广州市有一个中学的数学老师叫吴晖晖，她已经当老师29年了。
她的爷爷是中国著名的教育家，她的爸爸、妈妈都是老师，一生都在做乡村教育。
吴老师的其他家人中，有三十多人都在不同的城市做教育工作。
她自己的女儿现在也在当老师。
一家四代人都相信，教育是伟大的事业，这也是他们一生的追求。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 广州 | Guǎng zhōu | Guangzhou; a major city in southern China, capital of Guangdong Province. |
| 市 | shì | city / municipality (administrative unit) |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 中学 | zhōng xué | middle school |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 数学 | shù xué | mathematics |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 叫 | jiào | to be called |
| 吴晖晖 | Wú Huī huī | A personal name, Wu Huihui |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 当 | dāng | to be / to act as |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 爷爷 | yé ye | (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 著名 | zhù míng | famous / noted / well-known / celebrated |
| 教育家 | jiào yù jiā | educationalist |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama / mommy / mother |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 一生 | yī shēng | all one's life; throughout one's life |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 乡村 | xiāng cūn | rustic / village / countryside |
| 教育 | jiào yù | education |
| 吴 | Wú | surname Wu |
| 其他 | qí tā | other / (sth or sb) else / the rest |
| 家人 | jiā rén | family member |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 三十 | sān shí | thirty / 30 |
| 多 | duō | (after a numeral) ... odd |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 同 | tóng | like / same / similar / alike |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 女儿 | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 一家 | yī jiā | the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 代 | dài | generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon |
| 相信 | xiāng xìn | to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true |
| 伟大 | wěi dà | huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) |
| 事业 | shì yè | undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 追求 | zhuī qiú | to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly / to seek after |