这天晚上，姐姐一直看着天。
妹妹觉得很奇怪，问：“姐姐，你在做什么？
”姐姐回答说：“今天晚上有很多星星，我在数星星。
”妹妹说：“晚上太黑了，你为什么不明天早上再数呢？
白天数就容易多了。
”
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening / night |
| 姐姐 | jiě jie | older sister |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through |
| 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 |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 妹妹 | mèi mei | younger sister / young woman |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange / odd |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 星星 | xīng xing | (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 数 | shǔ | to count / to enumerate; to list |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 黑 | hēi | black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning |
| 再 | zài | then (after sth, and not until then) |
| 呢 | ne | (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech |
| 白天 | bái tiān | daytime / day |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 容易 | róng yì | easy; straightforward |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |