▸ 很久以前hěn jiǔ yǐ qián，有yǒu一个yī ge老人lǎo rén，叫jiào愚公yú gōng。

Long ago, there was an old man called Yu Gong.

▸ 他tā家jiā门口mén kǒu有yǒu两liǎng座zuò大山dà shān。

In front of his house there were two big mountains.

▸ 出门chū mén很hěn不方便bù fāng biàn，要yào走zǒu很远hěn yuǎn的de路lù。

Going out was hard — they had to walk a very long way.

▸ 一天yī tiān，愚公yú gōng说shuō：“我要wǒ yào把bǎ山shān移走yí zǒu！”

One day, Yu Gong said, "I will move the mountains away!"

▸ 他tā每天měi tiān挖山wā shān，搬bān石头shí tou。

Every day he dug at the mountains and carried stones.

▸ 邻居lín jū笑xiào他tā：“山shān这么zhè me大dà，你nǐ挖不完wā bù wán！”

A neighbor laughed at him: "The mountains are so big, you can never finish!"

▸ 愚公yú gōng说shuō：“我wǒ挖不完wā bù wán，我wǒ儿子ér zi挖wā。”

Yu Gong said, "If I can't finish, my son will dig."

▸ “儿子ér zi挖不完wā bù wán，孙子sūn zǐ挖wā。”

"If my son can't finish, my grandson will dig."

▸ “总有一天zǒng yǒu yī tiān，山shān会huì没有méi yǒu的de。”

"One day, the mountains will be gone."

▸ 神仙shén xiān听到tīng dào了le，就jiù帮bāng他tā把bǎ山shān移走yí zǒu了le。

The gods heard him and moved the mountains away for him.

▸ 这个zhè ge成语chéng yǔ是shì“愚公移山yú gōng yí shān”。

This idiom is "Yu Gong moves the mountains."

▸ 意思yì si是shì：不bù放弃fàng qì，努力nǔ lì做zuò，就jiù会huì成功chéng gōng。

It means: don't give up — keep working hard and you will succeed.

▸ 艾玛Ài mǎ天天tiān tiān学xué中文zhōng wén，从不cóng bù放弃fàng qì，就像jiù xiàng愚公移山yú gōng yí shān。

Emma studies Chinese every day and never gives up, just like Yu Gong moving the mountains.

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