如果你必须和别人打架，你会选择一位普通人，还是一位空手道冠军？
相信大部分的人会选择普通人。
因为大家很清楚，空手道冠军很会打架。
但是在美国，有这样一个故事：有两个人因为一点儿小事打了起来，一个是普通人，另一个是有名的空手道冠军。
几分钟后，结果出来了——空手道冠军输了。
因为空手道冠军受到规则的束缚，不打头部，但是另一个人没有学过，重重地打了他的鼻子，然后他就站不起来了。
所以，想象力比知识更重要！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 必须 | bì xū | to have to / must / compulsory / necessarily |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 打架 | dǎ jià | to fight / to scuffle / to come to blows |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 普通 | pǔ tōng | common / ordinary / general / average |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 还是 | hái shi | or |
| 空手道 | kōng shǒu dào | karate |
| 冠军 | guàn jūn | champion |
| 相信 | xiāng xìn | to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 清楚 | qīng chu | to understand thoroughly / to be clear about |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | (before a noun) this kind of; such |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 故事 | gù shi | narrative; story; tale |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 一点儿 | yī diǎn r | erhua |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 事 | shì | matter / thing / item / affair |
| 打 | dǎ | to hit; to strike / to fight |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 另 | lìng | other / another / separate |
| 有名 | yǒu míng | famous / well-known |
| 几 | jǐ | several / a few |
| 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 结果 | jié guǒ | outcome; result; consequence |
| 出 | chū | to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 输 | shū | to lose; to be beaten / (bound form) to transport / (literary) to donate; to contribute / (coll.) to enter (a password) |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 规则 | guī zé | rule; regulation |
| 束缚 | shù fù | to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 头部 | tóu bù | head |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 重重 | zhòng zhòng | heavily / severely |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 鼻子 | bí zi | nose |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 站 | zhàn | to stand / to halt / to stop |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 想象力 | xiǎng xiàng lì | imagination |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 知识 | zhī shi | knowledge |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |