一家饭馆的服务员请一位顾客猜谜语,他说：”我母亲和我父亲生了个孩子，既不是我兄弟，也不是我姐妹，此人是谁？
”顾客回答不上来，服务员告诉他：”是我。
”这位顾客回家后就拿这个谜语让朋友猜：”我父母生了个孩子，既不是我兄弟，也不是我姐妹，此人是谁？
””不知道，”他的朋友问，”是谁？
”这位顾客回答：”是一个服务员。
”当我们自己不能断定我们是否真的明白了一切的时候，向其他人重复那个我们认识的事实，就是一件最愚蠢的事情。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 家 | jiā | classifier for families or businesses |
| 饭馆 | fàn guǎn | restaurant |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 服务员 | fú wù yuán | waiter / waitress / attendant / customer service personnel |
| 请 | qǐng | to ask / to request |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 顾客 | gù kè | customer; client |
| 猜 | cāi | to guess |
| 谜语 | mí yǔ | riddle / conundrum |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 母亲 | mǔ qīn | mother |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 父亲 | fù qīn | father |
| 生 | shēng | to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 既 | jì | since |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 兄弟 | xiōng dì | brothers / younger brother / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 姐妹 | jiě mèi | sisters / siblings / sister (school, city etc) |
| 此 | cǐ | this; these |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 谁 | shéi | who |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 上来 | shàng lái | (verb complement indicating success) |
| 告诉 | gào su | to tell; to inform; to let know |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 就 | jiù | as soon as; immediately after |
| 拿 | ná | (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object) |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother; parents |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 当 | dāng | when / during / ought / should / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / just at |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 断定 | duàn dìng | to conclude / to determine / to come to a judgment |
| 是否 | shì fǒu | whether (or not) / if / is or isn't |
| 真 | zhēn | really / truly / indeed |
| 明白 | míng bai | to understand; to realize |
| 一切 | yī qiè | everything |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 向 | xiàng | towards / shortly before / formerly / always / all along |
| 其他 | qí tā | other / (sth or sb) else / the rest |
| 重复 | chóng fù | to repeat / to duplicate |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 认识 | rèn shi | to know / to recognize / to be familiar with / to get acquainted with sb |
| 事实 | shì shí | fact |
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactly; precisely / only; simply; just / even; even if |
| 件 | jiàn | classifier for events, things, clothes etc |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 愚蠢 | yú chǔn | silly / stupid |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business |