▸ 很久以前hěn jiǔ yǐ qián，有yǒu一个yī ge将军jiāng jūn。

Long ago, there was a general.

▸ 他tā带着dài zhe士兵shì bīng过了guò le一条yī tiáo大河dà hé。

He led his soldiers across a big river.

▸ 河hé对面duì miàn有yǒu很多hěn duō敌人dí rén。

On the other side of the river there were many enemies.

▸ 士兵shì bīng们men很hěn害怕hài pà，想xiǎng回家huí jiā。

The soldiers were scared and wanted to go home.

▸ 将军jiāng jūn说shuō：“打破dǎ pò锅guō！把bǎ船chuán推tuī到dào水里shuǐ lǐ！”

The general said, "Break the pots! Push the boats into the water!"

▸ 士兵shì bīng们men问wèn：“没有méi yǒu船chuán，我们wǒ men怎么zěn me回家huí jiā？”

The soldiers asked, "Without boats, how do we go home?"

▸ 将军jiāng jūn说shuō：“我们wǒ men不bù回家huí jiā，只能zhǐ néng向前xiàng qián！”

The general said, "We are not going home. We can only go forward!"

▸ 士兵shì bīng们men没有méi yǒu路lù了le，就jiù努力nǔ lì去qù打dǎ。

The soldiers had no way out, so they fought hard.

▸ 最后zuì hòu，他们tā men打赢dǎ yíng了le。

In the end, they won.

▸ 这个zhè ge成语chéng yǔ是shì“破釜沉舟pò fǔ chén zhōu”。

This idiom is "break the pots and sink the boats."

▸ 意思yì si是shì：不留bù liú回去huí qu的de路lù，一定要yī dìng yào成功chéng gōng。

It means: leave no way back — you must succeed.

▸ 小明xiǎo míng把bǎ游戏机yóu xì jī送人sòng rén了le，破釜沉舟pò fǔ chén zhōu，天天tiān tiān学习xué xí。

Xiao Ming gave away his game console — he broke the pots and sank the boats, and studies every day.

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