有尾惧诛。艾子乘船在大海中航行，晚上停泊在一个海岛上，半夜听见水底下有人哭，又好像有人在说话，于是他就认真地听着。他听到其中一个人说：昨天龙王下了一道命令，水族中凡是有尾巴的都要斩首。我是一条鼍呀，很害怕被杀头所以才哭。而你是只蛤蟆，又没有尾巴，为什么也哭个不停呢？又听见一个声音说：我现在幸亏没有尾巴，但害怕龙王追究我当蝌蚪时候的事情啊！大道理：人无完人，既然没有十全十美的人，那要想找一个人的差错，总可以找到理由，但它带来的却是人心惶惶。小故事大道理全集
有尾惧诛。
There is a tail fear of execution.
有尾惧诛。
yǒu wěi jù zhū
There is a tail fear of execution.
有 (yǒu) to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be
尾 (wěi) tail/remainder/remnant/extremity/sixth of the 28
惧 (jù) to fear
诛 (zhū) to put (a criminal) to death/to punish
艾子乘船在大海中航行，晚上停泊在一个海岛上，半夜听见水底下有人哭，又好像有人在说话，于是他就认真地听着。
Aiko sailed in the sea by boat, and anchored at night on an island. In the middle of the night, he heard someone crying under the water, and it seemed that someone was talking, so he listened carefully.
艾子乘船在大海中航行，
ài zǐ chéng chuán zài dà hǎi zhōng háng háng
Aiko was sailing on a boat in the sea.
艾 (ài) Chinese mugwort or wormwood/moxa/to stop or cut short
子 (zǐ) son/child/seed/egg/small thing/1st earthly branch: 11
乘船 (chéng chuán) to embark/to travel by ship/to ferry
乘 (chéng) to ride/to mount/to make use of/to avail oneself of/to take
船 (chuán) boat/vessel/ship/CL:條|条[tiao2]艘[sou1]隻|只[zhi1]
在 (zài) (located) at/(to be) in/to exist/in the middle of doing sth
大海 (dà hǎi) sea/ocean
大 (dà) big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/older (than)/oldest
海 (hǎi) ocean/sea/CL:個|个[ge4]片[pian4]/great number of people or
中 (zhōng) within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during
航行 (háng háng) to sail/to fly/to navigate
航 (háng) boat/ship/craft/to navigate/to sail/to fly
行 (háng) row/line/commercial firm/line of business/profession/to
晚上停泊在一个海岛上，
wǎn shǎng tíng bó zài yī gě hǎi dǎo shǎng
Anchored at night on an island.
晚上 (wǎn shǎng) evening/night/CL:個|个[ge4]/in the evening
晚 (wǎn) evening/night/late
上 (shǎng) see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]/on top/upon/above/upper/previous
停泊 (tíng bó) to anchor/anchorage/mooring (of a ship)
停 (tíng) to stop/to halt/to park (a car)
泊 (bó) to anchor/touch at/to moor/lake/Taiwan pr. [bo2]
在 (zài) (located) at/(to be) in/to exist/in the middle of doing sth
一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
个 (gě) individual/this/that/size/classifier for people or objects
海岛 (hǎi dǎo) island
海 (hǎi) ocean/sea/CL:個|个[ge4]片[pian4]/great number of people or
岛 (dǎo) island/CL:個|个[ge4]座[zuo4]
上 (shǎng) see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]/on top/upon/above/upper/previous
半夜听见水底下有人哭，
bàn yè tīng jiàn shuǐ dǐ xià yǒu rén kū
In the middle of the night, I heard someone crying under the water.
半夜 (bàn yè) midnight/in the middle of the night
半 (bàn) half/semi-/incomplete/(after a number) and a half
夜 (yè) night
听见 (tīng jiàn) to hear
听 (tīng) smile (archaic)
见 (jiàn) to see/to meet/to appear (to be sth)/to interview/to appear
水底 (shuǐ dǐ) underwater
水 (shuǐ) water/river/liquid/beverage/additional charges or income
底 (dǐ) (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)/background/bottom
下 (xià) down/downwards/below/lower/later/next (week etc)/second (of
有人 (yǒu rén) someone/people/anyone/there is someone there/occupied (as
有 (yǒu) to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be
人 (rén) man/person/people/CL:個|个[ge4]位[wei4]
哭 (kū) to cry/to weep
又好像有人在说话，
yòu hǎo xiàng yǒu rén zài shuì huà
It seems that someone is talking again.
