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This is probably the lo<\/em>ngest text I’ve ever posted, but this is upper-beginner to mid-intermediate reading. I could probably toss this in the beginner category, but the length is prohibitive. The first few sentences are much more intermediate as we learn new vocabulary words and set up the story, but after that the reading is mostly a dialogue which is very smooth and fairly simple, so press through the first paragraph or two if you can.
Learn to Read Mandarin Chinese: Learn to Read Mandarin Chinese for FreeI kind of can’t tell weather I should be offended by this or not – the protago<\/em>nists are two “lazy Uighurs” (A Uighur \u7ef4\u543e\u5c14\u65cf wéi wú \u011br zú is a member of the ethnic minority hailing from the Uighur Auto<\/em>nomous Region of China, a politically touchy topic on the mainland). I’ve never seen a folk story a<\/em>bout heroic Uighurs or smart Uighurs, or really ever seen a story a<\/em>bout Uighurs at all. So to run across this one first makes me wo<\/em>nder if the “lazy Uighur” thing is a mean stereotype or if I just haven’t read widely enough. I’ll have to go in search of some Uighur folk tales in Mandarin and see what I can dig up.
I really know almost nothing a<\/em>bout Uighur cultural history, but this story taught me something interesting: it looks like Uighurs have six-character names (as opposed to two and three character names for Chinese and 4 character names for Japanese). Our two protago<\/em>nists here are rather lengthily called \u54c8\u5c71\u4ee3\u543e\u6765\u514b H\u0101 sh\u0101n dài wú lái kè and \u6c99\u543e\u63d0\u5361\u5df4\u514b sh\u0101 wú tí k\u01ce b\u0101 kè.
Another interesting thing: this story mentions a \u5927\u9e4f\u9e1f da p\u011bng ni\u01ceo – called a “Roc” in English (though I’d never heard that word before). Apparently, it’s a legendary fictio<\/em>nal bird of prey, like a giant eagle.
The Chinese title of this post is \u4e24\u4e2a\u61d2\u6c49 – the two lazybones.
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\u61d2\u6c49- l\u01cen hàn – Lazybones
\u8981\u547d – yào mìng – Extremely
\u5899\u6839 – qiáng g\u0113n – ba<\/em>se of a wall
\u4e45\u800c\u4e45\u4e4b – ji\u01d4 ér ji\u01d4 zh\u012b – As time passed
\u4e0d\u5f97\u4e0d – bù dé bù – have no choice but to…
\u8d76 – g\u01cen – To kick or drive [someone \/ something] out
\u6d41\u6d6a – liú làng – Drift aimlessly, wander
\u9995 – náng – Flatbread
\u8e72 – d\u016bn – To crouch, squat
\u795e\u4ed9 – shén xi\u0101n – Immortals, dieties
\u5e72\u561b – gàn má – Why on earth would…? Why should [I \/ you]…? Whatever for…?
\u9119\u89c6 – b\u01d0 shì – Contempt, disdain
\u597d\u5012\u597d – h\u01ceo d\u01ceo h\u01ceo – That’s all very well and good, but…
\u68af\u5b50 – t\u012b zi – A ladder
\u5c71\u8c37 – sh\u0101n g\u01d4 – A valley
\u6293\u4f4f – zhu\u0101 zhù – To grab onto, catch
\u7a9d – w\u014d – A nest
\u8eb2\u85cf – du\u01d2 cáng – To hide
\u98d8\u98d8\u8361\u8361 – pi\u0101o pi\u0101o dàng dàng – To drift, float on waves or wind
\u7a9f\u7abf – k\u016b long – Hole, pocket, cavity, opening
\u677e – s\u014dng – To loosen or relax a hold
\u6447\u6447\u6643\u6643 – yáo yáo huàng huàn – back and forth
\u8089\u9171 – ròu jiàng – Mincemeat
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\u8fd9\u5929\uff0c\u4ed6\u4fe9\u8e72\u5728\u9995\u5751\u4e0a\u5546\u91cf\u7740\u4eca\u540e\u8be5\u600e\u4e48\u529e\u3002\u54c8\u5c71\u4ee3\u543e\u6765\u514b\u8bf4: “\u6700\u597d\u5230\u4e00\u4e2a\u6709\u5403\u6709\u7a7f\uff0c\u53c8\u4e0d\u9700\u8981\u52b3\u52a8\u7684\u5730\u65b9\u53bb\uff0c\u4e0d\u77e5\u9053\u6709\u6ca1\u6709\u8fd9\u4e48\u4e2a\u5730\u65b9\uff1f”
\u6c99\u543e\u63d0\u5361\u5df4\u514b\u8bf4: “\u4e16\u754c\u4e0a\u662f\u6ca1\u6709\u8fd9\u4e48\u4e2a\u5730\u65b9\u7684\uff0c\u53ea\u5929\u4e0a\u6709\u5427\uff01\u542c\u8bf4\u5929\u4e0a\u7684\u795e\u4ed9\u6700\u5feb\u6d3b\u3002”
\u54c8\u5c71\u4ee3\u543e\u6765\u514b\u8bf4: “\u90a3\u672b\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u5c31\u4e0a\u5929\u53bb\u5427\uff0c\u5e72\u561b\u8981\u5446\u5728\u8fd9\u4e2a\u5fc5\u987b\u52b3\u52a8\u7684\u5730\u65b9\u53d7\u4eba\u9119\u89c6\u5462\uff1f”
\u6c99\u543e\u63d0\u5361\u5df4\u514b\u8bf4: “\u597d\u5012\u597d\uff0c\u4e0d\u8fc7\u600e\u4e48\u4e0a\u53bb\u5462\uff1f\u80fd\u627e\u5230\u8fd9\u4e48\u4e2a\u957f\u68af\u5b50\u5417\uff1f”
\u54c8\u5c71\u4ee3\u543e\u6765\u514b\u80af\u5b9a\u5730\u8bf4: “\u8fd9\u4e48\u957f\u7684\u68af\u5b50\u662f\u627e\u4e0d\u5230\u7684\u3002\u4f46\u662f\uff0c\u6ca1\u6709\u68af\u5b50\u4e5f\u53ef\u4ee5\u4e0a\u53bb\u3002”
\u6c99\u543e\u63d0\u5361\u5df4\u514b\u60ca\u5947\u5730\u95ee\u9053: “\u600e\u4e48\u4e0a\u53bb\uff1f”
\u54c8\u5c71\u4ee3\u543e\u6765\u514b\u8bf4: “\u5c71\u8c37\u91cc\u6709\u4e00\u53ea\u5927\u9e4f\u9e1f\uff0c\u5c0f\u65f6\u5019\u6211\u8ddf\u7236\u4eb2\u4e0a\u53bb\u770b\u89c1\u8fc7\u3002\u6211\u4eec\u53ea\u8981\u628a\u8fd9\u53ea\u5927\u9e4f\u6293\u4f4f\uff0c\u5b83\u5c31\u4f1a\u5e26\u6211\u4eec\u4e0a\u5929\u53bb\u7684\u3002”
\u6c99\u543e\u63d0\u5361\u5df4\u514b\u8bf4: “\u597d\u529e\u6cd5\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u5c31\u8fd9\u6837\u529e\u597d\u4e86\u3002”
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\u5c31\u8fd9\u6837\uff0c\u6c99\u543e\u63d0\u5361\u5df4\u514b\u6293\u4f4f\u54c8\u5c71\u4ee3\u543e\u6765\u514b\u7684\u811a\uff0c\u54c8\u5c71\u4ee3\u543e\u6765\u514b\u6293\u4f4f\u5927\u9e4f\u7684\u722a\u5b50\uff0c\u98d8\u98d8\u8361\u8361\u5730\u4e00\u76f4\u98de\u5411\u4e03\u5c42\u4e91\u7aef\u91cc\u53bb\u4e86\u3002
\u6c99\u543e\u63d0\u5361\u5df4\u514b\u95ee\u9053: “\u563f\uff01\u5230\u4e86\u5417\uff1f\u6211\u7684\u624b\u5403\u4e0d\u6d88\u5566\uff01”
\u54c8\u5c71\u4ee3\u543e\u6765\u514b\u671b\u7740\u4e91\u5c42\u7684\u7a7a\u9699\u8bf4: “\u5feb\u5566\uff01\u8fde\u7a9f\u7abf\u90fd\u5df2\u7ecf\u770b\u89c1\u4e86\u3002”
