很久以前有个读书人，因为家里很穷，所以很想找到发财的方法。
他读到一本书，书上说："谁得到螳螂捕蝉时遮身的那片树叶，别人就看不见他了。
”他非常高兴，于是跑到一棵树下希望找到那片树叶。
一段时间后，他终于找到了那片树叶。
但是一不小心那片树叶掉在地上，和其他树叶混在一起，再也辨认不出了。
他只好把所有的树叶都拿回家，一片一片地试。
他把树叶遮住自己的眼睛，问妻子："你看得见我吗？
”妻子总是说："看得见！
”后来，妻子被他问烦了，就随口说："看不见！
”他马上带着这片树叶，当面拿别人的东西，结果被别人当场抓住了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 久 | jiǔ | (of a period of time) long |
| 以前 | yǐ qián | before / formerly / previous / ago |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 读书人 | dú shū rén | scholar; intellectual |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 穷 | qióng | poor / destitute |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 找到 | zhǎo dào | to find |
| 发财 | fā cái | to get rich |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 读 | dú | to read out; to read aloud / to read |
| 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) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 本 | běn | classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 书 | shū | book |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 谁 | shéi | who |
| 得到 | dé dào | to get; to obtain; to receive |
| 螳螂 | táng láng | mantis / praying mantis |
| 捕 | bǔ | to catch; to seize; to capture |
| 蝉 | chán | cicada |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 遮 | zhē | to cover up (a shortcoming) / to screen off / to hide / to conceal |
| 身 | shēn | body / the main part of a structure or body |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 片 | piàn | classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc |
| 树叶 | shù yè | tree leaves |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 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 |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 见 | jiàn | to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 于是 | yú shì | thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence |
| 跑 | pǎo | to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate |
| 棵 | kē | classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc |
| 树 | shù | tree |
| 下 | xià | down / downwards / below |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope |
| 段 | duàn | classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 终于 | zhōng yú | at last / in the end / finally / eventually |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 小心 | xiǎo xīn | to be careful / to take care |
| 掉 | diào | to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 地 | dì | earth / ground / field / place / land |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 其他 | qí tā | other / (sth or sb) else / the rest |
| 混 | hùn | to mix / to mingle / to drift along / to muddle along / to pass for / to get along with sb |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place |
| 再也 | zài yě | (not) ever again; (not) any longer |
| 辨认 | biàn rèn | to recognize / to identify |
| 出 | chū | (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) |
| 只好 | zhǐ hǎo | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 试 | shì | to test / to try |
| 遮住 | zhē zhù | to cover (up) / to block / to obstruct / to shade |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 眼睛 | yǎn jing | eye |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 妻子 | qī zi | wife |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 总是 | zǒng shì | always |
| 后来 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 烦 | fán | to feel vexed / to bother / to trouble |
| 随口 | suí kǒu | (speak) without thinking the matter through |
| 马上 | mǎ shàng | at once / right away / immediately |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 当面 | dāng miàn | in sb's presence |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 结果 | jié guǒ | in the end; as a result |
| 当场 | dāng chǎng | at the scene; on the spot |
| 抓住 | zhuā zhù | to grab hold of; to capture |