又 (yòu) (once) again/also/both... and.../and yet/(used for
好像 (hǎo xiàng) as if/to seem like
好 (hǎo) good/well/proper/good to/easy to/very/so/(suffix indicating
像 (xiàng) to resemble/to be like/to look as if/such as/appearance
有人 (yǒu rén) someone/people/anyone/there is someone there/occupied (as
有 (yǒu) to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be
人 (rén) man/person/people/CL:個|个[ge4]位[wei4]
在 (zài) (located) at/(to be) in/to exist/in the middle of doing sth
说话 (shuì huà) to speak/to say/to talk/to gossip/to tell stories/talk/word
说 (shuì) to persuade/to speak/to say/to explain/to scold/to tell off
话 (huà) dialect/language/spoken words/speech/talk/words
于是他就认真地听着。
yú shì tā jiù rèn zhēn de tīng zhāo
So he listened intently.
于是 (yú shì) thereupon/as a result/consequently/thus/hence
于 (yú) in/at/to/from/by/than/out of
是 (shì) is/are/am/yes/to be
他 (tā) he or him/(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or
就 (jiù) at once/right away/only/just (emphasis)/as early as/already
认真 (rèn zhēn) conscientious/earnest/serious/to take seriously/to take to
认 (rèn) to recognize/to know/to admit
真 (zhēn) really/truly/indeed/real/true/genuine
地 (de) -ly/structural particle: used before a verb or adjective
听 (tīng) smile (archaic)
着 (zhāo) (chess) move/trick/all right!/(dialect) to add/to touch/to
他听到其中一个人说：昨天龙王下了一道命令，水族中凡是有尾巴的都要斩首。
He heard one of them say: Yesterday, the Dragon King gave an order that all those with tails in the water tribe should be beheaded.
他听到其中一个人说：
tā tīng dào qí zhōng yī gě rén shuì
He heard one of them say.
他 (tā) he or him/(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or
听到 (tīng dào) to hear
听 (tīng) smile (archaic)
到 (dào) to (a place)/until (a time)/up to/to go/to arrive/(verb
其中 (qí zhōng) among/in/included among these
其 (qí) his/her/its/their/that/such/it (refers to sth preceding it)
中 (zhōng) within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during
一个人 (yī gě rén) by oneself (without assistance)/alone (without company)
一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
个 (gě) individual/this/that/size/classifier for people or objects
人 (rén) man/person/people/CL:個|个[ge4]位[wei4]
说 (shuì) to persuade/to speak/to say/to explain/to scold/to tell off
昨天龙王下了一道命令，
zuó tiān lóng wáng xià le yī dào mìng líng
Yesterday the Dragon King gave an order that
昨天 (zuó tiān) yesterday
昨 (zuó) yesterday
天 (tiān) day/sky/heaven
龙王 (lóng wáng) Dragon King (mythology)
龙 (lóng) dragon/CL:條|条[tiao2]/imperial
王 (wáng) king or monarch/best or strongest of its type/grand/great
下 (xià) down/downwards/below/lower/later/next (week etc)/second (of
了 (le) (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)/(completed
一道 (yī dào) together
一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
道 (dào) road/path/CL:條|条[tiao2]股[gu3]/principle/truth/morality
命令 (mìng líng) order/command/CL:道[dao4]個|个[ge4]
命 (mìng) life/fate/order or command/to assign a name title etc
令 (líng) see 令狐[Ling2 hu2]/see 脊令[ji2 ling2]/classifier for a ream
水族中凡是有尾巴的都要斩首。
shuǐ zú zhōng fán shì yǒu wěi bā de dōu yāo zhǎn shǒu
Anyone with a tail in the water tribe should be decapitated.
水族 (shuǐ zú) Shui ethnic group of Guangxi/collective term for aquatic
水 (shuǐ) water/river/liquid/beverage/additional charges or income
族 (zú) race/nationality/ethnicity/clan/by extension social group
中 (zhōng) within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during
凡是 (fán shì) each and every/every/all/any
凡 (fán) ordinary/commonplace/mundane/temporal/of the material world
是 (shì) is/are/am/yes/to be
有 (yǒu) to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be
尾巴 (wěi bā) tail/colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
尾 (wěi) tail/remainder/remnant/extremity/sixth of the 28
巴 (bā) to long for/to wish/to cling to/to stick to/sth that sticks
的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
都 (dōu) all/both/entirely/(used for emphasis) even/already/(not) at
要 (yāo) to demand/to request/to coerce/important/vital/to want/to
斩首 (zhǎn shǒu) to behead
斩 (zhǎn) to behead (as form of capital punishment)/to chop
首 (shǒu) head/chief/first (occasion thing etc)/classifier for poems
我是一条鼍呀，很害怕被杀头所以才哭。
I'm an alligator, I'm afraid of being killed so I cry.
我是一条鼍呀，
wǒ shì yī tiáo tuó yā
I am an alligator.
我 (wǒ) I/me/my
是 (shì) is/are/am/yes/to be
一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
条 (tiáo) strip/item/article/clause (of law or treaty)/classifier for
鼍 (tuó) Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
呀 (yā) (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel expressing surprise
很害怕被杀头所以才哭。
hěn hài pà bèi shā tóu suǒ yǐ cái kū
I was afraid of being killed so I cried.
很 (hěn) (adverb of degree)/quite/very/awfully
害怕 (hài pà) to be afraid/to be scared
害 (hài) to do harm to/to cause trouble to/harm/evil/calamity
怕 (pà) to be afraid/to fear/to dread/to be unable to endure
被 (bèi) quilt/by/(indicates passive-voice clauses)/(literary) to
杀头 (shā tóu) to behead
杀 (shā) to kill/to murder/to attack/to weaken or reduce/to smart
头 (tóu) head/hair style/the top/end/beginning or end/a stub/remnant
所以 (suǒ yǐ) therefore/as a result/so/the reason why
所 (suǒ) actually/place/classifier for houses small buildings
以 (yǐ) abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]/to use/by means of
才 (cái) ability/talent/sb of a certain type/a capable individual
哭 (kū) to cry/to weep
而你是只蛤蟆，又没有尾巴，为什么也哭个不停呢？又听见一个声音说：我现在幸亏没有尾巴，但害怕龙王追究我当蝌蚪时候的事情啊！大道理：人无完人，既然没有十全十美的人，那要想找一个人的差错，总可以找到理由，但它带来的却是人心惶惶。
And you are a toad and do not have a tail, why do you also cry incessantly? Another voice said: I'm lucky I don't have a tail now, but I'm afraid the Dragon King will hold me accountable for what happened when I was a tadpole! The big truth: no one is perfect, since there is no perfect person, then to find a person's fault, you can always find a reason, but it brings the hearts and minds of people in fear.
而你是只蛤蟆，
ér nǐ shì zhī gé má
And you're a toad.
而 (ér) and/as well as/and so/but (not)/yet (not)/(indicates causal
你 (nǐ) you (informal as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])
是 (shì) is/are/am/yes/to be
只 (zhī) only/merely/just/but
蛤蟆 (gé má) frog/toad
蛤 (gé) clam/frog/toad
蟆 (má) toad
又没有尾巴，
yòu méi yǒu wěi bā
And no tail.
又 (yòu) (once) again/also/both... and.../and yet/(used for
没有 (méi yǒu) haven't/hasn't/doesn't exist/to not have/to not be
没 (méi) (negative prefix for verbs)/have not/not/drowned/to end/to
有 (yǒu) to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be
尾巴 (wěi bā) tail/colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
尾 (wěi) tail/remainder/remnant/extremity/sixth of the 28
巴 (bā) to long for/to wish/to cling to/to stick to/sth that sticks
为什么也哭个不停呢？
wéi shén me yě kū gě bù tíng ne
Why do you keep crying too?
为什么 (wéi shén me) why?/for what reason?
为 (wéi) as (in the capacity of)/to take sth as/to act as/to serve
什 (shén) what/ten (used in fractions writing checks etc)/assorted
么 (me) exclamatory final particle/interrogative final particle
也 (yě) also/too/(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying
哭 (kū) to cry/to weep
个 (gě) individual/this/that/size/classifier for people or objects
不停 (bù tíng) incessant
不 (bù) (negative prefix)/not/no
停 (tíng) to stop/to halt/to park (a car)
呢 (ne) particle indicating that a previously asked question is to
又听见一个声音说：
yòu tīng jiàn yī gě shēng yīn shuì
Another voice was heard saying.
