哥哥和弟弟两个人在看一些漂亮的画。
“看，”哥哥说，“这些画多漂亮啊！
”“是啊，”弟弟说，“但是这些画只有妈妈和孩子。
”“那爸爸去哪儿了呢？
”哥哥想了想说：“他在画这些画啊。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 哥哥 | gē ge | older brother |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 弟弟 | dì di | younger brother |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 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 |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 漂亮 | piào liang | pretty; beautiful |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 画 | huà | picture; painting |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 多 | duō | how (to what extent) |
| 啊 | a | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 哪儿 | nǎ r | where? |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |