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Sharing – 分享

June 23, 2016 by David & Nicole Leave a Comment

sharingOne good way to learn Mandarin Chinese I've found is to learn words by categories. Which is why I chose to post this story this week. It's one of those stories which contain a moral of the story at the end, which I really like and will be looking towards posting more of these in the near future! I would rate this week's post as Beginner level, as it's generally an easy read with few big words

So I hope you guys like fruits, because you will learn many "fruit words" in this story. Of course this story is not just about fruits, but it did mention several fruits as examples. Please excuse the color spree I went on in this post, they are meant to be the colors of the fruits they represent 🙂

I've listed down all the names of fruits mentioned in Chinese in this short story. I hope you enjoy this story, as I sure did enjoy reading, translating and writing up this post. If you like this story or can relate to it, or just have any questions, please leave a comment below...

Key words:

苹果(Ping2 Guo3) - apple

橘子(Ju2 Zi) - orange

李子(Li3 Zi) - plum

桃子(Tao2 Zi) - peach

香蕉(Xiang1 Jiao1) - banana

葡萄(Pu2 Tao2) - grape

西瓜(Xi1 Ga1) - watermelon

橘子(Ju2 Zi) - mandarin

素昧平生(Su4 Wei4 Ping2 Sheng1) - it is used to describe someone who you never ever met before

Chinese Text:

一个人拥有6个苹果,全部被自己吃掉,他仅仅尝到了苹果的味道;
另一个人也拥有6个苹果,全部分给周围的6个人吃。不久,当那6个人有水果时也都分给了他一份。于是,他吃到了橘子、李子、桃子、香蕉、葡萄和西瓜,尝到了6种不同水果的味道,见到了6种不同水果的颜色。更重要的是,6个原本素昧平生的人最后变成了他的朋友和合作伙伴。

故事简单有有趣,但意味深长,启示着我们:只有学会分享,才能收获更多。

 

English Translation

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There was one person who had six apples and he ate all of them, so he only tasted the flavour of apple; [there was] another person who also had six apples and he shared all of them with another six people around him.

Soon after, when these six people obtained some fruits they in turn shared their fruits with him. As a result, he ate oranges, pears, peaches, bananas and watermelons, so he got the chance to taste six different fruit flavours as well as see a variety of 6 different colours of fruit.

More importantly, these six people who were originally strangers eventually became his friends and business partners. So the moral of this story is quite simple and interesting, but yet meaningful, and it reveals to us this lesson: only if we learn how to share, then only can we reap a greater harvest.

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