又 (yòu) (once) again/also/both... and.../and yet/(used for
听见 (tīng jiàn) to hear
听 (tīng) smile (archaic)
见 (jiàn) to see/to meet/to appear (to be sth)/to interview/to appear
一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
个 (gě) individual/this/that/size/classifier for people or objects
声音 (shēng yīn) voice/sound/CL:個|个[ge4]
声 (shēng) sound/voice/tone/noise/reputation/classifier for sounds
音 (yīn) sound/noise/note (of musical scale)/tone/news/syllable
说 (shuì) to persuade/to speak/to say/to explain/to scold/to tell off
我现在幸亏没有尾巴，
wǒ xiàn zài xìng kuī méi yǒu wěi bā
I'm lucky I don't have a tail right now.
我 (wǒ) I/me/my
现在 (xiàn zài) now/at present/at the moment/modern/current/nowadays
现 (xiàn) to appear/present/now/existing/current
在 (zài) (located) at/(to be) in/to exist/in the middle of doing sth
幸亏 (xìng kuī) fortunately/luckily
幸 (xìng) fortunate/lucky
亏 (kuī) deficiency/deficit/luckily/it's lucky that.../(often
没有 (méi yǒu) haven't/hasn't/doesn't exist/to not have/to not be
没 (méi) (negative prefix for verbs)/have not/not/drowned/to end/to
有 (yǒu) to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be
尾巴 (wěi bā) tail/colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
尾 (wěi) tail/remainder/remnant/extremity/sixth of the 28
巴 (bā) to long for/to wish/to cling to/to stick to/sth that sticks
但害怕龙王追究我当蝌蚪时候的事情啊！
dàn hài pà lóng wáng zhuī jiū wǒ dāng kē dǒu shí hòu de shì qíng ā
But afraid of the Dragon King to pursue me as a tadpole things ah!
但 (dàn) but/yet/however/only/merely/still
害怕 (hài pà) to be afraid/to be scared
害 (hài) to do harm to/to cause trouble to/harm/evil/calamity
怕 (pà) to be afraid/to fear/to dread/to be unable to endure
龙王 (lóng wáng) Dragon King (mythology)
龙 (lóng) dragon/CL:條|条[tiao2]/imperial
王 (wáng) king or monarch/best or strongest of its type/grand/great
追究 (zhuī jiū) to investigate/to look into
追 (zhuī) to sculpt/to carve/musical instrument (old)/to chase after
究 (jiū) after all/to investigate/to study carefully/Taiwan pr.
我 (wǒ) I/me/my
当 (dāng) (onom.) dong/ding dong (bell)/to be/to act as/manage
蝌蚪 (kē dǒu) tadpole/CL:隻|只[zhi1]條|条[tiao2]
蝌 (kē) tadpole
蚪 (dǒu) tadpole
时候 (shí hòu) time/length of time/moment/period
时 (shí) o'clock/time/when/hour/season/period
候 (hòu) to wait/to inquire after/to watch/season/climate/(old)
的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
事情 (shì qíng) affair/matter/thing/business/CL:件[jian4]樁|桩[zhuang1]
事 (shì) matter/thing/item/work/affair
情 (qíng) feeling/emotion/passion/situation
啊 (ā) interjection of surprise/Ah!/Oh!/interjection expressing
大道理：
dà dào lǐ
Big truth.
大道理 (dà dào lǐ) major principle/general truth/sermon (reproof)/bombastic
大 (dà) big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/older (than)/oldest
道 (dào) road/path/CL:條|条[tiao2]股[gu3]/principle/truth/morality
理 (lǐ) texture/grain (of wood)/inner essence/intrinsic order
人无完人，
rén mó wán rén
No one is perfect.
人无完人 (rén mó wán rén) nobody is perfect/everyone has their defect
人 (rén) man/person/people/CL:個|个[ge4]位[wei4]
无 (mó) not to have/no/none/not/to lack/un-/-less
完 (wán) to finish/to be over/whole/complete/entire
人 (rén) man/person/people/CL:個|个[ge4]位[wei4]
既然没有十全十美的人，
jì rán méi yǒu shí quán shí měi de rén
Since there are no perfect people.
