小张是个爱贪小便宜的人。
有一天，小张领了不少薪水，小李知道后想让小张请客吃饭。
小张没办法，只好答应了。
小张和小李一起吃饭时，小张对小李说："这顿饭我请客，可是下次你拿薪水了，一定也要请我吃饭啊！
”一段时间后，小李领了薪水。
他记着之前的约定，所以就请小张去吃饭。
可是没想到这次吃饭小张花的钱更多。
原来这次因为是小李请客，于是他疯狂地吃，结果吃太饱了，把胃撑出了问题，最后只能去医院看医生了。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 小张 | xiǎo zhāng | a familiar way to refer to someone surnamed Zhang; literally "Little Zhang" |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 爱 | ài | to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen) |
| 贪 | tān | to have a voracious desire for / to covet |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 便宜 | pián yi | a petty advantage |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一天 | yī tiān | one day; a day |
| 领 | lǐng | to lead / to receive |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 少 | shǎo | few / less |
| 薪水 | xīn shui | salary / wage |
| 小李 | xiǎo lǐ | a familiar way to refer to someone surnamed Li; literally "Little Li" |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 请客 | qǐng kè | to give a dinner party / to entertain guests / to invite to dinner |
| 吃饭 | chī fàn | to have a meal / to eat |
| 没办法 | méi bàn fǎ | there is nothing to be done / one can't do anything about it |
| 只好 | zhǐ hǎo | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to |
| 答应 | dā ying | to answer; to respond / to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 顿 | dùn | classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal |
| 饭 | fàn | meal |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 下 | xià | later / next (week etc) |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 请 | qǐng | to treat (to a meal etc) |
| 啊 | a | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 段 | duàn | classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 记 | jì | to record / to note / to memorize / to remember |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 之前 | zhī qián | before / prior to |
| 约定 | yuē dìng | stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 想到 | xiǎng dào | to think of / to call to mind / to anticipate |
| 花 | huā | to spend (money, time) |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 原来 | yuán lái | so, actually, as it turns out |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 于是 | yú shì | thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence |
| 疯狂 | fēng kuáng | crazy; frenzied; wild |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 结果 | jié guǒ | in the end; as a result |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 饱 | bǎo | to eat till full |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 胃 | wèi | stomach |
| 撑 | chēng | to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point |
| 出 | chū | (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 最后 | zuì hòu | finally; in the end |
| 只能 | zhǐ néng | obliged to do sth / to have no other choice |
| 医院 | yī yuàn | hospital |
| 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 |
| 医生 | yī shēng | doctor |