很久以前，有一个叫愚公的老人，他家门口有两座大山，挡住了他们一家的路，不管去哪儿，都得翻过这两座山，很不方便。
于是，愚公决定带领全家一起把这两座大山搬走，而这个时候，愚公已经90多岁了。
家人都同意他的决定，但是他的妻子问他：你年纪那么大了，怎么可能搬走大山呢？
再说，那么多土和石头也没地方放啊！
这真是个好问题。
大家商量后决定把这些土和石头运到东边的大海里去。
第二天，愚公就带着全家人开始挖大山了，即使很小的孩子也去帮忙。
他们把土和石头从家里运到海里，一次就需要一年的时间。
他们不停地工作着，一天也没休息过。
有一个聪明的老人觉得愚公的行为太可笑了，就嘲笑愚公说他不可能搬走大山。
愚公说即使自己死了，还有儿子，儿子死了，还有孙子，可以永远挖下去，当然可以成功。
后来，天上的玉帝被愚公家不怕困难的精神感动了，就派两个神仙把两座大山移动到别的地方了。
现在我们用“愚公移山”这个成语来形容不管多么困难，只要有毅力，坚持下去，最后就一定能成功。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 久 | jiǔ | (of a period of time) long |
| 以前 | yǐ qián | before / formerly / previous / ago |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 叫 | jiào | to be called |
| 愚公 | yú gōng | the Foolish Old Man; a legendary figure from the Chinese fable who tries to move mountains |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 老 | lǎo | old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / of the past / outdated |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 门口 | mén kǒu | doorway / gate |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 座 | zuò | classifier for large immovable objects |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 山 | shān | mountain; hill / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 挡住 | dǎng zhù | to obstruct; to block |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 路 | lù | road / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |
| 不管 | bù guǎn | regardless of / no matter |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 哪儿 | nǎ r | wherever; anywhere; somewhere |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 得 | děi | to have to / to need to |
| 翻 | fān | to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 方便 | fāng biàn | convenient; suitable |
| 于是 | yú shì | thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence |
| 决定 | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind |
| 带领 | dài lǐng | to guide / to lead |
| 全 | quán | all / whole / entire / every / complete |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 搬 | bān | to move / to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) / to shift / to copy indiscriminately |
| 走 | zǒu | from / through / away |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 多 | duō | (after a numeral) ... odd |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 家人 | jiā rén | family member |
| 同意 | tóng yì | to agree / to consent / to approve |
| 他的 | tā de | his; belonging to him |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 妻子 | qī zi | wife |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 年纪 | nián jì | age |
| 那么 | nà me | like that; in that way; to that extent |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? / what? / why? |
| 可能 | kě néng | possible / probable |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 再说 | zài shuō | moreover / what's more / besides |
| 土 | tǔ | earth / dust / clay / crude opium |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 石头 | shí tou | stone |
| 也 | yě | even (extreme or unexpected case) |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 放 | fàng | to put / to place |
| 啊 | a | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 真 | zhēn | really / truly / indeed |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 商量 | shāng liang | to consult / to talk over / to discuss |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 运 | yùn | to move / to transport / to use / to apply |
| 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) |
| 东边 | dōng bian | east / east side / eastern part |
| 大海 | dà hǎi | sea / ocean |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 挖 | wā | to dig / to excavate / to scoop out |
| 即使 | jí shǐ | even if; even though |
| 小 | xiǎo | young |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 帮忙 | bāng máng | to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 海 | hǎi | ocean / sea / great number of people or things |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 不停 | bù tíng | incessant |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work / (of a machine) to operate |
| 休息 | xiū xi | to rest |
| 聪明 | cōng míng | intelligent; clever; bright / acute (of sight and hearing) |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman / the elderly |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 行为 | xíng wéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 可笑 | kě xiào | funny / ridiculous |
| 嘲笑 | cháo xiào | to jeer at / to deride / to ridicule |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 大山 | Dà shān | Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 死 | sǐ | to die |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 孙子 | sūn zi | grandson / son's son |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 永远 | yǒng yuǎn | forever |
| 下去 | xià qù | to go on / to continue |
| 当然 | dāng rán | certainly / of course / without doubt |
| 成功 | chéng gōng | to succeed |
| 后来 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
| 天上 | tiān shàng | the sky; the heavens |
| 玉帝 | yù dì | the Jade Emperor |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 怕 | pà | to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure |
| 困难 | kùn nan | straitened circumstances / difficult situation |
| 精神 | jīng shén | spirit / mind / consciousness / thought / mental / psychological |
| 感动 | gǎn dòng | to move (sb) / to touch (sb emotionally) |
| 派 | pài | to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb) |
| 神仙 | shén xiān | Daoist immortal / supernatural entity / (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc / fig. lighthearted person |
| 移动 | yí dòng | to move |
| 别的 | bié de | else / other |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 愚公移山 | yú gōng yí shān | the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way |
| 成语 | chéng yǔ | Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 形容 | xíng róng | to describe |
| 多么 | duō me | how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) |
| 只要 | zhǐ yào | so long as; provided; if |
| 毅力 | yì lì | perseverance / willpower |
| 坚持 | jiān chí | to persevere with / to persist in / to insist on |
| 最后 | zuì hòu | finally; in the end |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |