两个男人在河边钓鱼。
他们一边钓鱼一边聊天。
年纪大的男人说：“我的儿子真让我担心，喝酒、抽烟，吃不健康的东西，每天都很晚才回家，还经常和我吵架。
”年轻一些的男人说：“我的儿子就很完美！
不喝酒，不抽烟，吃非常健康的东西，也不会很晚回家，更不会和我吵架。
”年纪大的男人说：“啊，那你的儿子真的很完美！
他今年多少岁了？
”年轻男人回答说：“六个月了。
”
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 男人 | nán rén | a man / a male / men |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 河 | hé | river / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way |
| 边 | bian | suffix of a noun of locality |
| 钓鱼 | diào yú | to fish (with line and hook); to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 一边 | yī biān | on the one hand / on the other hand / doing while |
| 聊天 | liáo tiān | to chat; to gossip |
| 年纪 | nián jì | age |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 我的 | wǒ de | my; mine |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 真 | zhēn | really / truly / indeed |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 担心 | dān xīn | to worry / to be anxious |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 酒 | jiǔ | wine (esp. rice wine) / liquor / spirits / alcoholic beverage |
| 抽烟 | chōu yān | to smoke (tobacco) |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 健康 | jiàn kāng | healthy |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 晚 | wǎn | late |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 经常 | jīng cháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 吵架 | chǎo jià | to quarrel / to have a row |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 完美 | wán měi | perfect |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 不会 | bù huì | will not |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 啊 | ā | interjection of surprise / Ah! / Oh! |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 你的 | nǐ de | your; yours |
| 真的 | zhēn de | really; truly; indeed |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 多少 | duō shao | how much?; how many? / what number? |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 六 | liù | six / 6 |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |