从前，中国有一个非常聪明的孩子，叫“方仲永”。
他没有见过笔和纸，但是五岁的时候，他突然哭着要纸和笔，说想写诗。
他爸爸借来笔和纸，他拿起笔就写了一首诗，大家都觉得他写得不错。
从此，他爸爸每天让他写诗赚钱，但是不让他学习新的知识。
所以二十岁的时候，方仲永已经和普通人一样了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 从前 | cóng qián | previously / formerly / once upon a time |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 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) |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 叫 | jiào | to be called |
| 方仲永 | Fāng Zhòng yǒng | Fang Zhongyong; a child prodigy in a famous Chinese essay whose talents later declined. |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 见 | jiàn | to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 笔 | bǐ | writing brush; writing implement / brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy) / (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 纸 | zhǐ | paper |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 突然 | tū rán | sudden; abrupt; unexpected |
| 哭 | kū | to cry; to weep |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 诗 | shī | poem / poetry / verse |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 借 | jiè | to borrow / to lend / to make use of; to avail oneself of |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 起 | qǐ | to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) |
| 就 | jiù | as soon as; immediately after |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 首 | shǒu | classifier for poems, songs etc |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 不错 | bù cuò | not bad / pretty good |
| 从此 | cóng cǐ | from now on / since then / henceforth |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 赚钱 | zhuàn qián | to earn money |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 知识 | zhī shi | knowledge |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 二十 | èr shí | twenty; 20 |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 普通 | pǔ tōng | common / ordinary / general / average |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |