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蒙學漢文初階 第五十九課 Beginning Chinese - Entry Level Lesson #159 某童對鏡立 one child face mirror stood 見鏡中兒 see mirror inside child 與言不答 with words not reply 示以拳 demonstrate with fist 鏡中兒如之 mirror inside child if it 童怒擊之 child angry attack/hit it 鏡破傷其手 mirror break wound his hand 父戒之曰 father admonish him said 鏡中兒 mirror inside child 何害於汝 how harm to you 咎由自取也 blame from self take [ep] One child stood in front of a mirror, saw another in the mirror. Spoke to it but no reply came. [He] demonstrated to it with a first. The child in the mirror did the same. The child became angry and hit it. The mirror broke and wounded his hand. The father admonished, "The child in the mirror, what harm had he done to you? The blame stems from your own undertaking!"
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