有一个杯子，里面装了水，如果我问你：”这是什么？
”你会回答什么？
我把水倒掉后，再问你相同的问题，你又会回答什么？
当一个杯子装满水的时候，人们可能会说：”这是水。
”当一个杯子装满牛奶的时候，人们可能会说：”这是牛奶。
”只有杯子里什么东西也没有时，人们才会说：”看，这是一个杯子。
”其实我们也是一样，当我们心中装满了财富、成见、权势的时候，就不再是我们自己了。
人往往热衷拥有很多，但往往很难真正拥有自己。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 杯子 | bēi zi | cup / glass |
| 里面 | lǐ miàn | inside / interior |
| 装 | zhuāng | to adorn / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 水 | shuǐ | water / (after a name) ... River / (bound form) additional cost; extra income |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 倒 | dào | to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / to go backward |
| 掉 | diào | (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re- |
| 相同 | xiāng tóng | identical; same |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 当 | dāng | when / during / ought / should / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / just at |
| 满 | mǎn | full / filled / packed / satisfied / contented |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 牛奶 | niú nǎi | cow's milk |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | (只有……才……) it is only if ... (that one can ...) / it is only (someone) who ... |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 也 | yě | even (extreme or unexpected case) |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | doesn't exist / to not be |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 才 | cái | then and only 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 |
| 其实 | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 心中 | xīn zhōng | central point / in one's thoughts / in one's heart |
| 财富 | cái fù | wealth / riches |
| 成见 | chéng jiàn | preconceived idea / bias / prejudice |
| 权势 | quán shì | power / influence |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 往往 | wǎng wǎng | usually / in many cases / more often than not |
| 热衷 | rè zhōng | to feel strongly about / to be fond of |
| 拥有 | yōng yǒu | to have; to possess |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...) / difficult |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | really; indeed |