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The Heroic Trio (東方三俠) (Dung fong sam hap) (1993) Johnnie To

June 16th 2024

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a o e i i er ai ei ao ou an en ang eng ong i ia iao ie iu ian in iang ing iong u ua uo uai ui uan un uang ueng ü üe üan ün a o e er ai ao ou an en ang eng yi ya yao ye you yan yin yang ying yong wu wa wo wai wei wan wen wang weng yu yue yuan yun b ba bo bai bei bao ban ben bang beng bi biao bie bian bin bing bu p pa po pai pei pao pou pan pen pang peng pi piao pie pian pin ping pu m ma mo me mai mei mao mou man men mang meng mi miao mie miu mian min ming mu f fa fo fei fou fan fen fang feng fu d da de dai dei dao dou dan den dang deng dong di diao die diu dian ding du duo dui duan dun t ta te tai tei tao tou tan tang teng tong ti tiao tie tian ting tu tuo tui tuan tun n na ne nai nei nao nou nan nen nang neng nong ni niao nie niu nian nin niang ning nu nuo nuan nü nüe l la le lai lei lao lou lan lang leng long li lia liao lie liu lian lin liang ling lu luo luan lun lü lüe g ga ge gai gei gao gou gan gen gang geng gong gu gua guo guai gui guan gun guang k ka ke kai kei kao kou kan ken kang keng kong ku kua kuo kuai kui kuan kun kuang h ha he hai hei hao hou han hen hang heng hong hu hua huo huai hui huan hun huang z za ze zi zai zei zao zou zan zen zang zeng zong zu zuo zui zuan zun c ca ce ci cai cao cou can cen cang ceng cong cu cuo cui cuan cun s sa se si sai sao sou san sen sang seng song su suo sui suan sun zh zha zhe zhi zhai zhei zhao zhou zhan zhen zhang zheng zhong zhu zhua zhuo zhuai zhui zhuan zhun zhuang ch cha che chi chai chao chou chan chen chang cheng chong chu chua chuo chuai chui chuan chun chuang sh sha she shi shai shei shao shou shan shen shang sheng shu shua shuo shuai shui shuan shun shuang r re ri rao rou ran ren rang reng rong ru rua ruo rui ruan run j ji jia jiao jie jiu jian jin jiang jing jiong ju jue juan jun q qi qia qiao qie qiu qian qin qiang qing qiong qu que quan qun x xi xia xiao xie xiu xian xin xiang xing xiong xu xue xuan xun

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a o e i i er ai ei ao ou an en ang eng ong i ia iao ie iu ian in iang ing iong u ua uo uai ui uan un uang ueng ü üe üan ün a o e er ai ao ou an en ang eng yi ya yao ye you yan yin yang ying yong wu wa wo wai wei wan wen wang weng yu yue yuan yun b ba bo bai bei bao ban ben bang beng bi biao bie bian bin bing bu p pa po pai pei pao pou pan pen pang peng pi piao pie pian pin ping pu m ma mo me mai mei mao mou man men mang meng mi miao mie miu mian min ming mu f fa fo fei fou fan fen fang feng fu d da de dai dei dao dou dan den dang deng dong di diao die diu dian ding du duo dui duan dun t ta te tai tei tao tou tan tang teng tong ti tiao tie tian ting tu tuo tui tuan tun n na ne nai nei nao nou nan nen nang neng nong ni niao nie niu nian nin niang ning nu nuo nuan nü nüe l la le lai lei lao lou lan lang leng long li lia liao lie liu lian lin liang ling lu luo luan lun lü lüe g ga ge gai gei gao gou gan gen gang geng gong gu gua guo guai gui guan gun guang k ka ke kai kei kao kou kan ken kang keng kong ku kua kuo kuai kui kuan kun kuang h ha he hai hei hao hou han hen hang heng hong hu hua huo huai hui huan hun huang z za ze zi zai zei zao zou zan zen zang zeng zong zu zuo zui zuan zun c ca ce ci cai cao cou can cen cang ceng cong cu cuo cui cuan cun s sa se si sai sao sou san sen sang seng song su suo sui suan sun zh zha zhe zhi zhai zhei zhao zhou zhan zhen zhang zheng zhong zhu zhua zhuo zhuai zhui zhuan zhun zhuang ch cha che chi chai chao chou chan chen chang cheng chong chu chua chuo chuai chui chuan chun chuang sh sha she shi shai shei shao shou shan shen shang sheng shu shua shuo shuai shui shuan shun shuang r re ri rao rou ran ren rang reng rong ru rua ruo rui ruan run j ji jia jiao jie jiu jian jin jiang jing jiong ju jue juan jun q qi qia qiao qie qiu qian qin qiang qing qiong qu que quan qun x xi xia xiao xie xiu xian xin xiang xing xiong xu xue xuan xun

