▸ 火焰山huǒ yàn shān热得rè de像xiàng蒸笼zhēng lóng。

The Flaming Mountain was as hot as a steaming oven.

▸ 土地公tǔ dì gōng说shuō：“须xū借jiè铁扇公主tiě shàn gōng zhǔ的de芭蕉扇bā jiāo shàn灭火miè huǒ！”

The Earth Deity said, 'We must borrow Princess Iron Fan’s palm-leaf fan to extinguish the fire!'

▸ 可kě悟空wù kōng曾céng得罪dé zuì她tā儿子ér zi红孩儿hóng hái ér。

But Wukong had offended her son, Red Boy.

▸ 公主gōng zhǔ一扇子yī shàn zi把bǎ他tā吹飞chuī fēi五万里wǔ wàn lǐ！

With one wave of her fan, the Princess blew him fifty thousand li away!

▸ 悟空wù kōng变biàn虫子chóng zi钻进zuān jìn公主gōng zhǔ肚子dù zi，逼bī她tā交jiāo假扇子jiǎ shàn zi。

Wukong turned into a bug, crawled into the Princess’s belly, and forced her to hand over a fake fan.

▸ 火huǒ越扇yuè shàn越大yuè dà！

The fire grew fiercer the more it was fanned!

▸ 八戒bā jiè急得jí de扯chě耳朵ěr duo：“猴哥hóu gē，你nǐ害惨hài cǎn我们wǒ men了le！”

Bajie anxiously tugged his ears: 'Monkey Brother, you’ve gotten us into big trouble!'

▸ 最后zuì hòu，众神zhòng shén帮忙bāng máng，哪吒nǎ zhā大战dà zhàn牛魔王niú mó wáng。

Finally, the gods helped as Nezha battled the Bull Demon King.

▸ 公主gōng zhǔ无奈wú nài交jiāo扇shàn，悟空wù kōng连lián扇shàn四十九sì shí jiǔ下xià。

The Princess reluctantly surrendered the fan, and Wukong waved it forty-nine times in a row.

▸ 大雨dà yǔ倾盆qīng pén，青山qīng shān绿野lǜ yě重现chóng xiàn。

Torrential rain poured down, and green hills and plains reappeared.

▸ 八戒bā jiè嘀咕dí gu：“早还zǎo huán扇子shàn zi多好duō hǎo，打dǎ什么shén me架jià嘛ma！”

Bajie grumbled, 'Would have been better to return the fan early; why fight at all!'

▸ 寓意yù yì：退一步tuì yī bù海阔天空hǎi kuò tiān kōng，赌气dǔ qì只会zhǐ huì两败俱伤liǎng bài jù shāng。

Moral: A step back allows boundless vistas; stubbornness only leads to mutual harm.

Hover a word for its pinyin & meaning; click to pin it.