一位先生走进一个商店。
商店的广告上写着:“让鲜花代替您的语言。
”“我要一朵玫瑰。
”他对卖花的人说。
“只要一朵?”卖花的人问。
“对，一朵。
”那位先生说:“我说话不太多。
”
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher / gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 进 | jìn | to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 商店 | shāng diàn | store; shop |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 广告 | guǎng gào | a commercial / advertisement |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 鲜 | xiān | fresh / bright (in color) / delicious / tasty |
| 花 | huā | flower / blossom / fancy pattern |
| 代替 | dài tì | to replace; to take the place of |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 语言 | yǔ yán | language |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for |
| 朵 | duǒ | classifier for flowers, clouds etc |
| 玫瑰 | méi gui | rugosa rose (shrub) / rose flower |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 卖 | mài | to sell |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 说话 | shuō huà | to speak / to say / to talk / to gossip / to tell stories |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |