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This is an upper-beginner or low-intermediate level text. It’s good for beginner readers in the sense that a) it’s short, and b) it’s extremely repetitive – if you can puzzle out the first two or three sentences, the rest should be clear. To get you going, it might be worth noting there that the protago<\/em>nist is a small blade of (or lump of, or field of – it’s never really defined) grass named “YinYin” (\u5c0f\u8349\u94f6\u94f6), who keeps asking one particular favor of each season.
Simplified Chinese Literacy: Easy Passages in Chinese for BeginnersThe seasons are perso<\/em>nified as ladies – for example, “The Lady of Spring” (\u6625\u59d1\u5a18) and “the Lady of Summer” (\u590f\u59d1\u5a18), etc.
There’s so much me<\/em>taphor going on in this I’m not sure wher to start. You could choose to interpret this as a statement a<\/em>bout aging, a<\/em>bout changing seasons, go nuts.
And on a perso<\/em>nal note, not 100% sure I’m happy with the co<\/em>nclusion that’s drawn here, co<\/em>nsidering I dye my hair all the time, but what the hell.
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\u6625\u5929 – ch\u016bn ti\u0101n – springtime
\u67d3 – r\u01cen – dye
\u9752\u8272 – q\u012bng sè – A blue, green or blue-green the Chinese co<\/em>nsider the “color of nature”
\u4f24\u5fc3 – sh\u0101ng x\u012bn – Broken-hearted
\u590f\u5929 – xià ti\u0101n – Summer
\u6df1\u7eff – sh\u0113n l\u01dc – Dark green
\u79cb\u5929 – qi\u016b ti\u0101n – Autumn
\u91d1\u9ec4 – j\u012bn huáng – Golden yellow
\u51ac\u5929 – d\u014dng ti\u0101n – Winter
\u540e\u6094 – hòu hu\u01d0 – Regret
\u53ef\u4e0d\u8981 – k\u011b bù yào – Won’t [you] be…(ex. sad?)
\u5ffd\u7136 – h\u016b rán – Suddenly
\u6389\u4e0b\u6765 – diào xià lái – fall, dro down
\u5c0f\u8349\u94f6\u94f6\u559c\u6b22\u94f6\u8272\u3002
\u6625\u5929\uff0c\u5c0f\u8349\u94f6\u94f6\u8ba9\u6625\u59d1\u5a18\u628a\u5979\u7684\u5934\u53d1\u67d3\u6210\u94f6\u8272\u3002\u6625\u59d1\u5a18\u8bf4\uff1a“\u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77\uff0c\u94f6\u94f6\uff0c\u6211\u53ea\u80fd\u628a\u4f60\u7684\u5934\u53d1\u67d3\u6210\u9752\u8272”\u3002\u94f6\u94f6\u975e\u5e38\u4f24\u5fc3\u3002
\u590f\u5929\u5c0f\u8349\u94f6\u94f6\u8ba9\u590f\u59d1\u5a18\u628a\u5979\u7684\u5934\u53d1\u67d3\u6210\u94f6\u8272\u3002\u590f\u59d1\u5a18\u8bf4\uff1a“\u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77\uff0c\u94f6\u94f6\uff0c\u6211\u53ea\u80fd\u628a\u4f60\u7684\u5934\u53d1\u67d3\u6210\u6df1\u7eff\u8272”\u3002\u94f6\u94f6\u975e\u5e38\u4f24\u5fc3\u3002
\u79cb\u5929\u5c0f\u8349\u94f6\u94f6\u8ba9\u79cb\u59d1\u5a18\u628a\u5979\u7684\u5934\u53d1\u67d3\u6210\u94f6\u8272\u3002\u79cb\u59d1\u5a18\u8bf4\uff1a“\u5bf9\u4e0d\u8d77\uff0c\u94f6\u94f6\uff0c\u6211\u53ea\u80fd\u628a\u4f60\u7684\u5934\u53d1\u67d3\u6210\u91d1\u9ec4\u8272”\u3002\u94f6\u94f6\u975e\u5e38\u4f24\u5fc3\u3002
\u51ac\u5929\u5c0f\u8349\u94f6\u94f6\u8ba9\u51ac\u59d1\u5a18\u628a\u5979\u7684\u5934\u53d1\u67d3\u6210\u94f6\u8272\u3002\u51ac\u59d1\u5a18\u8bf4\uff1a“\u597d\u554a\uff0c\u4e0d\u8fc7\u4f60\u53ef\u4e0d\u8981\u540e\u6094\u5466”\uff1f\u94f6\u94f6\u8bf4\uff1a“\u4e0d\u4f1a\u7684\uff0c\u6709\u4e86\u90a3\u4e48\u6f02\u4eae\u7684\u5934\u53d1\u6211\u9ad8\u5174\u8fd8\u6765\u4e0d\u53ca\u5462”\uff01
\u5c31\u8fd9\u6837\u94f6\u94f6\u7684\u5934\u53d1\u53d8\u6210\u4e86\u94f6\u8272\u3002\u5ffd\u7136\uff0c\u94f6\u94f6\u7684\u5934\u53d1\u6389\u4e0b\u6765\u4e86\uff0c\u8fd9\u662f\u600e\u4e48\u56de\u4e8b\u5462\uff1f\u539f\u6765\uff0c\u5934\u53d1\u67d3\u591a\u4e86\u662f\u4f1a\u4f24\u5bb3\u8eab\u4f53\u7684\u3002\u8fd9\u4e0b\u94f6\u94f6\u771f\u7684\u540e\u6094\u4e86\u3002
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The little grass YinYin liked the color silver.
In spring time, little grass Yinyin asked the Lady of Spring to dye her hair silver. The Lady of Spring said: “I’m sorry, YinYin, I can o<\/em>nly dye your hair blue\/green [see explanation]. YinYin was very broken-hearted.
In summer time, little grass YinYin asked the Lady of Summer to dye her hair silver. The lady of summer said, “I’m sorry, YinYin, I can o<\/em>nly dye your hair green!” YinYin was very broken-hearted.
In autumn, little grass YinYin asked the Lady of Autumn to dye her hair silver. The Lady of Autumn said: “I’m sorry, YinYin, I can o<\/em>nly dye your hair golden yellow.” YinYin was very broken-hearted.
In winter, little grass YinYin asked the Lady of Winter to dye her hair silver. The Lady of Winter said, “Okay, but won’t you regret it?” YinYin said, “I won’t, if I had hair that beautiful I couldn’t be happier!” And so YinYin’s hair turned silver. Suddenly, YinYin’s hair fell out – how could this be? Of course, if you dye your hair too often, it’s not good for you. And after this YinYin was indeed regretful.
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