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Children’s Story: Little Bear’s Beautiful Dream

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Children’s Story: Little Bear’s Beautiful Dream

Little Bear is sad to know his dream was just a dream… or was it?

下雪xià xuě啦lā,下雪xià xuě啦lā!一yī片piān片piān雪花xuě huā像xiàng蒲公gōng英Yīng一yī样yàng在zài空中kōng zhōng翩翩起qǐ舞wǔ,不一会bù yī huì儿ér,大地dà dì就jìu穿上chuān shang了le一yī件jiàn洁jiē白Bái的de衣裳yī shang。 可爱kě ài的de小xiǎo熊xiōng不bù小心xiǎo xīn扭niú到dào脚jiǎo了le,只得zhǐ dé孤零零gū líng líng地de躺tǎng在zài小xiǎo床chuáng上shǎng。忽然hū rán,从cóng窗chuāng外wài传chuān来lái了le欢huān快kuài的de歌声gē shēng。小xiǎo熊xiōng朝Cháo窗chuāng外wài看kān去qù,原Yuán来lái是shì小老鼠xiǎo lǎo shǔ和hé小白兔xiǎo bái tù在zài雪地xuě dì里lǐ载zǎi歌gē载zǎi舞wǔ呢ne!雪地xuě dì上shǎng还Huán留下líu xià了le他tā们men可爱kě ài的de小xiǎo脚jiǎo印Yìn。小xiǎo熊xiōng心里xīn li真zhēn羡xiǎn慕mù呀yā!可是kě shì,他tā有yǒu什shén么má办bàn法fǎ呢ne?小xiǎo熊xiōng深shēn深shēn地de叹tǎn了le一口气yī kǒu qì,自言zì yán自语zì yǔ:“还是hái shi睡shuì一yī觉jiào吧bā,说不定shuō bu dìng梦mèng里lǐ会huì出现chū xiàn奇jī迹jǐ!”

小xiǎo熊xiōng果guǒ然rán做zuò了le一个yī ge好hǎo梦mèng。他tā梦见mèng jiàn一yī位wèi留líu着zhāo长cháng胡Hú子zǐ的de老爷爷lǎo yé ye来lái到了dào liǎo他tā的de小屋xiǎo wū里lǐ。老爷爷lǎo yé ye从cóng衣袋yī dài里lǐ掏tao出chū一个yī ge小xiǎo瓶子píng zi,笑xiào眯mi眯mi地de喷pen了le喷pen小xiǎo熊xiōng受伤shòu shāng的de脚jiǎo。小xiǎo熊xiōng马上mǎ shàng就jìu活huó蹦běng乱luàn跳tiào了le,快kuài活huó地de在zài雪地xuě dì上shǎng和hé小xiǎo伙huó伴bǎn们men玩耍wán shuǎ……

小鸟xiǎo niǎo们men的de欢声huān shēng笑语xiào yǔ把bǎ小xiǎo熊xiōng吵醒chǎo xǐng了le,原Yuán来lái这zhè只是zhǐ shì一yī场cháng梦mèng。可是kě shì小xiǎo熊xiōng发现fā xiàn自己zì jǐ的de手里shǒu lǐ竟jǐng然rán有yǒu一个yī ge小xiǎo瓶子píng zi!小xiǎo熊xiōng拿起ná qǐ小xiǎo瓶子píng zi往wǎng脚jiǎo上shǎng一yī喷pen,受伤shòu shāng的de脚jiǎo马上mǎ shàng就jìu好hǎo了le。这zhè真是zhēn shi一yī瓶píng神Shén水Shuǐ啊ā!从此cóng cǐ,小xiǎo熊xiōng再zài也Yě不怕bù pà摔shuai伤shāng了le。

