpo said, “Just give me whatever you will, and I’ll be off!不要麻煩啦。』Don’t make a fuss over it.”

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

給

gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)

幾個

jǐ ge — 1. a few 2. several 3. how many

錢

Qián — surname Qian (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

走

zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

不要

bù yào — don't!; must not (HSK 2)

麻煩

má fan — 1. trouble; inconvenience 2. inconvenient; troublesome; annoying 3. to bother sb; to put sb to trouble (HSK 3)

啦

lā — 1. (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc 2. (phonetic) 3. (dialect) to chat (HSK 6)

王婆说：『给几个钱我就走了！不要麻烦啦。』

那個人打一打馬的尾巴，用腳踢一踢馬蹄；The man slapped the mare’s tail and kicked at her hooves;這是怎樣難忍的一刻呀！what an unbearable moment it was!

那個人

nà gè rén — 1. lit. that person 2. fig. the person you have been looking for 3. Mr Right 4. the girl of one's dreams

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

一打

yī dá — dozen

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

尾巴

wěi ba — 1. tail 2. colloquial pr. (yǐ ba) (HSK 4)

用

yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)

腳

jiǎo — 1. foot 2. leg (of an animal or an object) 3. base (of an object) 4. classifier: 雙 (shuāng), 隻 (zhī) 5. classifier for kicks (HSK 2)

踢

tī — 1. to kick 2. to play (e.g. soccer) 3. (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) (HSK 6)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

踢

tī — 1. to kick 2. to play (e.g. soccer) 3. (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) (HSK 6)

馬蹄

mǎ tí — 1. horse's hoof 2. horseshoe 3. Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

怎樣

zěn yàng — 1. how 2. what kind (HSK 2)

難

nán — 1. difficult (to...) 2. problem 3. difficulty 4. difficult 5. not good (HSK 1)

忍

rěn — 1. to bear 2. to endure 3. to tolerate 4. to restrain oneself (HSK 5)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

刻

kè — 1. quarter (hour) 2. moment 3. to carve 4. to engrave 5. to cut 6. oppressive 7. classifier for short time intervals (HSK 2)

呀

yā — 1. ah (used to express surprise) 2. (onom.) creaking (HSK 4)

那个人打一打马的尾巴，用脚踢一踢马蹄；这是怎样难忍的一刻呀！

王婆得到三張票子，這可以充納一畝地租。Wangpo received three banknotes, enough to pay the rent on one mu of land.看著錢比較自慰些，她低著頭向大門出去，她想還餘下一點錢到酒店去買一點酒帶回去，她已經跨出大門，後面發著響聲：The sight of the money gave her some comfort; with her head lowered, she went out through the gate, thinking that she might have a little money left to buy some liquor at the wineshop and take it home; she had already stepped outside when a cry rose behind her:

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

得到

dé dào — to get; to obtain; to receive (HSK 1)

三

Sān — surname San (HSK 1)

張

Zhāng — surname Zhang (HSK 3)

票子

piào zi — (coll.) cash; bill

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

可以

kě yǐ — 1. can 2. may 3. possible 4. able to 5. not bad 6. pretty good (HSK 2)

充

chōng — 1. sufficient; full 2. to fill 3. to serve as; to act as 4. to act falsely as; to pose as (HSK 7-9)

納

Nà — surname Na

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

畝

mǔ — 1. classifier for fields 2. unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare (HSK 7-9)

地租

dì zū — 1. land rent 2. land tax

看

kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

錢

Qián — surname Qian (HSK 1)

比較

bǐ jiào — 1. to compare 2. to contrast 3. comparatively 4. relatively 5. quite 6. comparison (HSK 3)

自慰

zì wèi — 1. to console oneself 2. to masturbate 3. onanism 4. masturbation

些

xiē — classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several (HSK 4)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

低

dī — 1. low 2. beneath 3. to lower (one's head) 4. to let droop 5. to hang down 6. to incline (HSK 2)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

頭

tóu — 1. head 2. hair style 3. the top 4. end 5. beginning or end 6. a stub 7. remnant 8. chief 9. boss 10. side 11. aspect 12. first 13. leading 14. classifier for pigs or livestock 15. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

向

Xiàng — surname Xiang (HSK 2)

大門

Dà mén — the Doors, US rock band (HSK 2)

出去

chū qù — to go out (HSK 1)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

還

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 1)

