在还没有灯的时候，人们晚上都会点灯笼照路。
有一天，一个盲人到朋友家做客，天黑后，他的朋友为他点了个灯笼，说：“天晚了，路黑，你打个灯笼回家吧!”盲人很生气地说：“你知道我看不见，还让我打个灯笼照路，不是笑话我吗?”他的朋友说：“你错了。
你在路上走，别人也在路上走，你打着灯笼，别人就可以看到你，就不会撞到你了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | doesn't exist / to not be |
| 灯 | dēng | lamp / light / lantern |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | in the evening |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 点 | diǎn | to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down |
| 灯笼 | dēng long | lantern |
| 照 | zhào | to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) |
| 路 | lù | road / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 盲人 | máng rén | blind person |
| 到 | dào | to leave for; to go to |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 做客 | zuò kè | to be a guest or visitor |
| 黑 | hēi | black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 为 | wèi | because of / for / to |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 晚 | wǎn | late |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 打 | dǎ | a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 生气 | shēng qì | to get angry; to be furious |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 不见 | bù jiàn | not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 不是 | bù shì | no / not |
| 笑话 | xiào hua | to laugh at; to mock |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 错 | cuò | wrong / bad / interlocking / complex |
| 路上 | lù shang | on the road |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 打着 | dǎ zhe | to be holding or carrying something while doing an action |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 不会 | bù huì | will not |
| 撞 | zhuàng | to knock against / to bump into / to run into / to meet by accident |