I set out to do a beginner post since I haven’t done one in a while, but no joy, I think I have to classify this as intermediate. Beginners are welcome to try this out, as most of the words are simple and the subject matter is a bit immature (so of course it totally […]
“嗯，好吃，真好吃！姥姥，再来一盘鸡腿。”
“洋洋，你都那么胖了，少吃一点吧！”
“不嘛，我吃得多证明你菜做得好吃，这是给你面子啊！” 瞧，我那贪吃的哥哥又开始油嘴滑舌了。
“姥姥，我明天要吃红烧排骨和猪蹄！”哥哥大声说。
“姥姥，别听哥哥的。他整天就知道吃，都快成猪了。”我说。
“臭乐乐，说我快成猪了，你不怕我教训你？”哥哥生气地说。
不好，把哥哥惹急了后果可不堪设想。我起身就跑，哥哥撒腿就追，好在他太胖，根本跑不动，我很快就把他甩掉了。
在我睡觉前，妈妈常跟我讲哥哥是怎么贪吃的。有一次，奶奶跟我讲，哥哥一顿饭就能吃四个人的饭。他小时候一顿吃两碗鸡蛋糕是绝对没有问题的，就算三碗对他来说也是小菜一碟。要是换成我吃那么多的话，现在写作文的早就是个饱死鬼了。
哥哥总抢我的饭吃。有一次，我正在洗澡，妈妈让奶奶他们先吃。可等我洗完澡后，发现碗里的饭早没了踪影，哥哥却在一旁直打饱嗝，原来，是哥哥把我的饭给偷吃了。我心里这个气啊，可还只能忍，悲剧啊！天哪，哥哥啥时才能改掉贪吃的毛病啊？
不好，哥哥又要抢我的饭了，不写了，赶紧保护我的饭去啊！
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嗯 | ēn | (a groaning sound) |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 真 | zhēn | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine |
| 姥姥 | lǎo lao | (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother |
| 再 | zài | again; 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… |
| 来 | lái | to 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… |
| 一 | yī | one; 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 … |
| 盘 | pán | tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (p… |
| 鸡腿 | jī tuǐ | chicken leg; drumstick; CL:根[gen1] |
| 洋洋 | yáng yáng | vast; impressive; self-satisfied; immensely pleased with oneself |
| 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]); you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) |
| 都 | Dū | surname Du |
| 那么 | nà me | like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case |
| 胖 | pǎng | healthy |
| 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 |
| 少 | shǎo | few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc); variant of 吃[chi1] |
| 一点 | yī diǎn | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligr… |
| 吧 | bā | bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1] |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- |
| 嘛 | má | used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1]; (Tw) (coll.) what? |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 得 | dé | to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly- |
| 证 | zhěng | to admonish |
| 明 | Míng | Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God |
| 菜 | cài | vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type |
| 做 | zuò | to 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… |
| 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) |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4] |
| 给 | gěi | to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier) |
| 面子 | miàn zi | outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face |
| 啊 | ā | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! |
| 瞧 | qiáo | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit |
| 那 | Nā | surname Na |
| 贪 | tan | to have a voracious desire for; greedy |
| 吃的 | chī de | (coll.) food |
| 哥 | gē | elder brother |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin; to start; beginning; start |
| 油 | yóu | oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning |
| 嘴 | zuǐ | mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc); CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4] |
| 滑 | Huá | surname Hua |
| 舌 | jī | used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue" |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 要 | yāo | (bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| 红 | Hóng | surname Hong |
| 烧 | shāo | to burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise; to cook; to prepare food; to run a fever; fever; (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carr… |
| 排骨 | pái gǔ | pork chop; pork cutlet; spare ribs; (coll.) skinny person |
| 和 | hé | old variant of 和[he2]; surname He; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) |
| 猪 | zhū | hog; pig; swine; CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2] |
| 蹄 | tī | hoof |
| 大声 | dà shēng | loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly |
| 说 | shuì | to persuade; variant of 說|说[shuo1] |
| 别 | Bié | surname Bie; to make sb change their ways, opinions etc |
| 听 | yǐn | smile (archaic); to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; t… |
| 的 | de | of; ~'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… |
| 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]) |
| 整 | zhěng | (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly; (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat; (bound form) to put in… |
| 天 | tiān | day; sky; heaven |
| 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… |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 快 | kuài | rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant |
| 成 | Chéng | surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1] |
| 臭 | chòu | stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) |
| 乐 | Lè | surname Le |
| 不怕 | bù pà | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though |
| 教 | Jiào | surname Jiao |
| 训 | xǔn | to teach; to train; to admonish |
| 生气 | shēng qì | to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness |
| 地 | de | -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 不好 | bù hǎo | no good |
| 把 | bǎ | to 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… |
| 惹 | ré | to provoke; to vex; to anger; to cause (problems) |
| 急 | jí | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious |
| 后 | Hòu | surname Hou; back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post- |
| 果 | guǒ | fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really |
| 可不 | kě bu | see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4] |
| 堪 | kan | (bound form) may; can; (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2]) |
| 设想 | shè xiǎng | to imagine; to assume; to envisage; tentative plan; to have consideration for |
| 起身 | qǐ shēn | to get up; to leave; to set forth |
| 跑 | páo | (of an animal) to paw (the ground) |
| 撒 | sa | to let go; to let loose; to give expression to |
| 腿 | tuǐ | leg; CL:條|条[tiao2]; hip bone; old variant of 腿[tui3] |
| 追 | zhui | to sculpt; musical instrument (old) |
| 好 | hǎo | good; 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); (… |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 太 | tài | highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely |
| 根 | gēn | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry) |
| 本 | běn | (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; origina… |
| 不动 | bù dòng | motionless |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
| 甩 | shuái | to throw; to swing; to throw off |
| 掉 | diào | to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to sh… |
| 睡觉 | shuì jiào | to go to bed; to sleep |
| 前 | qián | front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama; mommy; mother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 常 | Cháng | surname Chang |
| 跟 | gēn | heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns) |
| 讲 | jiǎng | to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture |
| 怎 | zěn | how |
| 么 | má | exclamatory final particle; variant of 麼|么[me5] |
| 有一次 | yǒu yī cì | once; once upon a time |
| 奶 | nǎi | breast; milk; to breastfeed; variant of 嬭|奶[nai3]; mother; variant of 奶[nai3] |
| 顿 | dùn | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal |
| 饭 | fàn | cooked rice; CL:碗[wan3]; meal; CL:頓|顿[dun4]; (loanword) fan; devotee |
| 能 | Néng | surname Neng |
| 四 | sì | four; 4 |
| 个人 | gè rén | an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 候 | hòu | to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days |
| 两 | liǎng | two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) |
| 碗 | wǎn | variant of 碗[wan3]; bowl; cup; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4] |
| 鸡蛋 | jī dàn | (chicken) egg; hen's egg; CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2] |
| 糕 | gāo | cake; variant of 糕[gao1] |
| 绝对 | jué duì | absolute; unconditional |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 算 | suàn | to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...) |
| 三 | Sān | surname San |
| 对 | duì | right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to sui… |
| 也 | Yě | surname Ye |
| 小菜 | xiǎo cài | appetizer; small side dish; easy job; piece of cake; see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2] |
| 碟 | ||
| 要是 | yào shi | (coll.) if |
| 换 | huàn | to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency) |
| 的话 | de huà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 现 | xiàn | to appear; present; now; existing; current |
| 写作 | xiě zuò | to write; to compose; writing; written works |
| 文 | Wén | surname Wen |
| 早就 | zǎo jìu | already at an earlier time |
| 个 | gě | used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; variant of 個|个[ge4] |
| 饱 | bǎo | to eat till full; satisfied |
| 死鬼 | sǐ guǐ | devil (used jocularly or contemptuously); the departed |
| 总 | zǒng | (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3… |
| 抢 | qiáng | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage) |
| 正 | zhēng | first month of the lunar year |
| 洗澡 | xǐ zǎo | to bathe; to take a shower |
| 让 | ràng | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4]) |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) |
| 可 | kě | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however |
| 等 | děng | to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (… |
| 洗 | xǐ | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) |
| 完 | wán | to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire |
| 澡 | zǎo | bath |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery |
| 里 | lǐ | variant of 裡|里[li3]; lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]; surname Li |
| 早 | zǎo | early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely |
| 没了 | méi le | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist |
| 踪影 | zōng yǐng | trace; vestige; presence |
| 却 | què | old variant of 卻|却[que4]; but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though |
| 一旁 | yī páng | aside; to the side of |
| 直 | Zhí | surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God |
| 打 | dá | (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 嗝 | ||
| 原 | Yuán | surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara |
| 偷 | tou | to steal; to snatch; stealthily |
| 心里 | xīn li | chest; heart; mind |
| 这个 | zhè ge | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this |
| 气 | qì | gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi |
| 还 | Huán | surname Huan |
| 只 | zhī | variant of 隻|只[zhi1]; variant of 只[zhi3]; grain that has begun to ripen; classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
| 忍 | rén | to bear; to tolerate |
| 悲 | bēi | sad; sadness; sorrow; grief |
| 剧 | jǔ | theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); acute |
| 哪 | nǎ | how; which |
| 啥 | shā | dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5] |
| 时 | shí | old variant of 時|时[shi2]; surname Shi |
| 才 | cái | ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) reall…; (variant of 才[cai2]) just now; (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only |
| 改 | gǎi | to change; to alter; to transform; to correct |
| 毛病 | máo bìng | fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 赶 | gǎn | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by … |
| 紧 | jǐn | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten |
| 保 | báo | Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4]) |
| 护 | hù | to protect |
| 去 | qù | to 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);… |
“Mmm, delicious, really delicious! [Maternal] grandma, give me another plate of chicken drumsticks!”
“YangYang, you’re already that fat, you should eat less!”
“Nuh uh, [the fact that] I eat a lot only proves that you’re a good cook, this gives you face!” Oh look, there goes my gluttonous older brother smooth-talking again.
“Grandma, tomorrow I want to eat Spare Ribs and Pig Trotters Simmered in Red Sauce!” older brother says loudly.
“Grandma, don’t listen to older brother. All he thinks about all day is eating, he’ll soon turn into a pig,” I say.
“Stinky LeLe, saying I’ll turn into a pig. Aren’t you afraid I’ll teach you a lesson?” older brother says angrily.
Not good, I can’t bear to imagine the consequences of provoking older brother. I get up and run, and older brother scrambles up to chase me, luckily he’s too fat, he can’t run at all, so I quickly lose him.
Before I go to sleep, mother often talks with me about how gluttonous my brother is. One time, [paternal] grandmother was talking with me, saying that older brother eats enough for four people in a single sitting. When he was small it was absolutely no problem for him to polish off two bowls of egg cake in a sitting, even three bowls is just a small appetizer to him. If it was me that ate that much, the person writing this essay would have long ago become a “stuffed devil”.
Older brother is always snatching my food and eating it. One time, when I was in the shower, mother allowed grandmother and all them start eating first. When I was done showering, I found that there wasn’t a trace [of food] left in my bowl, but my brother was off to one side burping with satisfaction, turns out my brother stole my food and ate it. I was so mad, but all I could do is endure it, what a tragedy! God, when is older brother finally going to fix this gluttonous defect?
Not good, older brother just snatched my food again, I’ve got to stop writing, and quickly go protect my meal!