餘下

yú xià — remaining

一點

yī diǎn — 1. a bit; a little bit 2. (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit 3. (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er 4. a point (in a discussion etc) 5. (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) 6. one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾 (yī diǎn zhōng))

錢

Qián — surname Qian (HSK 1)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

酒店

jiǔ diàn — 1. wine shop 2. pub (public house) 3. hotel 4. restaurant 5. (Tw) hostess club (HSK 2)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

買

mǎi — 1. to buy 2. to purchase (HSK 1)

一點

yī diǎn — 1. a bit; a little bit 2. (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit 3. (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er 4. a point (in a discussion etc) 5. (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) 6. one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾 (yī diǎn zhōng))

酒

jiǔ — 1. wine (esp. rice wine) 2. liquor 3. spirits 4. alcoholic beverage 5. classifier: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng), 罐 (guàn), 桶 (tǒng), 缸 (gāng) (HSK 2)

帶回

dài huí — to bring back; to take back with one

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

已經

yǐ jīng — already (HSK 2)

跨

kuà — 1. to step across 2. to stride over 3. to straddle 4. to span (HSK 6)

出

chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)

大門

Dà mén — the Doors, US rock band (HSK 2)

後面

hòu mian — 1. the back; the rear; the last bit 2. behind; near the end; at the back 3. later; afterwards (HSK 3)

發

fā — 1. to send out 2. to show (one's feeling) 3. to issue 4. to develop 5. to make a bundle of money 6. classifier for gunshots (rounds) (HSK 2)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

響聲

xiǎng shēng — noise (HSK 6)

王婆得到三张票子，这可以充纳一亩地租。看著钱比较自慰些，她低著头向大门出去，她想还余下一点钱到酒店去买一点酒带回去，她已经跨出大门，后面发著响声：

『不行，不行，……“No, no...馬走啦！』The mare’s getting away!”

不行

bù xíng — 1. won't do 2. be out of the question 3. be no good 4. not work 5. not be capable (HSK 2)

不行

bù xíng — 1. won't do 2. be out of the question 3. be no good 4. not work 5. not be capable (HSK 2)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

走

zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)

啦

lā — 1. (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc 2. (phonetic) 3. (dialect) to chat (HSK 6)

『不行，不行，……马走啦！』

王婆回過頭來，馬又走在後面；Wangpo turned her head; the mare was following behind her again;馬什麼也不知道，仍想回家。the mare knew nothing and still meant to go home.屠場中出來一些男人，那些惡面孔們，想要把馬抬回去，終於馬躺在道旁了！Several men came out of the slaughterhouse; those vicious faces tried to carry the mare back, but at last she lay down beside the road!像樹根盤結在地中。Like tree roots knotted deep in the earth.無法，王婆又走回院中，馬也跟回院中。There was nothing else to be done: Wangpo went back into the yard, and the mare followed her in.她給馬搔著頭頂，牠漸漸臥在地面了！She scratched the crown of the mare’s head, and gradually the mare lay down upon the ground!漸漸想睡著了！Gradually she seemed to be falling asleep!忽然王婆站起來向大門奔走。Suddenly Wangpo sprang up and ran for the gate.在道口聽見一陣關門聲。At the crossroads she heard the gates slam shut.

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

回過頭來

huí guò tóu lái — 1. to turn one's head; to turn around 2. (fig.) to return (to a previous point); to come back (to what one was saying before) 3. (fig.) to look back (in time); to reflect on the past

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

走

zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)

在後

zài hòu — behind

面

miàn — 1. face 2. side 3. surface 4. aspect 5. top 6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

什麼

shén me — 1. what? 2. something; anything (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

不知

bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

仍

réng — 1. still; yet 2. to remain 3. (literary) frequently; often (HSK 3)

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

回家

huí jiā — to return home (HSK 1)

屠場

tú chǎng — 1. slaughterhouse 2. abattoir

中

Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)

出來

chū lái — 1. to come out 2. to appear 3. to arise (HSK 1)

一些

yī xiē — some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er (HSK 1)

男人

nán rén — 1. a man 2. a male 3. men 4. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)

那些

nà xiē — those (HSK 1)

惡

ě — used in 惡心 (ě xīn) (HSK 7-9)

面孔

miàn kǒng — face

們

men — plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

想要

xiǎng yào — 1. to want to 2. to feel like 3. to fancy 4. to care for sb 5. desirous of

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

抬

tái — 1. to lift 2. to raise 3. (of two or more persons) to carry (HSK 5)

回去

huí qu — 1. to return 2. to go back (HSK 1)

