一天早上，一个农民发现自己的鸡生了一个金蛋。
他非常高兴地把蛋带回家。
从那以后，他每天早上都能得到一个金蛋，所以，他的钱变得越来越多。
但是这个农民也变得越来越贪心，他觉得每天一个金蛋太慢了，他想得到鸡肚子里所有的金蛋，就把鸡杀死了。
但是，鸡肚子里什么也没有，他又变成了穷人。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 农民 | nóng mín | peasant; farmer |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 鸡 | jī | fowl / chicken |
| 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) |
| 金 | jīn | gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money |
| 蛋 | dàn | egg / oval-shaped thing |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 得到 | dé dào | to get; to obtain; to receive |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 变得 | biàn de | to become |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 贪心 | tān xīn | greedy |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 慢 | màn | slow |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 肚子 | dù zi | belly / abdomen / stomach |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 杀 | shā | to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart |
| 死 | sǐ | to die |
| 什么 | shén me | something; anything |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | doesn't exist / to not be |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 变成 | biàn chéng | to change into / to turn into / to become |
| 穷人 | qióng rén | poor people / the poor |