The moon lets its own vanity get out of control.
月亮很大很亮。她说:”我是天上最漂亮的!”
小星星们很小。月亮不想和他们做朋友。
一天晚上,很多云来了。天很黑很黑。月亮非常害怕。
小星星们说:”我们一起发光吧!”他们一起发光,天就亮了一点。月亮不再害怕了。
云走的时候,月亮说:”谢谢你们!我们做朋友吧!”
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| <p>月亮 | yuè liang5 | moon |
| 星星 | xīng xing5 | star |
| 天 | tiān | sky |
| 云 | yún | cloud |
| 黑 | hēi | dark/black |
| 亮 | liàng | bright |
| 一起 | yì qǐ | together |
| 朋友 | péng you5 | friend |
| 漂亮 | piào liang5 | beautiful</p> |
| 月亮 | yuè liang | the moon |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 说 | shuì | to persuade; variant of 說|说[shuo1] |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 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] |
| 天上 | tiān shàng | the sky; the heavens |
| 最 | zuì | variant of 最[zui4]; old variant of 最[zui4]; (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world") |
| 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… |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 不想 | bù xiǎng | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
| 和 | hé | old variant of 和[he2]; surname He; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) |
| 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]) |
| 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… |
| 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 … |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening; night; CL:個|个[ge4]; in the evening |
| 多云 | duō yún | (meteorology) cloudy |
| 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… |
| 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 |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really; unusual; extraordinary |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be scared |
| 发光 | fā guāng | to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous |
| 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] |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- |
| 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… |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form… |
| 时 | shí | old variant of 時|时[shi2]; surname Shi |
| 候 | hòu | to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days |
| 谢谢 | xiè xie | to thank; thanks; thank you |
| 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.) |
The moon was big and bright. She said: “I am the most beautiful in the sky!”
The little stars were small. The moon didn’t want to be friends with them.
One night, many clouds came. The sky was very, very dark. The moon was afraid.
The little stars said: “Let’s shine together!” They shone together, and the sky became a little brighter. The moon wasn’t afraid anymore.
When the clouds left, the moon said: “Thank you, stars! Let’s be friends!”