从前有一个年轻人，每天抱怨自己没钱。
有一天，一个老人路过他的身边，看到他如此颓废，就问："你为什么这么颓废？
”年轻人回答：”我没有钱，生活非常糟糕，这让我觉得非常痛苦。
”这时老人说：”这简单啊！
我花一万元买你的双手，这样你就有钱了。
”年轻人愤怒地说：”这算什么办法，别说是一万了，一百万我也不卖。
”老人笑了笑说：”你看，你不是很富有吗？
你为什么不能像别人那样用自己的双手去创造财富呢？
”这时，年轻人恍然大悟，他感谢了老人后就去找了一份工作，并最终改变了自己的人生。
无论我们遇到什么困难，只要我们用积极的方式去思考和面对，事情就有可能变得不一样。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 从前 | cóng qián | previously / formerly / once upon a time |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 年轻人 | nián qīng rén | young people / youngster |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 抱怨 | bào yuàn | to complain / to grumble / to harbor a complaint / to feel dissatisfied |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 一天 | yī tiān | one day; a day |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman / the elderly |
| 路过 | lù guò | to pass by or through |
| 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) |
| 身边 | shēn biān | at one's side / on hand |
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 如此 | rú cǐ | like this; so; such |
| 颓废 | tuí fèi | decadent / dispirited / depressed / dejected |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 这么 | zhè me | so much / this much / how much? |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 糟糕 | zāo gāo | too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 觉得 | jué de | to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
| 痛苦 | tòng kǔ | painful |
| 时 | shí | o'clock / time / hour / season / period |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 简单 | jiǎn dān | simple; not complicated |
| 啊 | a | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 花 | huā | to spend (money, time) |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand / a great number |
| 元 | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / era (of a reign) / (geology) eon |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |
| 双手 | shuāng shǒu | both hands |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 愤怒 | fèn nù | angry / indignant |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 算 | suàn | to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 办法 | bàn fǎ | way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem |
| 别 | bié | don't ...! / (noun suffix) category |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 百 | bǎi | hundred |
| 也 | yě | even (extreme or unexpected case) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 卖 | mài | to sell |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 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 |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 富有 | fù yǒu | rich; wealthy; affluent |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble / to be like / to look as if |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 那样 | nà yàng | that kind / that sort |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 创造 | chuàng zào | to create / to bring about / to produce / to set (a record) |
| 财富 | cái fù | wealth / riches |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 恍然大悟 | huǎng rán dà wù | (idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light |
| 感谢 | gǎn xiè | (express) thanks / gratitude / thanks |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 份 | fèn | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 并 | bìng | furthermore / also / simultaneously |
| 最终 | zuì zhōng | final; ultimate |
| 改变 | gǎi biàn | to change / to alter / to transform |
| 人生 | rén shēng | life (one's time on earth) |
| 无论 | wú lùn | no matter what or how / regardless of whether... |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 遇到 | yù dào | to meet; to run into; to come across |
| 困难 | kùn nan | straitened circumstances / difficult situation |
| 只要 | zhǐ yào | so long as; provided; if |
| 积极 | jī jí | active / energetic / vigorous / positive (outlook) / proactive |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc) |
| 思考 | sī kǎo | to reflect on / to ponder over |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 面对 | miàn duì | to face; to confront |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 可能 | kě néng | possibility / probability |
| 变 | biàn | to change / to become different / to transform / to vary |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |