有一个男孩常常对别人乱发脾气。
一天，他的父亲告诉他:"你每次发脾气的时候，就在后院的围墙上钉一根钉子。
”第一天，这个男孩钉了37根钉子。
后来，男孩觉得控制自己的脾气比钉钉子要容易一些，所以他每天发脾气的次数就逐渐减少了。
终于有一天，这个男孩能控制住自己的情绪了。
父亲又告诉他:"从现在开始，每次你控制住不发脾气的时候，就拔出一根钉子。
”过了很久，男孩终于把所有的钉子都拔了出来。
父亲对男孩说：”孩子，你做得很好。
但是你看这围墙上的小洞，他们将永远存在。
围墙再也不能恢复到从前的样子了。
所以你要时刻记住，不要随便把钉子钉进别人的心里。
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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 |
| 男孩 | nán hái | boy |
| 常常 | cháng cháng | frequently; often |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 乱 | luàn | indiscriminate / random / arbitrary |
| 发脾气 | fā pí qì | to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to throw a tantrum |
| 一天 | yī tiān | one day; a day |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 父亲 | fù qīn | father |
| 告诉 | gào su | to tell; to inform; to let know |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 后院 | hòu yuàn | rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.) |
| 围墙 | wéi qiáng | perimeter wall / fence |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 钉 | dìng | to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on |
| 根 | gēn | classifier for long slender objects |
| 钉子 | dīng zi | nail / snag / saboteur |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 后来 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 控制 | kòng zhì | to control |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 脾气 | pí qi | character; temperament; disposition / bad temper |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 容易 | róng yì | easy; straightforward |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 次数 | cì shù | number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.) |
| 逐渐 | zhú jiàn | gradually |
| 减少 | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 终于 | zhōng yú | at last / in the end / finally / eventually |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 住 | zhù | (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) |
| 情绪 | qíng xù | mood / state of mind / moodiness |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 拔 | bá | to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize |
| 出 | chū | (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 久 | jiǔ | (of a period of time) long |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 出来 | chu lai | (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect) |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 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 |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 洞 | dòng | cave / hole / zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 将 | jiāng | will / shall |
| 永远 | yǒng yuǎn | forever |
| 存在 | cún zài | to exist / to be |
| 再也 | zài yě | (not) ever again; (not) any longer |
| 恢复 | huī fù | to reinstate / to resume / to restore / to recover / to regain / to rehabilitate |
| 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) |
| 从前 | cóng qián | previously / formerly / once upon a time |
| 样子 | yàng zi | appearance / manner / pattern / model |
| 时刻 | shí kè | constantly / always |
| 记住 | jì zhu | to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart |
| 随便 | suí biàn | negligent / casual / wanton |
| 进 | jìn | to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit |
| 心里 | xīn lǐ | chest / heart; mind |