Chapter 8

Front 1

故事

Back 1

gù shi
narrative / story / tale

Front 2

划船

Back 2

huá chuán
to row a boat / a rowing boat

Front 3

龙舟

Back 3

lóng zhōu
dragon boat

Front 4

前后

Back 4

qián hòu
around / from beginning to end / all around

Front 5

纪念

Back 5

jì niàn
to commemorate / to remember

Front 6

诗人

Back 6

shī rén
poet

Front 7

关心

Back 7

guān xīn
concern; to be concerned about

Front 8

国王

Back 8

guó wáng
king

Front 9

伤心

Back 9

shāng xīn
sad, despairing

Front 10

自杀

Back 10

zì shā
to kill oneself / to commit suicide

Front 11

当时

Back 11

dāng shí
then / at that time

Front 12

救

Back 12

jiù
to save /to rescue

Front 13

后来

Back 13

hòu lái
afterwards / later

Front 14

向

Back 14

xiàng
towards

Front 15

粽子

Back 15

zòng zi
a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice, wrapped in bamboo leaves and eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Front 16

小伙子

Back 16

xiǎo huǒ zi
young man

Front 17

路过

Back 17

lù guò
pass by or through

Front 18

突然

Back 18

tū rán
to pass by, pass through (a place)

Front 19

姑娘

Back 19

gū niang
young lady, girl

Front 20

行为

Back 20

xíng wéi
action / conduct / behavior

Front 21

结婚

Back 21

jié hūn
to marry / to get married

Front 22

和尚

Back 22

hé shang
monk

Front 23

偷偷

Back 23

tōu tōu
stealthily / secretly

Front 24

妻子

Back 24

qī zi
wife

Front 25

蛇

Back 25

shé
snake / serpent /

Front 26

劝

Back 26

quàn
to persuade

Front 27

按照

Back 27

àn zhào
according to

Front 28

躺

Back 28

tǎng
to lie down

Front 29

躲

Back 29

duǒ
to hide oneself

Front 30

丈夫

Back 30

zhàng fu
husband

Front 31

打

Back 31

dǎ
to fight

Front 32

对手

Back 32

duì shǒu
opponent / adversary

Front 33

压

Back 33

yā
to press, hold down

Front 34

改编

Back 34

gǎi biān
to adapt / to rearrange / to revise

Front 35

端午节

Back 35

duān wǔ jié
The Dragon Boat Festival

Front 36

中国城

Back 36

Zhōng guó chéng
Chinatown

Front 37

屈原

Back 37

Qū Yuán
Qu Yuan

Front 38

杭州

Back 38

Háng zhōu
Hangzhou

Front 39

许仙

Back 39

xǔ xiān
name of a person, Xu Xian,

Front 40

西湖

Back 40

xī hú
Xihu or West lake

Front 41

法海

Back 41

Fǎ hǎi
Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake

Front 42

雷峰塔

Back 42

léifēng tǎ
Leifeng Pagoda

Front 43

金山寺

Back 43

jīn shān sì
Jinshan Temple

Front 44

白蛇传

Back 44

bái shé zhuàn
Tale of the White Snake

Front 45

打扮

Back 45

dǎ ban
to disguise, dress up

Front 46

贵族

Back 46

guì zú
aristocracy, nobility

Front 47

埋

Back 47

mái
bury

Front 48

坟墓

Back 48

fén mù
tomb

Front 49

合

Back 49

hé
to close something up

Front 50

彩色

Back 50

cǎi sè
colorful, color

Front 51

蝴蝶

Back 51

hú dié
butterfly