Be content with what you have. Do you really need to keep pushing for more?! Stress is often a choice. There’s joy and peace in simplicity.

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The Fisherman and the Businessman

저기 전철역 출구 옆에 있는 사람 좀 봐! 어디서 많이 본 얼굴 같지 않아? 
你看一下, 站在那个地铁站出口旁边的人! 像不像在哪儿见过?

저기 하얀색 운동화를 신은 사람 말하는 거야?
你说的是那个穿白色运动鞋的人吗? 

저번 주에 전학 갔던 우리 학교 전교 회장이잖아! 생각 안 나?
上周转学的那个本校的学生会会长嘛! 想不起来吗?

아! 그러네! 우리 동네에는 무슨 일로 왔을까? 우리 가서 인사하자.
啊! 对啊! 他来我们小区有什么事啊? 我们过去打个招呼吧。

운동화 运动鞋
전학 가다 转学
학생회 회장 学生会会长
인사하다 打个招呼

[YOON] 1분 한국어

어디서 많이 본 얼굴 같지 않아?  像不像在哪儿见过?

        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.

HSK6 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

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 

今天我们就来听听“Long time no see ”用中文怎么说？
Real Life Chinese:
hǎo 
“好”   “very”
jiǔ 
“久” “long” 
bú
“不”  “no/hasn’t/ haven’t” 
jiàn
“见”  “meet” 
hǎojiǔbújiàn
“好久不见”就是很长时间没有见面了
hěn jiǔ bú jiàn、 
1.  很 久不见 、 
hǎo cháng shí jiān méi jiàn le
2.  好长时间没见了
Hǎojiǔbújiàn，zuìjìnzěnmeyàng？
好 久 不见，最 近 怎 么样？
Long time no see. How have you been?
Hǎojiǔbújiàn，nǐbiànhuàzhēndà！
好 久 不见，你变  化 真  大！


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‘’Long time no see ‘’用中文怎么说？—Improve Chinese with movie clips

昨日歯医者に行きました。私は日本に帰ったときは必ず歯医者に行くようにしています。私は歯医者に行くとき、とても緊張します。特に痛みがあるから行くわけではないのに、行く前は虫歯があったらどうしようと不安になります。ドイツでは私は一番安い保険に入っているので、日本と同じレベルの治療を期待できません。だか日本に帰る度に歯医者に行って治療しています。
今回は虫歯は見つからなかったのですが、下に生えている親知らずを抜いた方がいいと言われました。でも今親知らずを抜いたら、日本にいる間に食べたいものが食べられなくなるかもしれません。でも、親知らずを抜かないでドイツに帰って、ドイツで親知らずが痛くなればたくさんのお金を払って治療しなければいけないかもしれません。今、どうするべきかとても悩んでいます。みなさんならどうしますか？

歯医者：はいしゃ　dentist
緊張する：きんちょうする　get nervous
保険：ほけん　insurance
治療：ちりょう　treatment
期待する：きたいする　expect 
虫歯：むしば　cavity
親知らず：おやしらず　wisdom tooth
抜く：ぬく　pull out
悩む：なやむ　worry 

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親知らずを抜いたほうがいい？（Should I pull out my wisdom tooth?）

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En el episodio de hoy hablamos de palabras homógrafas, que son palabras que tienen más de un significado. Podemos decir que son palabras con más de un significado porque se escriben y se pronuncian igual, pero tienen un significado diferente. 
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