終於

zhōng yú — 1. at last 2. in the end 3. finally 4. eventually (HSK 3)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

躺

tǎng — 1. to recline 2. to lie down (HSK 4)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

旁

páng — 1. one side 2. other 3. different 4. lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂 (dāo), 亻 (rén) etc) (HSK 5)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

像

xiàng — 1. to resemble 2. to be like 3. to look as if 4. such as 5. appearance 6. image 7. portrait 8. image under a mapping (math.) (HSK 2)

樹根

shù gēn — tree roots

盤

pán — 1. tray; plate; dish 2. (finance) (bound form) market prices 3. (computing) (bound form) disk 4. to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) 5. to check; to examine; to investigate 6. to transfer; to sell (property) 7. to shift; to move (sth big and heavy) 8. classifier for things resembling a plate or dish 9. classifier for coils 10. classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) (HSK 4)

結

jiē — 1. (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds) 2. Taiwan pr. (jié) (HSK 4)

在地

zài dì — (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē])

中

Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)

無法

wú fǎ — unable to; incapable of (HSK 4)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

走

zǒu — 1. to walk 2. to go 3. to run 4. to move (of vehicle) 5. to visit 6. to leave 7. to go away 8. to die (euph.) 9. from 10. through 11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 (chè zǒu)) 12. to change (shape, form, meaning) (HSK 1)

回

Huí — Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) (HSK 1)

院

yuàn — 1. courtyard 2. institution 3. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

中

Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

跟

gēn — 1. heel 2. to follow closely 3. to go with 4. (of a woman) to marry sb 5. with 6. compared with 7. to 8. towards 9. and (joining two nouns) (HSK 1)

回

Huí — Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) (HSK 1)

院

yuàn — 1. courtyard 2. institution 3. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

中

Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

給

gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

搔

sāo — 1. to scratch 2. old variant of 騷 (sāo)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

頭頂

tóu dǐng — top of the head (HSK 7-9)

牠

tā — it (pronoun for an animal) (HSK 2)

漸漸

jiàn jiàn — gradually (HSK 4)

臥

wò — 1. to lie 2. to crouch (HSK 7-9)

在地

zài dì — (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē])

面

miàn — 1. face 2. side 3. surface 4. aspect 5. top 6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

漸漸

jiàn jiàn — gradually (HSK 4)

想睡

xiǎng shuì — 1. drowsy 2. sleepy

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

忽然

hū rán — suddenly; all of a sudden (HSK 2)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

站起來

zhàn qǐ lai — to stand up

向

Xiàng — surname Xiang (HSK 2)

大門

Dà mén — the Doors, US rock band (HSK 2)

奔走

bēn zǒu — 1. to run 2. to rush about 3. to be on the go

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

口

kǒu — 1. mouth 2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) 3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls (HSK 1)

聽見

tīng jiàn — to hear (HSK 1)

一陣

yī zhèn — 1. a burst 2. a fit 3. a peal 4. a spell (period of time) (HSK 7-9)

關門

guān mén — 1. to close a door 2. to lock a door 3. (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)

聲

shēng — 1. sound 2. voice 3. tone 4. noise 5. reputation 6. classifier for sounds (HSK 5)

王婆回过头来，马又走在后面；马什么也不知道，仍想回家。屠场中出来一些男人，那些恶面孔们，想要把马抬回去，终于马躺在道旁了！像树根盘结在地中。无法，王婆又走回院中，马也跟回院中。她给马搔著头顶，牠渐渐卧在地面了！渐渐想睡著了！忽然王婆站起来向大门奔走。在道口听见一阵关门声。

她那有心腸買酒？How could she have the heart to buy liquor?她哭著回家，兩隻袖子完全濕透。She cried all the way home, both her sleeves soaked completely through.那好像是送葬歸來一般。It was as if she were returning from a funeral.