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How To Name Your Chinese Characters: 

1) LAST NAMES: 

I’ve pasted the Top 100 common last names in alphabetical order, and bolded the ones that appear in CQL:   

B: 白 Bai C: 蔡 Cai ; 曹 Cao ;  常 Chang ; 曾 Ceng ;  陈 Chen ;  程 Cheng ;  崔 Cui ; D: 戴 Dai ; 邓 Deng ; 丁 Ding ; 董 Dong ; 杜 Du ; F: 范 Fan ; 方 Fang ; 冯 Feng ; 付 Fu ; G: 高 Gao ;  葛 Ge  ; 龚 Gong ; 顾 Gu ; 郭 Guo ; H: 韩 Han ; 何 He ; 贺 He 洪 Hong ; 侯 Hou ; 黄 Hua ; 胡 Hu ; J: 贾 Jia ; 蒋 Jiang ; 姜 Jiang ; 江 Jiang ; 金 Jin ; K: 康 Kang ; L:  赖 Lai ; 李 Li ;  黎 Li ; 廖 Liao ; 梁 Liang ; 林 Lin ; 刘 Liu ; 陆 Lu ; 卢 Lu ; 路 Lu ; 吕 Lü ; 罗 Luo ; M: 马 Ma ; 麦 Mai ; 毛 Mao ; 孟 Meng ; N:  倪 Ni  ;  牛 Niu ; P: 潘 Pan ; 彭 Peng ; Q: 钱 Qian ; 秦 Qin ; 邱 Qiu ; R:任 Ren ; S: 邵 Shao ; 沈 Sheng ; 史 Shi ; 石 Shi ; 施 Shi ; 宋 Song ; 苏 Su ; 孙 Sun ; T: 陶 Tao ; 谭 Tan ; 唐 Tang ; 田 Tian ; W: 万 Wan ; 王 Wang ;  汪 Wang ; 魏 Wei ; 吴 Wu ; X: 邢 Xing ; 夏 Xia ;  蕭 Xiao ; 谢 Xie ; 徐 Xu ; 许 Xu ; 薛 Xue ; Y: 阎 Yan ; 严 Yan ; 杨 Yang ; 姚 Yao ; 叶 Ye ;  余 Yu ; 于 Yu ; 袁 Yuan ; Z: 张 Zhang ;  赵 Zhao ; 郑 Zheng ; 钟 Zhong ; 周 Zhou ;  朱 Zhu ;  庄 Zhuang ;  邹 Zou ;

Above are all single character last names, but there are some double character Chinese last names, seen below (list not exhaustive): 

独孤 Du’Gu ;  公孙 Gong’Sun ; 南宫 Nan’Gong    欧阳 Ou’Yang ;  司马 Si’Ma ; 上官 Shang’Guan ; 宇文 Yu’Wen ; 长孙 Zhang’Sun ; 诸葛 Zhu’GE ; 

2) GIVEN NAMES/COURTESY NAMES

《Elements》: 

Light*： 光 (guāng) - light，  亮 liàng - bright / shine， 明 (míng) - bright， 曦 (xī) - early dawn， 昀 (yún) - daylight， 昭 (zhāo) - light, clear，照 (zhào) - to shine upon，

Fire: 焰 (yàn) - flames， 烟 (yān) - smoke，炎 (yán) - heat/burn， 烨 (yè) - dazzling light，  

Water: also see “weather” OR “bodies of water” under nature; note the words below while are related to water have meanings that mean some kind of virtue: 清 (qīng) - clarity / purity， 澄 (chéng) - clarity/quiet， 澈 (chè) - clear/penetrating， 涟 (lián) - ripple， 漪 (yī) - ripple， 泓 (hóng) - vast water， 湛 (zhàn) - clear/crystal， 露 (lù) - dew， 泠 (líng) - cool, cold, 涛 (tāo) - big wave，泽 (zé)，浩 hào - grand/vast (water)，涵 (han) - deep submergence / tolerance / educated

