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A sweet essay a<\/em>bout a young child doing something nice for her mother.
Beginner Chinese Vocabulary and Simplified Reading MaterialsThis story has two proper nouns in it, which I should probably explain. The words \u300a\u5927\u5b85\u95e8\u300b, which is the title of a TV show called “Grand Gate Mansion”. This is a real Chinese TV soap \/ drama. If you want to watch it, here’s a full video episode of Grand Gate Mansion. Another interesting thing a<\/em>bout that is the punctuation \u300a and \u300b, marks that don’t exist in English. In English, when we refer to the name of a book or movie, we often put the name in quotes, for example, “Cinderella” or “Gone with the Wind”. These \u300a\u300b punctuation marks are the equivalent of quotes in English, but while we use quotes for lots of purposes, the Chinese o<\/em>nly ever use these to describe the name of a play, book, movie or show.
The other proper noun is \u660e\u660e, a young girl’s name.
One of the things I really like a<\/em>bout this is also the juxtaposition between the three words \u5c0f\u5fc3, \u653e\u5fc3 and \u5f00\u5fc3, which mean “to be careful or cautious”, “to stop worrying”, and “to be happy \/ to have fun”, respectively. You’ll notice these words all end in \u5fc3, “heart”, and these words could literally be translated as “small heart”, “to let go of your heart”, and “open heart”. When you’re being careful, doesn’t it feel like your heart is small? And when you stop worrying a<\/em>bout something, isn’t it just like “putting your heart down”? And when you’re having fun, isn’t it just like you have an “open heart”?
The Chinese title of this little narrative is \u6211\u4e3a\u5988\u5988\u505a\u70b9\u513f\u4e8b.
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\u6d25\u6d25\u6709\u5473 – j\u012bn j\u012bn y\u01d2u wèi – To do sth. with great interest
\u52a8\u753b\u7247 – dòng huà pi\u0101n – Cartoons [lit: moving drawing slides]
\u5c4f\u5e55 – píng mù – Screen [for TV, computer, etc.]
\u7247\u540d – pi\u0101n míng – Show or movie title
\u8f9b\u82e6 – x\u012bn k\u01d4 – Hard or exhausting work
\u56f4\u88d9 – wéi qún – Apron
\u5c0f\u5fc3 – xi\u01ceo x\u012bn – Be careful
\u653e\u5fc3 – fàng x\u012bn – Don’t worry
\u5f00\u5fc3 – k\u0101i x\u012bn – Happy, fun
\u5403\u5b8c\u665a\u996d,\u5988\u5988\u5728\u53a8\u623f\u91cc\u6d17\u7897\uff0c\u660e\u660e\u5750\u5728\u5927\u5927\u7684\u6c99\u53d1\u4e0a\uff0c\u6d25\u6d25\u6709\u5473\u5730\u770b\u7740\u81ea\u5df1\u559c\u6b22\u7684\u52a8\u753b\u7247\u3002
\u8fc7\u4e86\u4e00\u4f1a\u513f,\u52a8\u753b\u7247\u6f14\u5b8c\u4e86\uff0c\u7535\u89c6\u5c4f\u5e55\u4e0a\u51fa\u73b0\u4e86\u5927\u5b85\u95e8\u7684\u7247\u540d\u3002\u660e\u660e\u77e5\u9053\u5988\u5988\u6700\u559c\u6b22\u770b\u300a\u5927\u5b85\u95e8\u300b\u4e86\uff0c\u660e\u660e\u60f3\u5988\u5988\u8981\u505a\u4e8b\uff0c\u8981\u6d17\u7897\uff0c\u5f88\u8f9b\u82e6\uff0c\u4e00\u5b9a\u8981\u8ba9\u5988\u5988\u770b\u4f1a\u513f\u300a\u5927\u5b85\u95e8\u300b\uff0c\u5979\u8fb9\u60f3\u8fb9\u5411\u53a8\u623f\u8dd1\u53bb\u3002\u660e\u660e\u62c9\u7740\u5988\u5988\u7684\u56f4\u88d9\u8bf4: “\u5988\u5988\uff0c\u60a8\u6700\u559c\u6b22\u770b\u7684\u300a\u5927\u5b85\u95e8\u300b\u5f00\u59cb\u4e86\uff0c\u60a8\u5feb\u53bb\u770b\u5427,\u6211\u6765\u6d17\u7897\u3002”\u5988\u5988\u9ad8\u5174\u5730\u8bf4: “\u597d\u5440\uff0c\u4f60\u6d17\u7897\u7684\u65f6\u5019\u4e00\u5b9a\u8981\u5c0f\u5fc3\u554a\u3002”\u660e\u660e\u8bf4: “\u5988\u5988\u60a8\u653e\u5fc3\u5427!”
\u5988\u5988\u5750\u5728\u8212\u670d\u7684\u6c99\u53d1\u4e0a\u770b\u8d77\u7535\u89c6\uff0c\u660e\u660e\u5728\u53a8\u623f\u91cc\u8ba4\u771f\u5730\u6d17\u7897\uff0c\u8fd9\u4e2a\u665a\u4e0a\u5979\u4eec\u4fe9\u8fc7\u5f97\u53ef\u5f00\u5fc3\u4e86!
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After dinner was done, mother was in the kitchen washing dishes, and Ming Ming was on the big sofa, watching her favorite cartoons with great interest.
After a while, the cartoons were over, and the TV show title “Grand Gate Mansion” appeared on the screen. Ming Ming thought a<\/em>bout how her mother had things to do, she had to wash the dishes, which is very tiring work, so [Ming Ming] should certainly let mother watch Grand Gate Mansion for a while, and thinking this, she ran into the kitchen. Ming Ming pulled on her mother’s apron and said, “Mama, your favorite show ‘Grand Gate Mansion’ is starting, quick, go and watch it, I’ll wash the dishes.” Mother happily said, “Great, just be careful as you’re washing the dishes.” Ming Ming said, “Mama, don’t worry!”
Mother sat on the comfortable sofa and watched television, and Ming Ming was in the kitchen diligently washing dishes – that night those two had a great time!

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