一位高龄老人在高速公路上驾驶时，接到了妻子打来的电话，妻子焦急地告诉他说：老公，小心！
我刚从新闻上看到报道说，在280号公路上有一个疯子正在开车逆行！
开车的老人说：我知道，可是不是一个，而是成百上千个！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 龄 | líng | age / length of experience, membership etc |
| 老 | lǎo | old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / of the past / outdated |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 速 | sù | velocity |
| 公路 | gōng lù | highway / road |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 驾驶 | jià shǐ | to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc) |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 接 | jiē | to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb |
| 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) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 妻子 | qī zi | wife |
| 打 | dǎ | a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 电话 | diàn huà | telephone / phone call |
| 焦急 | jiāo jí | anxious |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 告诉 | gào su | to tell; to inform; to let know |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 老公 | lǎo gōng | (coll.) husband |
| 小心 | xiǎo xīn | to be careful / to take care |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 刚 | gāng | just / barely / exactly |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 新闻 | xīn wén | news |
| 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 |
| 报道 | bào dào | report |
| 号 | hào | (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call / (bound form) mark; sign / (bound form) name; appellation / (after a numeral) number designation / day of the month / (bound form) size; type; category |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 疯子 | fēng zi | madman / lunatic |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 开车 | kāi chē | to drive a car (or train etc) / (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke |
| 逆 | nì | backwards |
| 行 | xíng | (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 成百上千 | chéng bǎi shàng qiān | hundreds / a large number |