Weather: 雨 (yǔ) - rain， 霖 (lín) - downpouring rain， 冰 (bīng) - ice， 雪 (xuě) - snow，  霜 (shuāng) - frost 

Wind: 风 (fēng) - wind

* some “Light” words overlap in meaning with words that mean “sun/day”

《Nature》:

Season: 春 (chūn) - spring， 夏 (xià) - summer， 秋 (qíu) - aumtum， 冬 (dōng) - winter

Time of Day: 朝 (zhāo) - early morning / toward， 晨 (chén) - morning / dawn， 晓 (xiǎo) - morning， 旭 (xù) - dawn/rising sun，昼 (zhòu) - day，皖 (wǎn) - late evening，夜 (yè) - night 

Star/Sky/Space: 云 (yún) - cloud，天 (tiān) - sky/ heaven，霞 (xiá) - afterglow of a rising or setting sun，月 (yuè) - moon，日 (ri) - day / sun，阳 (yáng) - sun，宇 (yǔ) - space，星 (xīng) - star

Birds: 燕 (yàn) - sparrow， 雁 (yàn) - loon， 莺 (yīng) - oriole， 鸢 (yuān) - kite bird (family Accipitridae)，羽 (yǔ) - feather

Creatures: 龙 (lóng) - dragon/imperial

Plants/Flowers:* 兰 (lán) - orchids，  竹 (zhú) - bamboo， 筠 (yún) - tough exterior of bamboos， 萱 (xuān) - day-lily， 松 (sōng) - pine， 叶 (yè) - leaf， 枫 (fēng) - maple， 柏 bó/bǎi - cedar/cypress， 梅 (méi) - plum， 丹 (dān) - peony

Mountains: 山 (shān)， 峰 (fēng) - summit， 峥 (zhēng)，

Bodies of water: 江 (jiāng) - large river/straits， 河 (hé) - river， 湖 (hú) - lake， 海 (hǎi) - sea， 溪 (xī) - stream， 池 (chí) - pond， 潭 (tán) - larger pond， 洋 (yáng) - ocean

* I didn’t include a lot of flower names because it’s very easy to name a character with flowers that heavily implies she’s a prostitute. 

《Virtues》: 

Astuteness: 睿 ruì - astute / foresight， 智 (zhi)， 慧 (hui)， 哲 (zhé) - wise/philosophy, 

Educated:  博 (bó) - extensively educated， 墨 (mo) - ink， 诗 (shi) - poetry / literature， 文 (wén) - language / gentle / literary， 学 (xue) - study， 彦 (yàn) - accomplished / knowledgeable, 知 (zhi) - to know， 斌 (bīn) - refined， 赋 (fù) - to be endowed with knowledge

Loyalty: 忠 (zhōng) - loyal， 真 (zhēn) - true 

Bravery: 勇 (yǒng) - brave， 杰 (jié) - outstanding, hero

Determination/Perseverance: 毅 (yì) - resolute / brave， 恒 (héng) - everlasting， 衡 (héng) - across, to judge/evaluate，成 (chéng) - to succeed， 志 (zhì) - aspiration / the will

Goodness/Kindness: 嘉 (jiā) - excellent / auspicious，磊 (lěi) - rock / open & honest， 正 (zhèng) - straight / upright / principle，

Elegance: 雅 (yǎ) - elegant， 庄 (zhuāng) - respectful/formal/solemn， 彬 (bīn) - refined / polite， 

Handsome: 俊 jùn - handsome/talented 

Peace: 宁 (níng) - quietness/to pacify, 安 （ān) - peace, safety

Grandness/Excellence：宏 (hóng) - grand，豪 (háo) - grand, heroic，昊 (hào) - limitless / the vast sky，华 (huá) - magnificent， 赫 (hè) - red/famous/great， 隆 (lóng) - magnificent， 伟 (wěi) - greatness / large，轩 (xuān) - pavilion with a view/high，卓 (zhuó) - outstanding

Female Descriptor/Virtues/Beauty: 婉 (wǎn)，惠 (huì)， 妮 (nī)， 娇 (jiāo)， 娥 (é)， 婵 (chán) (I didn’t include specific translations for these because they’re all adjectives for women meaning beauty or virtue) 

《Descriptors》:

