有一天，三位女士因为一件小事来到警察局。
她们吵得很厉害，谁都不让别人先说，大家都没有办法。
这时候，聪明的杰瑞问：”你们先别吵，谁先说？
”三位女士都觉得自己是对的，都想先说。
杰瑞说：”那就请你们中间最大的一位先说吧。
”他说完后，房间就安静了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 女士 | nǚ shì | lady / madam / Miss / Ms |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 件 | jiàn | classifier for events, things, clothes etc |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 事 | shì | matter / thing / item / affair |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 警察局 | jǐng chá jú | police station / police department / police headquarters |
| 她们 | tā men | they; them (females) |
| 吵 | chǎo | to quarrel / to make a noise / to disturb by making a noise |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 厉害 | lì hai | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding / (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent |
| 谁 | shéi | who |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 办法 | bàn fǎ | way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 聪明 | cōng míng | intelligent; clever; bright / acute (of sight and hearing) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 杰瑞 | Jié ruì | Jerry or Gerry (name) |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 别 | bié | don't ...! / (noun suffix) category |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 对 | duì | right; correct |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 请 | qǐng | please (do sth) |
| 中间 | zhōng jiān | in the middle; within; between; among |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 完 | wán | to finish / to be over |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 房间 | fáng jiān | room |
| 安静 | ān jìng | quiet / peaceful / calm |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |