不久，一个亮亮的新火车头开来了。
Before long, a shiny new engine came along.
玩具们喊：“请帮帮我们！把我们拉过山吧！”
The toys called out, "Please help us! Pull us over the mountain!"
新火车头说：“我是拉客人的，不拉玩具。”
The new engine said, "I pull passengers — not toys."
它头也不回地开走了。
And off it went without looking back.
过了一会儿，一个大大的黑火车头开来了。
After a while, a big black engine came along.
“请帮帮我们！山那边的孩子们在等！”
"Please help us! The children over the mountain are waiting!"
大火车头说：“我很重要，没有时间。”
The big engine said, "I am very important. I have no time."
它也开走了。
And it went away too.
玩具们难过得快哭了。
The toys were so sad they nearly cried.
Hover a word for its pinyin & meaning; click to pin it.
| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 不久 | bù jiǔ | soon; shortly |
| 一个 | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 亮亮 | liàng liàng | bright; shiny |
| 的 | de | possessive particle |
| 新 | xīn | new |
| 火车头 | huǒ chē tóu | train engine; locomotive |
| 开 | kāi | to open; to turn on |
| 来了 | lái le | has come; arrived |
| 玩具 | wán jù | toy; plaything |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns |
| 喊 | hǎn | to yell; to shout |
| 请 | qǐng | please; to invite |
| 帮 | bāng | to help |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us |
| 把 | bǎ | to hold; (structural particle indicating the object before the verb) |
| 拉 | lā | to pull; to drag |
| 过 | guò | to pass; past experience |
| 山 | shān | mountain |
| 吧 | ba | modal particle indicating suggestion |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to say |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me |
| 是 | shì | to be; correct |
| 客人 | kè rén | guest; customer |
| 不 | bù | no; not |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 头 | tóu | head; top |
| 也 | yě | also |
| 回 | huí | to go back; to answer; to return |
| 地 | de | -ly (adverb particle) |
| 开走 | kāi zǒu | to go (of car, train etc); to drive off |
| 了 | le | (particle indicating completed action or change of state) |
| 过了 | guò le | to have passed (time); after (a period has gone by) |
| 一会儿 | yī huìr | a while |
| 大大 | dà dà | greatly; enormously |
| 黑 | hēi | black; (as a color) |
| 那边 | nà bian | over there; that side |
| 孩子们 | hái zi men | children |
| 在 | zài | to be (located); at; in |
| 等 | děng | to wait; (after a list) and so on, etc. |
| 大 | dà | big; large |
| 很 | hěn | very |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | don't have; haven't |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 难过 | nán guò | sad; miserable |
| 得 | de | used after a verb to indicate degree |
| 快 | kuài | fast; quick; soon |
| 哭 | kū | to cry; to weep |