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        李白(701- 762), 是中国唐朝时期著名的诗人，他小时候对学习很不感兴趣，经常跑到外边玩儿。一天，李白在河边发现一位老婆婆竟然在磨一根铁棒子。李白觉得很好奇，就走过去问老婆婆在干什么，原来老婆婆的孙女要学绣花，她要给孙女做一根绣花针。
        李白听完以后，像大部分孩子一样哈哈大笑，因为他认为把铁棒子磨成绣花针太浪费时间了，等老婆婆磨好了，她孙女可能也变成老婆婆了。可是，老婆婆自信地告诉他：“只要功夫深，铁杆磨成针。”
        听完老婆婆的回答，李白突然明白了一个道理：无论做什么事情，只要坚持就可能成功。从此，李白就开始努力学习、积累知识，最终成为一名伟大的诗人。

        看完这个谚语故事，你知道努力和坚持对成功有多么重要了吧？

功夫 [gōng fu] workmanship; skill
铁杵磨成针[tiě chǔ mó chénɡ zhēn]
an iron pestle can be ground down to a needle — perseverance will prevail
老婆婆[lǎo po pó] granny(used by children in addressing an old woman)
绣花[xiù huā]embroider; do embroidery


Li Bai (701- 762) was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty of China. When he was young, Li Bai was not interested in learning at all, and he often went out playing. One day, Li Bai saw an old woman grinding an iron pestle by the river. He felt so curious that he went over and asked the old woman what she was doing . It turned out that she was making a needle for her granddaughter to learn embroidery. 
Having heard this, Li Bai laughed as most kids would do, because he thought it was a waste of time to grind an iron pestle into a needle and that by the day the needle was made, her granddaughter would have turned into an old woman herself. However, the old woman told him with confidence: "As long as you work hard enough, an iron pestle can be ground down to a needle." 
Suddenly Li Bai realized that perseverance would help one succeed in everything. From then on, Li Bai began to study hard and accumulate knowledge. He finally became a great poet! 
After reading this story, you must have learned how important hard work and perseverance are to success.

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04. 中国谚语--只要功夫深, 铁杵磨成针 Chinese proverb - As Long as You Work Hard Enough, an Iron Pestle Can Be Ground Down to a Needle 

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我爱你wǒ ài nǐ=I love you

520是一个网络语言，和“我爱你”的发音相似，在网络上为了方便，所以520也就成了我爱你！
现在很多情侣在520表达爱意，有的人连结婚的日子也选在了5月20日这天。像今天，中国就有很多对新人去民政局领证了，真是特别的一天。大家也在520这一天大声跟你爱的人说一声”520-我爱你“吧。
520 is a buzzword with a pronunciation similar to 'I love you'. For convenience to express, 520 has became 'I love you'!

Nowadays, many couples express their love on 520, and some even choose May 20th as their wedding day. Today, many new couples in China have gone to the Civil Affairs Bureau to obtain their certificates, which is really a special day. 

Chinese buzzwords 중국 신조어，유행어  

A special day "520" in China

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1. - is used at the end of a sentence to indicate a change and to express a definite tone of voice
2. - The particle "了" can also be used in the structure "要/快/就要/快要 +V/Adj+了" to indicate that the action is about to happen or that the situation is about to change.
3. - The negative adverbs "没有" and "了" cannot occur at the same time. For example, you can either say "我没吃早饭" or "我吃早饭了", not "我没吃早饭了". However, the verbs "没有" and "了" can appear at the same time, e.g.: "我没有钱了."
4.- Some adverbs that emphasise the late occurrence of an action cannot occur at the same time as "了", e.g. "刚、才、刚刚", etc.
5.-Adverbs that indicate that the action occurs frequently and "了" cannot occur at the same time, e.g. "经常、常常、每", etc.


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汉语语法之“了”

こんにちは、Atsushiです。
今日の天気は、晴れ。
気温は25℃。

今日はマンガについて話します。
みなさんは日本のマンガは好きですか？


どんなマンガを知っていますか？
よく海外の方から名前を聞くのは、
ワンピース
ナルト
進撃の巨人
などよく聞きます。


私はマンガがとても好きです。大好きです。
本当に小さい時から読みました。
大人になって読んでいるのは、

キングダム
宇宙兄弟
ゴールデンカムイ
ブルーピリオド
ドラゴン桜
インベスターz
ブルージャイアント
昭和元禄落語心中(しょうわげんろくらくごしんぢゅう)

ちょっとマニアックなものもありますね。


私がマンガを好きな理由は、
単純におもしろいから
そして、とても勉強になるから
です。

マンガを読むことは、本を読むことに似ていると思います。
小さい時はおもしろいだけで読んでいましたが、大人になると、マンガを読んでいろいろ新しいことを知ったり、考えることも好きになりました。

みなさんはどんなマンガが好きですか？
よかったら、ぜひ一緒にレッスンで話しましょう！

それでは！


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18 マンガについて

Buses or Coaches: When do we use these words. Are they the same?