Adverbs: 如 (rú) - as，若 (ruò) - as, alike，宛 (wǎn) - like / as though，

Verbs: 飞 (fēi) - to fly，  顾 （gù) - to think/consider， 怀 (huái) - to miss, to possess， 落(luò) - to fall, to leave behind，梦 (mèng) - to dream， 思 (sī) - to consider / to miss (someone)，忆 (yì) - memory， 希 (xī) - yearn / admire

Colours: 红 (hóng) - red， 赤 (chì) - crimson， 黄 (huàng) - yellow， 碧 (bì) - green，青(qīng) - azure，蓝 (lán) - blue， 紫 (zǐ) - violet ，玄 (xuán) - black， 白 (baí) - white

Number：一 (yī), 二 (er) - two, 三 (san) - three,  四 (si) - four,  五 (wu) - five, 六 (liu) - six, 七(qi) - seven, 八 (ba) - eight,  九 (jiu) - nine, 十 (shi) - ten

Direction: 东 (dōng) - east， 西 (xi) - west， 南 (nan) - south， 北 (bei) - north，

Other: 子 (zǐ) - child, 然 (rán) - correct / thusly

《Jade》: *there are SO MANY words that generally mean some kind of jade, bc when ppl put jade in their children’s name they don’t literally mean the rock, it’s used to symbolize purity, goodness, kindness, beauty, virtue etc*  琛 (chen), 瑶 (yao),  玥 (yue),  琪 (qi),  琳 (lin)

《Spirituality》

凡 (fan) - mortality 

色 (se) - colour, beauty. In buddhism, “se” symbolizes everything secular

了 (liao) - finished, done, letting go 

尘 (chen) - dust, I’m not… versed in buddhism enough to explain “chen”, it’s similar to “se”

悟 (wu) - knowing? Cognition? To understand a higher meaning

无 (wu) - nothing, the void, also part of like “letting go” 

戒 (jie) - to “quit”, but not in a bad way. In buddhism, monks are supposed to “quit” their earthly desires.

极 (ji) - greatness, also related to the state of nirvana (? I think?) 

