Chinese–English parallel text
奶奶
Grandma
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奶奶
Grandma
门 mén 开 kāi 了 le 。
The door opens.
厨房 chúfáng 里 lǐ 很 hěn 热 rè 。 桌子 zhuōzi 上 shàng 有 yǒu 黄色 huángsè 的 de 灯 dēng 。
It is hot in the kitchen. There is a yellow light on the table.
桌子 zhuōzi 上 shàng 有 yǒu 面包 miànbāo 。 有 yǒu 很多 hěnduō 面包 miànbāo 。
There is bread on the table. There is a lot of bread.
Nina 站 zhàn 在 zài 门 mén 那里 nàlǐ 。 雨 yǔ 跟 gēn 她 tā 一起 yìqǐ 进来 jìnlái 。
Nina stands at the door. The rain comes in with her.
桌子 zhuōzi 旁边 pángbiān 有 yǒu 一个 yígè 小 xiǎo 老 lǎo 女人 nǚrén 。
There is a small old woman at the table.
她 tā 不 bù 抬头 táitóu 。 她 tā 在 zài 工作 gōngzuò 。
She doesn’t look up. She is working.
她 tā 手 shǒu 里 lǐ 有 yǒu 面包 miànbāo 。 她 tā 穿 chuān 着 zhe 黑色 hēisè 的 de 鞋 xié 。
She has bread in her hands. She has black shoes.
Nina 认识 rènshí 这 zhè 张 zhāng 脸 liǎn 。 它 tā 在 zài 她的 tāde 包 bāo 里 lǐ 。 它 tā 在 zài 她的 tāde 手机 shǒujī 里 lǐ 。
Nina knows this face. It is in her bag. It is in her phone.
她 tā 有 yǒu 很多 hěnduō 话 huà 给 gěi 这 zhè 张 zhāng 脸 liǎn 。
She has a lot of words for this face.
它们 tāmen 来自 láizì 火车 huǒchē 。 它们 tāmen 来自 láizì 雨 yǔ 。
They are from the train. They are from the rain.
它们 tāmen 来自 láizì 镇 zhèn 上 shàng 的 de 每 měi 一 yí 扇 shàn 门 mén 。
They are from every door in town.
她 tā 找 zhǎo 它们 tāmen 。 一个 yígè 词 cí 也 yě 没有 méiyǒu 。
She looks for them. There is not one word.
老 lǎo 女人 nǚrén 看 kàn Nina 手 shǒu 里 lǐ 的 de 钥匙 yàoshi 。
The old woman looks at the key in Nina’s hand.
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