一天早上，小和尚发现师父和大师兄都得到了六个馒头，而他只得到了四个馒头。
小和尚觉得这太不公平了，于是他找到师父，也要了六个馒头。
很快，小和尚就把六个馒头吃完了，他吃得很饱。
过了一会儿，小和尚觉得肚子胀，口也很渴，就去喝了半碗水。
几分钟后，小和尚的肚子比刚才更胀了，他的肚子开始难受起来。
这时，师父对小和尚说："虽然你多得到了两个馒头，但是你并没有享受到这两个馒头的好处，相反，它们给你带来了痛苦。
记住，得到不一定就是享受，知足常乐。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一天 | yī tiān | one day; a day |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning |
| 小 | xiǎo | young |
| 和尚 | hé shang | Buddhist monk |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 师父 | shī fu | master / qualified worker |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 师兄 | shī xiōng | senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 得到 | dé dào | to get; to obtain; to receive |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 六 | liù | six / 6 |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 馒头 | mán tou | steamed bun |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 公平 | gōng píng | fair / impartial |
| 于是 | yú shì | thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence |
| 找到 | zhǎo dào | to find |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 快 | kuài | rapid / quick |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 完 | wán | to finish / to be over |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 饱 | bǎo | to eat till full |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |
| 一会儿 | yī huì r | a moment / a while |
| 肚子 | dù zi | belly / abdomen / stomach |
| 胀 | zhàng | swollen; bloated |
| 口 | kǒu | mouth |
| 渴 | kě | thirsty |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 半 | bàn | half / semi- |
| 碗 | wǎn | bowl / cup |
| 水 | shuǐ | water / (after a name) ... River / (bound form) additional cost; extra income |
| 几 | jǐ | several / a few |
| 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 刚才 | gāng cái | just now / a moment ago |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 难受 | nán shòu | to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 时 | shí | o'clock / time / hour / season / period |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 并 | bìng | (not) at all |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 享受 | xiǎng shòu | to enjoy / to live it up |
| 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) |
| 好处 | hǎo chù | benefit; advantage; merit / gain; profit |
| 相反 | xiāng fǎn | opposite / contrary |
| 它们 | tā men | they; them |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 痛苦 | tòng kǔ | pain / suffering |
| 记住 | jì zhu | to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 知足常乐 | zhī zú cháng lè | satisfied with what one has (idiom) |