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LAY - 水 (H2O) Lyrics

LAY - 水 (H2O) Lyrics

[EP] 蓮 (LIT) Artist: LAY(张艺兴) / 레이(LAY) Genre: POP, Chinese Music, Hip Hop, R&B Release Date: 2020.06.01 ©℗ Zhang Yixing Studio, SM ENTERTAINMENT Track List 01. 蓮 (Lit) 02. 玉 (Jade) 03. 鷹 (Eagle) 04. 水 (H2O) 05. 飛 (Fly) 06. 靈 (Soul) Lyricist: 刘愉露(LIU YULU) Composer: MZMC, Adrian Mckinnon, DEEZ Arranger: Joseph 'Joe Millionaire' Foster, MZMC, 레이(LAY) Pinyin rong hua zheng zuo shan de xue bian cheng le yu luo zai ni yan li pei zhe ni ku qi ru guo shui you dong cha yi qie de neng li wo jiu hui ming bai wei he liu xiang ni tu ran de chu xian jing dong le shui mian But I don't know why ci ke wo jiu bu you zi ji ju qi lian yi huan rao ni shen bian huan rao ai ye xu ni mei fa xian wo wu chu bu zai wo cong bu zou tai yuan Ah wo shi pian hai ye shi di yu ling yi zhong ke neng wo yi rong ru kong qi ban ni hu xi Oh Ah ni yan qian de wu mai wo bang ni qu san kai deng ni fa xian Like H two O I go to you xian zai zhi wei le ni ping jing huo zhe shi peng pai ning gu cheng bai xue ren he zhuang tai dou zai ji yi liu xia wo dui ni de zhe re ai wo bian de kuan rong deng ni de hui da rong jie ni quan bu dui wo shuo de hua Just like H Two O So now I wanna flow to you too girl Can never stop Ah wo suo you de xing tai yi qie dou sui ni bu tong de wen du dou qi dai ji shi bian cheng tou ming ban de cun zai Hu yu ni shi jie wai dan chun de deng dai Ah wo shi pian hai ye shi di yu ling yi zhong ke neng wo yi rong ru kong qi ban ni hu xi Oh Ah ni yan qian de wu mai wo bang ni qu san kai deng ni fa xian Like H two O I go to you xian zai zhi wei le ni ping jing huo zhe shi peng pai ning gu cheng bai xue ren he zhuang tai dou zai ji yi liu xia wo dui ni de zhe re ai wo bian de kuan rong deng ni de hui da rong jie ni quan bu dui wo shuo de hua Just like H Two O So now I wanna flow to you too girl Can never stop zai ni de mian qian wo jiu xiang qing xu duo bian de H2O zhi shi wo zai bu neng gou shou fang zi you Just wanna love you love you wo que xin gan qing yuan deng zai shui mian huo bing fu man shan yi zhi dou zai hai wei dao xia ge mo ri I will wait for you Like H two O I go to you xian zai zhi wei le ni ping jing huo zhe shi peng pai ning gu cheng bai xue ren he zhuang tai dou zai ji yi liu xia wo dui ni de zhe re ai wo bian de kuan rong deng ni de hui da rong jie ni quan bu dui wo shuo de hua Just like H Two O So now I wanna flow to you too girl Can never stop Chinese 融化 整座山的雪变成了雨 落在你眼里 陪着你哭泣 如果水有洞察一切的能力 我就会明白 为何流向你 突然地出现 惊动了水面 But I don't know why 此刻我就不由自己 聚起涟漪环绕你身边 环绕爱 也许你没发现我 无处不在 我从不走太远 Ah 我是片海 也是滴雨 另一种可能我已融入空气 伴你呼吸 Oh Ah 你眼前的雾霾 我帮你驱散开 等你发现 Like H two O I go to you 现在只为了你 平静或者是澎湃 凝固成白雪 任何状态 都在记忆留下 我对你的这热爱 我变得宽容 等你的回答 溶解你全部 对我说的话 Just like H Two O So now I wanna flow to you too girl Can never stop Ah 我所有的形态 一切都随你 不同的温度都期待 即使变成透明般的存在 Hu 于你世界外 单纯的等待 Ah 我是片海 也是滴雨 另一种可能我已融入空气 伴你呼吸 Oh Ah 你眼前的雾霾 我帮你驱散开 等你发现 Like H two O I go to you 现在只为了你 平静或者是澎湃 凝固成白雪 任何状态 都在记忆留下 我对你的这热爱 我变得宽容 等你的回答 溶解你全部 对我说的话 Just like H Two O So now I wanna flow to you too girl Can never stop 在你的面前 我就像情绪多变的 H2O 只是我再不能够收放自由 Just wanna love you love you 我却心甘情愿 等在水面 或冰覆满山 一直都在 还未到下个末日 I will wait for you Like H two O I go to you 现在只为了你 平静或者是澎湃 凝固成白雪 任何状态 都在记忆留下 我对你的这热爱 我变得宽容 等你的回答 溶解你全部 对我说的话 Just like H Two O So now I wanna flow to you too girl Can never stop English Translation N/A Source: Naver Music Pinyin: Xiami Music English Translation: N/A K-Lyrics For You Lyrics, Korean Song, Kpop Song, Kpops Lyrics, Korean Lyrics from LAY - 水 (H2O) Lyrics http://sinkpop.blogspot.com/2020/06/lay-h2o-lyrics.html Korean Song Lyrics Kpop Artis Korean Boyband Korean Girlband from Blogger Lirik Lagu Korea LAY - 水 (H2O) Lyrics http://kpopslyric.blogspot.com/2020/06/lay-h2o-lyrics.html

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Learn Chinese in Chinese stories｜Chinese Idiom ｜Li Bing Constructed Dujiangyan

 "Tian Fu zhi Guo" means ‘ The land of abundance’, which refers to the Chengdu Plain in Sichuan Province, where giant pandas live. In the early years ,the flood and drought disasters in the Chengdu Plain were frequent, and its prosperity benefited from a hydraulician named Li Bing, who construced Dujiangyan two thousand years ago . Dujiangyan eliminated the floods,irrigated the Chengdu Plain and made it become the land of abundance .