既然 (jì rán) since/as/this being the case
既 (jì) already/since/both... (and...)
然 (rán) correct/right/so/thus/like this/-ly
没有 (méi yǒu) haven't/hasn't/doesn't exist/to not have/to not be
没 (méi) (negative prefix for verbs)/have not/not/drowned/to end/to
有 (yǒu) to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be
十全十美 (shí quán shí měi) complete and beautiful/to be perfect (idiom)
十 (shí) ten/10
全 (quán) all/whole/entire/every/complete
十 (shí) ten/10
美 (měi) the Americas/abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]/USA/abbr. for
的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
人 (rén) man/person/people/CL:個|个[ge4]位[wei4]
那要想找一个人的差错，
nā yāo xiǎng zhǎo yī gě rén de chā cuò
Then to find a person's mistake.
那 (nā) that/those/then (in that case)/commonly pr. [nei4] before a
要 (yāo) to demand/to request/to coerce/important/vital/to want/to
想 (xiǎng) to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss
找 (zhǎo) to try to find/to look for/to call on sb/to find/to seek/to
一个人 (yī gě rén) by oneself (without assistance)/alone (without company)
一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
个 (gě) individual/this/that/size/classifier for people or objects
人 (rén) man/person/people/CL:個|个[ge4]位[wei4]
的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
差错 (chā cuò) mistake/slip-up/fault/error (in data transmission)/accident
差 (chā) difference/discrepancy/to differ/error/to err/to make a
错 (cuò) mistake/wrong/bad/interlocking/complex/to grind/to polish
总可以找到理由，
zǒng kě yǐ zhǎo dào lǐ yóu
It is always possible to find reasons that
总 (zǒng) always/to assemble/gather/total/overall/head/chief/general
可以 (kě yǐ) can/may/possible/able to/not bad/pretty good
可 (kě) can/may/able to/to approve/to permit/to suit/(particle used
以 (yǐ) abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]/to use/by means of
找到 (zhǎo dào) to find
找 (zhǎo) to try to find/to look for/to call on sb/to find/to seek/to
到 (dào) to (a place)/until (a time)/up to/to go/to arrive/(verb
理由 (lǐ yóu) reason/grounds/justification/CL:個|个[ge4]
理 (lǐ) texture/grain (of wood)/inner essence/intrinsic order
由 (yóu) to follow/from/it is for...to/reason/cause/because of/due
但它带来的却是人心惶惶。
dàn tā dài lái de què shì rén xīn huáng huáng
But what it brings is trepidation.
但 (dàn) but/yet/however/only/merely/still
它 (tā) it
带来 (dài lái) to bring/to bring about/to produce
带 (dài) band/belt/girdle/ribbon/tire/area/zone/region/CL:條|条[tiao2]
来 (lái) to come/to arrive/to come round/ever since/next
的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
却是 (què shì) nevertheless/actually/the fact is ...
却 (què) but/yet/however/while/to go back/to decline/to retreat
是 (shì) is/are/am/yes/to be
人心 (rén xīn) popular feeling/the will of the people
人 (rén) man/person/people/CL:個|个[ge4]位[wei4]
心 (xīn) heart/mind/intention/center/core/CL:顆|颗[ke1]個|个[ge4]
惶惶 (huáng huáng) alarmed/anxious
惶 (huáng) frightened
惶 (huáng) frightened
小故事大道理全集。
The full collection of small stories and big ideas.
小故事大道理全集。
xiǎo gù shì dà dào lǐ quán jí
The full collection of small stories and big ideas.
小 (xiǎo) small/tiny/few/young
故事 (gù shì) old practice/CL:個|个[ge4]/narrative/story/tale
故 (gù) happening/instance/reason/cause/intentional/former/old
事 (shì) matter/thing/item/work/affair
大道理 (dà dào lǐ) major principle/general truth/sermon (reproof)/bombastic
大 (dà) big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/older (than)/oldest
道 (dào) road/path/CL:條|条[tiao2]股[gu3]/principle/truth/morality
理 (lǐ) texture/grain (of wood)/inner essence/intrinsic order
全集 (quán jí) omnibus/complete works (of a writer or artist)
全 (quán) all/whole/entire/every/complete
集 (jí) to gather/to collect/collected works/classifier for