Learning
Chinese stories is a good way to study
Mandarin. We
can not only get to know the language usage but also be aware of some useful
senses among the stories. So, today, we will come to learn a interesting and
also popular story called “坐井观天(zuo4
jing3 guan1 tian1)”. It can be translated as “The Frog in the Well Knows
Nothing of the World”.
From
the title, we can know the main character of this story is a frog. What
happened to him in the story? Let us come to the content. During this process,
try to analyze the main idea of the story in Chinese. It is also beneficial for
you to study Chinese
efficiently and improve your capability of analyzing.
There
is a frog. He lives in a well and he never goes out of the well. He thinks the
sky is as big as the mouth of the well.
One
day a crow comes to the well. He sees the frog and says, “Frog,
let’s have
a talk.” Then
the frog asks, “Where
are you from?” “I fly
from the sky,” the
crow says. The frog feels surprised and says, “The
sky is only as big as the mouth of the well. How do you fly from the sky?”
The
crow says, “The
sky is very big. You always stay in the well, so you don’t know
the world is big.”
The
frog says, “I don’t
believe.” But
the crow says, “You
can come out and have a look by yourself.”
So the
frog comes out from the well. He is very surprised. How big the world is!
Later
on, people use “坐井观天” to
describe the ones who have a very narrow view.
To learn Chinese story
better, we would better apply it into some specific communicating situation.
For example, the teachers usually tell us “我们不要坐井观天，要有长远目标(wo3
men1 bu2 yao4 zuo4 jing3 guan1 tian1 yao4 you3 chang2 yuan3 mu4 biao1)”.
If
your are interested in such stories, you can study Chinese online by
yourself. There are many online courses for you.
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