 ‘天府之国’的意思是富庶之地，它是指四川省成都平原，这里也是大熊猫的故乡。最初的成都平原水旱灾害频繁，它的繁荣得益于一个叫李冰的水利专家，他在两千年前修建的都江堰解除了水灾，灌溉了农田，奠定了‘天府之国’的地理基础。

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Lǐ Bīng Xiū Dū Jiāng Yàn

李冰修都江堰

Li Bing Constructed Dujiangyan

 Min jiang ,wei yu si chuan sheng cheng du ping yuan xi bu

岷江，位于四川省成都平原西部

Minjiang River, located in the west of Chengdu Plain, Sichuan Province

 Liang qian liang bai nian qian ,min jiang ji hu nian nian fa da shui

2200年前，岷江几乎年年发大水

About 2200 years ago, the Minjiang River flooded almost every year

 Hong zai zhi hou ,you chang chang chu xian gan han

洪灾之后，又常常出现干旱

Floods was often followed by frequent droughts

 Ren men sheng cun kun nan ,liu li shi suo

人们生存困难,流离失所

People were difficult to survive and lost their homes

 Gong yuan qian er bai wu shi liu nian ,shui li zhuan jiaLi bing dan ren shu guo jun shou

公元前256年，水利专家李冰担任蜀国郡守

In 256 BC,  Li Bing，a hydraulician，served as the stadholder of Shu ’Si Chuan’ State

 Min jiang bei yu lei shan dang zhu ,zhi hao xiang nan liu

岷江被玉垒山挡住，只好向南流

Minjiang River was blocked by Yulei mountain, had to flow south

 Mei nian shan hong yi lai jiu jue di

每年山洪一来就决堤

Every year the mountain torrents overflowed the banks

 Er zhe kuai di fang ze mei nian da han

而这块地方则每年大旱

And this place was dry every year

 Wo men yao zao kai yu lei shan fen liu min jiang

我们要凿开玉垒山分流岷江

We need to cut the Yulei mountain and diverse the Minjiang river

 Kun nan fei chang da

困难非常大

It is very difficult

 Dan shi xiu hao hou ,zi sun hou dai dou neng shou yi

但是修好后，子孙后代都能受益

But future generations will benefit when repaired

 Li bing rang ren yong da huo ba shan shi jia re

李冰让人用大火把山石加热

Li Bing asked people to heat the rock in fires

 Zai yong leng shui jiao zhu

再用冷水浇注

Poured in cold water

 Shi shan shi bao lie

使山石爆裂

To burst the rocks

 Ran hou qiao kai shi tou zao chu yi ge shan kou

然后撬开石头凿出一个山口

Then pried open the rocks and cut a pass

 Jiang min jiang yin ru dong bian gan han di qu

将岷江引向东边干旱地区

To lead the Minjiang River to the eastern arid region

 You yu shan di jiao gao ,fen liu de min jiang bu neng man zu guan gai xu qiu

由于山地较高，分流的岷江不能满足灌溉需求

Due to the high mountain area, the Minjiang River can not meet the irrigation demand

  Li bing jue ding xiu jian di ba ti gao shui wei

李冰决定修建堤坝提高水位

Li Bing decided to build a dam to raise the water level

 Ke shi di ba hen rong yi bei tuan ji de Min jiang chong zou

可是堤坝很容易被湍急的岷江冲走

But the dam was easily washed away by the swift Minjiang River

 Li bing cong  he bian xi yi fu de fu nv shen shang shou dao qi fa

李冰从河边洗衣服的妇女身上受到启发

Li Bing was inspired by women washing clothes by the river

 Dang fang ru shi tou dao xi yi kuang shi

当放入石头到洗衣筐时

When put stones into the laundry basket

 He shui cong xi yi kuang de feng xi zhong liu guo

河水从洗衣筐的缝隙中流过

The river flowed through the crevices of the laundry basket

 Xi yi kuang que bu hui bei he shui chong zou

而洗衣筐却不会被河水冲走

And the laundry basket won't be washed away  

 Tong yang de ,ru guo yong zhu long zhuang shang e luan shi tou ru jiang zhong

同样的，如果用竹笼装上鹅卵石投入江中

Similarly, if put pebbles in bamboo cages and throw into river

 Jiang shui cong zhu long he e luan shi de feng xi zhong liu zou

江水从竹笼和鹅卵石的缝隙中流走

The river flows through the crevices of bamboo cages and pebbles

 Dang jiang shui de chong ji li bian xiao hen duo

当江水的冲击力变小很多

When the impact force of the river becomes much smaller

 Di ba jiu neng xiu zhu qi lai

堤坝就能修筑起来

The dam can be built

 Li Bing dai ling bai xing yong zhe ge fang fa xiu jian di ba

李冰带领百姓用这个方法修建堤坝

Li Bing led the people to build dams in this way

 Ti gao shui wei bing jiang Min jiang fen wei nei jiang he wai jiang

提高水位并将岷江分为内江和外江

Raised the water level and divided the Min jiang river into inside and outside rivers