\u6c99\u543e\u63d0\u5361\u5df4\u514b\u95ee\u9053: “\u7a9f\u7abf\u6709\u591a\u5927\uff1f\u6211\u4eec\u80fd\u4e0d\u80fd\u94bb\u8fdb\u53bb\u5440\uff1f”
\u54c8\u5c71\u4ee3\u543e\u6765\u514b\u56de\u7b54: “\u6709\u8fd9\u4e48\u5927\u3002”\u54c8\u5c71\u4ee3\u543e\u6765\u514b\u4e00\u9762\u7b54\u5e94\u7740\uff0c\u4e00\u9762\u7528\u624b\u6765\u6bd4\u5212\u7a9f\u7abf\u7684\u5927\u5c0f\u3002
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Long ago, among the Uighur people there were two lazybones, one called Hashandaiwulaike, the other called Shawutikabake. They were both extremely lazy, depending on their parents for food and clothing, unwilling to do even a little work, from morning to night they sat at the ba<\/em>se of a wall and sunned themselves. As time passed this way, their parents [began to] loathe them, and had no choice but to kick them out. The two of them lived a drifter’s life, and went hungry for days at a time, with not even a piece of bread to eat.
One day, they were squatting next to a bread pit discussing what to do. Hashandaiwulaike said: “The best thing would be to go to a place wher there’s food and clothes, but you don’t have to work – I don’t know if there is such a place?”
Shawutikabake said: “There’s no such place on this earth, o<\/em>nly in heaven! I heard that the immortals in heaven are the happiest.”
Hashandaiwulaike said: “In that case, we should go to heaven. Why on earth would we stay in this place wher we have to work and suffer other people’s disdain?”
Shawutikabake said: “That’s all very well and good, but how will we get up there? Can we find a ladder that long?”
Hashandaiwulaike said: “We could never find a ladder that long, but you can still get up there without a ladder.”
Shawutikabake said: “How?”
Hashandaiwulaike said: “In the valley there’s a Roc bird, when I was little I saw it when I went up there with my father. All we have to do is grab o<\/em>nto the Roc, and he will take us up to heaven.”
Shawutikabake said: “That’s a great idea, we’ll do it that way.”
So the two friends decided thus. On the morning of the next day, they got us and walked to the mountain. When they got to the mountain valley, they found the Roc’s nest, and they hid themselves next to it. They waited until the sun fell behind the mountain and the Roc flew back and had just landed in its nest, when Hashandaiwulaike grabbed it and held it tightly. He prom<\/em>ptly called to Shawutikabake to grab his feet, and the Roc was frightened and flew into the sky.
So Shawutikabake was holding on to Hashandaiwulaike’s feet, and Hashandaiwulaike was holding on to the Roc’s claws, and they floated towards the seventh level of clouds [heaven].
Shawutikabake asked,” Hey! Are we there yet? I can’t hold on much longer!”
Hashandaiwulaike looked into a gap between the clouds and said, “Almost! I can already see the opening!”
Shawutikabake asked, “How big is the opening? Can we fit into it?”
Hashandaiwulaike answered, “It’s this big.” As Hashandaiwulaike answered, he used his hands to demo<\/em>nstrate how big the opening [to heaven] was.
But to his surprise, as soon as Hashandaiwulaike let go, the two lazy friends parted ways with the Roc, tumbled down, and were smashed into mincemeat.
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