有两个妇人在聊天，其中一个问：“你儿子过得怎么样？
”另外一个妇人难过地说：“不好，他实在是太可怜了，娶了个很懒的媳妇，不做饭、不洗衣服、不带孩子，每天只知道睡觉。
我儿子还要把早饭拿到她的床上给她吃呢！
”“那女儿呢？
”那个妇人问。
她高兴地说：“她嫁了一个不错的丈夫，从来不让她做家务，做饭、洗衣服、带孩子都是她丈夫做的，而且每天早上我女婿还会把早饭拿到床上给她吃呢！
”多站在别人的角度看一看，或许你会有不同的看法。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 妇人 | fù rén | married woman |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 聊天 | liáo tiān | to chat; to gossip |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among / in / included among these |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? |
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional / separate / other |
| 难过 | nán guò | to feel sad |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 实在 | shí zài | really / actually / indeed |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 可怜 | kě lián | pitiful / pathetic |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 娶 | qǔ | to take a wife / to marry (a woman) |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 懒 | lǎn | lazy |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 媳妇 | xí fu | (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman |
| 做饭 | zuò fàn | to prepare a meal / to cook |
| 洗 | xǐ | to wash; to bathe / to develop (photographs) / to shuffle (cards etc) / to erase (a recording) |
| 衣服 | yī fu | clothes |
| 带 | dài | to look after / to raise |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 睡觉 | shuì jiào | to go to bed / to sleep |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 早饭 | zǎo fàn | breakfast |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 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) |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 床 | chuáng | bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) / bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc) / frame; chassis |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 呢 | ne | (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 嫁 | jià | (of a woman) to marry / to marry off a daughter / to shift (blame etc) |
| 不错 | bù cuò | not bad / pretty good |
| 丈夫 | zhàng fu | husband |
| 从来 | cóng lái | always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence) |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 家务 | jiā wù | household duties / housework |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning |
| 女婿 | nǚ xu | daughter's husband; son-in-law |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 站 | zhàn | to stand / to halt / to stop |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 角度 | jiǎo dù | angle / (fig.) point of view |
| 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 |
| 或许 | huò xǔ | perhaps; maybe |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different / distinct / not the same / not alike |
| 看法 | kàn fǎ | way of looking at a thing / view / opinion |