 Ji jian shao le yu ji shi  jiang shui dui di an de chong ji

既减少了雨季时暴涨的江水对堤岸的冲击

It reduced the river’ impact force to the banks in wet-season

 You yin nei jiang shui guan gai le gan han de nong tian

又引内江水灌溉了干旱的农田

And pumped inside river water into dry fields

 Ke shi wen ti you lai le

可是问题又来了

But there was another problem

 Nei jiang he dao xia zhai ,hen rong yi bei yu ji de ni sha du se

内江河道狭窄,很容易被淤积的泥沙堵塞

The inside River is narrow and easily blocked by silt

 Li Bing you she ji le si xing de fei sha yan

李冰又设计了S型的飞沙堰

And Li Bing designed S-shaped desilting Weir

 Li yong shui liu de chong ji jiang ni sha pai ru wai jiang

利用水流的冲击将泥沙排入外江

Using the impact of water flow to drain silt into the outer river

 Shi gan jing de shui liu ru nei jiang

使干净的水流入内江

To lead the clean water to inside river

 Li Bing you rang ren zai jiang di fang ru you ke du de shi xiang

李冰又让人在江底放入标有刻度的石像

Li Bing asked to put graduated stone statues at the river bottom

 Dang he di ni sha da dao shi xiang jing jie xian shi

当河底泥沙达到石像警戒线时

When river silt reach the warning line of the status

 Bian dui ni sha jin xing qing li

便对泥沙进行清理

To clean up the silt

 Zhi ci ,Du jiang yan shui li gong cheng zhong yu wan gong

至此，都江堰水利工程终于完工

The Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project was finally completed

 Du jiang yan xiao chu le shui huan

都江堰消除了水患

Dujiangyan eliminated the floods

 Guan gai le cheng du ping yuan , shi ta cheng wei le tian fu zhi guo

灌溉了成都平原，使它成为了天府之国

irrigated the Chengdu Plain and made it become the land of abundance

 Li jing liang qian san bai nian ，Dujiangyan zhi dao jin tian dou zai fa hui zuo yong.

历��2300年，都江堰直到今天都在发挥作用

Until now It has worked for 2300 years

   KEYPOINTS

Lǐ Bīng

李冰

Lǐ李: 姓 family name

Bīng冰: 名 given name

 Zhōng guó rén de xìng míng ,xìng shì fàng zài qián miàn ,míng zì fàng zài hòu miàn

中国人的姓名，姓氏放在前面，名字放在后面

All Chinese names, the family name is placed in the front and the given name in the back

 Lǐ zài zhōng guó shì dà xìng , bǐ rú ‘lǐ xiǎo lóng’--- Bruce Lee

‘ 李’在中国是大姓，比如李小龙-----BRUCE LI ;

Li is a popular surname in China, such as‘ Li xiao long ‘ ----Bruce Lee;

Zài zhōng guó wén huà zhōng ,wǎn bèi de míng zì bù néng hé zhǎng bèi xiāng tóng ,duì zhǎng bèi yě bù néng zhí hū qí míng

在中国文化中，晚辈的名字不能和长辈相同，对长辈也不能直呼其名

In Chinese culture, to show respect, the younger generation's name can not be the same as the elders,and can’t call the elders ‘ names directly

 Tiān fǔ zhī guó

天府之国

the land of abundance

 Tiān fǔ zhī guó shì zhǐ sì chuān shěng ,sì chuān wèi yú zhōng guó xī nán bù ,shì dà xióng māo de gù xiāng

天府之国是指四川省，四川位于中国西南部，是大熊猫的故乡

‘tian fu zhi guo’ refers to Sichuan Province, which is located in southwest China and home to pandas

 Lǐ Bīng xiū jiàn de dū jiāng yàn diàn dìng le sì chuān chéng wéi tiān fǔ zhī guó de dì lǐ jī chǔ

李冰修建的都江堰奠定了四川成为天府之国的地理基础

Dujiangyan, constructed by Li Bing, laid the foundation for Sichuan to become the land of abundance .

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