有一个人去买牛奶，小贩说：”三元一杯，十元三杯。
”他拿三块钱买了一杯，像这样买了三次，然后对小贩说：”你看，我拿九块钱就买了三杯。
”小贩说：”我这么做，每次都能卖出三杯。
”
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |
| 牛奶 | niú nǎi | cow's milk |
| 小贩 | xiǎo fàn | peddler / hawker |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 元 | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / era (of a reign) / (geology) eon |
| 杯 | bēi | classifier for certain containers of liquids |
| 十 | shí | ten / 10 |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 块 | kuài | classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 像 | xiàng | such as |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 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 |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 九 | jiǔ | nine / 9 |
| 就 | jiù | only; as little as |
| 这么 | zhè me | this way / like this |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 卖 | mài | to sell |
| 出 | chū | (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) |