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dōng
shī
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Aping a Beauty
yuè
guó
níng
luō

jīn
zhè
jiāng
zhū

nán

yǒu
wèi
jiào

西
shī
de
měi


yǒu

tiān


西
shī
xīn
kǒu
téng

zǒu
lù
de
shí
hòu
shuāng
shǒu
wú
zhù
xiōng
bù

bìng
jū
zhòu
zhāo
méi
tóu

cūn

rén
jiàn
tā
zhè
gè
mó
yàng

dōu
tóng
qíng
dè
shuō


qiáo
zhè
gū
niáng
de
mó
yàng

zhǔn
shì
téng
dé
nán
shòu

zhēn
shì
kě
lián



Xi Shi, a famous beauty in Yue Kingdom, had a pain in her bosom, so she had a frown on her face when she went out.


西
shī
de
bìng
tài
zhèng
hǎo
bèi
dōng
shī
qiáo
jiàn
le

tā

biān
kàn


biān
mò
mò

zhù
tā
nán
shòu
de

姿
tài
hé
dòng
zuò

huí
dào

dōng
hòu

yě
mó
fǎng
仿

西
shī
de
mó
yàng

shuāng
shǒu
wú
zhù
xiōng
bù

tóng
shí
zhòu
zhāo
méi
tóu


An ugly girl who lived nearby saw her and thought she looked very beautiful. Therefore when she went home, she also put her hands on her bosom and had a frown on her face.

dōng
shī
de
zhè
fù
mó
yàng

shǐ
使
cūn

rén
dà
chī

jīng

fù
rén
jǐn

dà
mén
bù
chū
lái

qióng
rén
yě
dài
zhāo

ér
duǒ
kāi

[/sound] [sound]When a rich man in the neighbourhood saw her, he shut his doors tightly and did not go out. When a poor man saw her, he took his wife and children and gave her a wide berth.

dōng
shī
zhī
zhī
dào
rén
jiā
zhòu
zhāo
méi
tóu
hěn
měi

què
bù
zhī
dào
wèi
shí
me
zhòu
zhāo
méi
tóu
huì
měi


She only knew Xi Shi's frown looked beautiful but she did not know the reason for its beauty.


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