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Lesson vocabulary 149 words

WordPinyinMeaning
下雪xià xuěto snow
啦lā(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat
一yīone; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out …
片piāndisk; sheet
雪花xuě huāsnowflake
像xiàngto resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
蒲
公gōngpublic; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 w…
英YīngUnited Kingdom; British; England; English; abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]
样yàngmanner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type
在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
空中kōng zhōngin the sky; in the air
翩
起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; sta…
舞wǔto dance; to wield; to brandish
不一会bù yī huìsoon
儿érchild; son
大地dà dìearth; mother earth
就jìu(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precise…
穿上chuān shangto put on (clothes etc)
了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly
件jiànitem; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
洁jiēclean
白Báisurname Bai; Bai ethnic group
的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to…
衣裳yī shang(coll.) clothes
可爱kě àiadorable; cute; lovely
小xiǎosmall; tiny; few; young
熊xiōngbear; a scolding; surname Xiong
不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
小心xiǎo xīnto be careful; to take care
扭niúto turn; to wring; to swing one's hips
到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoug…
脚jiǎofoot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]; classifier for kicks
只得zhǐ déto have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
孤零零gū líng línglone; isolated and without help; all alone; solitary
地de-ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
躺tǎngto recline; to lie down
床chuángbed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc; variant of 床[chuang2]
上shǎngused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
忽然hū ránsuddenly; all of a sudden
从cóngvariant of 從|从[cong2]; surname Cong
窗chuāngold variant of 窗[chuang1]; variant of 窗[chuang1]; window; CL:扇[shan4]
外wàioutside; in addition; foreign; external
传chuānto pass on; to transmit; to transfer; to conduct (electricity)
来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3…
欢huānvariant of 歡|欢[huan1]; joyous; happy; pleased; hubbub; clamor; variant of 歡|欢[huan1]; a breed of horse; variant of 歡|欢[huan1]
快kuàirapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
歌声gē shēngsinging voice; fig. original voice of a poet
朝Cháoabbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
看kānto look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard
去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part);…
原Yuánsurname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara
是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4]
小老鼠xiǎo lǎo shǔ@; at symbol
和héold variant of 和[he2]; surname He; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2])
小白兔xiǎo bái tùsmall white rabbit; (fig.) innocent and naive person; (fig.) (slang) breast
雪地xuě dìsnow-covered ground
里lǐvariant of 裡|里[li3]; lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]; surname Li
载zǎito record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year
歌gēsong (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing; variant of 歌[ge1]
呢ne(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation…
还Huánsurname Huan
留下líu xiàto leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
他tā(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])
们menplural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
印Yìnsurname Yin; abbr. for 印度[Yin4 du4], India
心里xīn lichest; heart; mind
真zhēnreally; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
羡xiǎnto envy
慕mùto admire
呀yāah (used to express surprise); (onom.) creaking
可是kě shìbut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
什shénwhat
么máexclamatory final particle; variant of 麼|么[me5]
办bànto take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigat…
法fǎvariant of 法[fa3]; France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]; old variant of 法[fa3]; law
深shēnold variant of 深[shen1]; (lit. and fig.) deep
叹tǎnto sigh
一口气yī kǒu qìone breath; in one breath; at a stretch
自言zì yánto say (sth that relates to oneself)
自语zì yǔto talk to oneself
还是hái shistill (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
睡shuìto sleep; to lie down
觉jiàoa nap; a sleep; CL:場|场[chang2]
吧bābar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]
说不定shuō bu dìngcan't say for sure; maybe
梦mèngdream (CL:場|场[chang2]); (bound form) to dream
会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Tai…
出现chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
奇jīodd (number)
迹jǐ(bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue
果guǒfruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really
然ráncorrect; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, frien…
一个yī gea; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (…
梦见mèng jiànto dream about (sth or sb); to see in a dream
位wèiposition; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
留líuold variant of 留[liu2]; to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
着zhāovariant of 著|着[zhao1]; a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add
长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
胡Húsurname Hu; used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]; beard; mustache; whiskers
子zǐson; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders o…
老爷爷lǎo yé ye(polite) elderly man
到了dào liǎoat last; finally; in the end
小屋xiǎo wūcabin; lodge; cottage; chalet; hut; shed
衣袋yī dàipocket (in a garment)
掏taoto fish out (from pocket)
出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for…; variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
瓶子píng zibottle; CL:個|个[ge4]
笑xiàoold variant of 笑[xiao4]; to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
眯mito blind (as with dust)
喷pento spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff
受伤shòu shāngto sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed
马上mǎ shàngat once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)
活huóto live; alive; living; work; workmanship
蹦běngto jump; to bounce; to hop
乱luànin confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary
跳tiàoto jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate
伙huó(bound form) meals (as in 伙食[huo3 shi2])
伴bǎnpartner; companion; comrade; associate
玩耍wán shuǎto play (as children do); to amuse oneself
小鸟xiǎo niǎosmall bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick); (fig.) penis (kiddie term); (golf) birdie
欢声huān shēngcheers; cries of joy or approval
笑语xiào yǔtalking and laughing; cheerful talk
把bǎto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the ob…
吵醒chǎo xǐngto wake sb up with a noise
这zhè(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
只是zhǐ shìmerely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
场chángthreshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout; variant of 場|场[chang2]
发现fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
自己zì jǐoneself; (attributive) one's own
手里shǒu lǐin hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
竟jǐngunexpectedly; to go so far as to
拿起ná qǐto pick up
往wǎngto go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous; old variant of 往[wang3]
真是zhēn shiindeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
瓶píngbottle; vase; pitcher; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for wine and liquids; variant of 瓶[ping2]
神ShénGod
水Shuǐsurname Shui; Shui ethnic group
啊āinterjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!
从此cóng cǐfrom now on; since then; henceforth
再zàiagain; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, an…
也Yěsurname Ye
不怕bù pàfearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though
摔shuaito throw down; to drop and break
伤shāngto injure; injury; wound