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

有心

yǒu xīn — 1. to have a mind to 2. to intend to 3. deliberately 4. considerate

腸

cháng — intestines (HSK 5)

買

mǎi — 1. to buy 2. to purchase (HSK 1)

酒

jiǔ — 1. wine (esp. rice wine) 2. liquor 3. spirits 4. alcoholic beverage 5. classifier: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng), 罐 (guàn), 桶 (tǒng), 缸 (gāng) (HSK 2)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

哭

kū — to cry; to weep (HSK 2)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

回家

huí jiā — to return home (HSK 1)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

隻

zhī — classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc (HSK 2)

袖子

xiù zi — sleeve

完全

wán quán — 1. complete; whole 2. totally; entirely (HSK 2)

濕透

shī tòu — 1. drenched 2. wet through

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

好像

hǎo xiàng — 1. as if 2. to seem like (HSK 2)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

送葬

sòng zàng — 1. to participate in funeral procession 2. to attend a burial

歸來

guī lái — 1. to return 2. to come back (HSK 7-9)

一般

yī bān — 1. same 2. ordinary 3. so-so 4. common 5. general 6. generally 7. in general (HSK 2)

她那有心肠买酒？她哭著回家，两只袖子完全湿透。那好像是送葬归来一般。

家中地主的使人早等在門前，地主們就連一塊銅板也從不捨棄在貧農們的身上，那個使人取了錢走去。At home, the landlord's servant had long been waiting before the gate — the landlords never let so much as a single copper coin slip past when it came to the poor peasants — and that servant took the money and left.

家

jiā — 1. home 2. family 3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) 4. classifier for families or businesses 5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China 6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian 7. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)

中

Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)

地主

dì zhǔ — 1. landlord 2. landowner 3. host

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

使

shǐ — 1. to make 2. to cause 3. to enable 4. to use 5. to employ 6. to send 7. to instruct sb to do sth 8. envoy 9. messenger (HSK 3)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

早

zǎo — 1. early 2. morning 3. Good morning! 4. long ago 5. prematurely (HSK 1)

等

děng — 1. to wait for; to await 2. by the time; when; till 3. and so on; etc.; et al. 4. (bound form) class; rank; grade 5. (bound form) equal to; same as 6. (used to end an enumeration) 7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

門前

mén qián — in front of the door

地主

dì zhǔ — 1. landlord 2. landowner 3. host

們

men — plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

連

Lián — surname Lian (HSK 3)

一塊

yī kuài — 1. a piece; a chunk 2. (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這 (zhè)) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感這一塊 (qíng gǎn zhè yī kuài) "the emotional aspect (of it)") 3. (coll.) one yuan; a dollar 4. together; in the same place; in company

銅板

tóng bǎn — 1. copper coin 2. copper plate 3. copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument) 4. (Tw) coin

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

從不

cóng bù — never (HSK 6)

捨棄

shě qì — 1. to give up 2. to abandon 3. to abort

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

貧農

pín nóng — poor peasant

們

men — plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

身上

shēn shang — 1. on the body 2. at hand 3. among (HSK 1)

那個

nà ge — 1. that one 2. that thing 3. that (as opposed to this) 4. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) 5. (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) 6. (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) 7. (euph.) menstruation 8. sex 9. also pr. (nèi ge)

使

shǐ — 1. to make 2. to cause 3. to enable 4. to use 5. to employ 6. to send 7. to instruct sb to do sth 8. envoy 9. messenger (HSK 3)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

取

qǔ — 1. to take 2. to get 3. to choose 4. to fetch (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

錢

Qián — surname Qian (HSK 1)

走去

zǒu qù — to walk over (to)

家中地主的使人早等在门前，地主们就连一块铜板也从不舍弃在贫农们的身上，那个使人取了钱走去。

王婆半日的痛苦沒有代價了！Half a day's suffering for Wang Po, and it had all come to nothing!王婆一生的痛苦也都是沒有代價。Wang Po's whole life of suffering had likewise all come to nothing.

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

半

bàn — 1. half 2. semi- 3. incomplete 4. (after a number) and a half (HSK 1)

日

rì — 1. (bound form) sun 2. day 3. day of the month 4. (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本 (Rì běn)) 5. (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

痛苦

tòng kǔ — 1. pain 2. suffering 3. painful 4. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

沒有

méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)

代價

dài jià — 1. price 2. cost 3. consideration (in share dealing) (HSK 5)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

婆

pó — 1. (bound form) grandmother 2. (bound form) matron 3. (bound form) mother-in-law 4. (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

一生

yī shēng — all one's life; throughout one's life (HSK 2)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

痛苦

tòng kǔ — 1. pain 2. suffering 3. painful 4. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

都

Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

沒有

méi yǒu — 1. haven't 2. hasn't 3. doesn't exist 4. to not have 5. to not be (HSK 1)

代價

dài jià — 1. price 2. cost 3. consideration (in share dealing) (HSK 5)

王婆半日的痛苦没有代价了！王婆一生的痛苦也都是没有代价。