买火柴的大叔。最没想到的事:小时候想过当科学家,长大了相当ceo,可惜都不行,笨到只能学写童话!最大的梦想:等哪天老的离开了这个世界,希望孩子们能在我的墓碑上写上这样一句话:一半是安徒生,一半是丘比特的老人。

买火柴的大叔。
The uncle who bought matches.

   买火柴的大叔。
   mǎi huǒ chái de dà shū
   The uncle who bought matches.

      买 (mǎi) to buy/to purchase
      火柴 (huǒ chái) match (for lighting fire)/CL:根[gen1]盒[he2]
         火 (huǒ) fire/urgent/ammunition/fiery or flaming/internal heat
         柴 (chái) firewood/lean (of meat)/thin (of a person)
      的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
      大叔 (dà shū) eldest of father's younger brothers/uncle (term used to
         大 (dà) big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/older (than)/oldest
         叔 (shū) uncle/father's younger brother/husband's younger brother


最没想到的事:小时候想过当科学家,长大了相当ceo,可惜都不行,笨到只能学写童话!最大的梦想:等哪天老的离开了这个世界,希望孩子们能在我的墓碑上写上这样一句话:一半是安徒生,一半是丘比特的老人。
The most unexpected thing: when I was a child, I wanted to be a scientist, grew up to be quite ceo, but unfortunately they can not, stupid to learn to write fairy tales! Biggest dream: wait for the day the old left the world, I hope the children can write on my tombstone such a phrase: half of Andersen, half of the old man Cupid.

   最没想到的事:
   zuì méi xiǎng dào de shì
   Most unexpected thing.

      最 (zuì) most/the most/-est (superlative suffix)
      没想到 (méi xiǎng dào) didn't expect
         没 (méi) (negative prefix for verbs)/have not/not/drowned/to end/to
         想 (xiǎng) to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss
         到 (dào) to (a place)/until (a time)/up to/to go/to arrive/(verb
      的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
      事 (shì) matter/thing/item/work/affair

   小时候想过当科学家,
   xiǎo shí hòu xiǎng guō dāng kē xué jiā
   As a child, I wanted to be a scientist.

      小时候 (xiǎo shí hòu) in one's childhood
         小 (xiǎo) small/tiny/few/young
         时 (shí) o'clock/time/when/hour/season/period
         候 (hòu) to wait/to inquire after/to watch/season/climate/(old)
      想 (xiǎng) to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss
      过当 (guō dāng) excessive
         过 (guō) to cross/to go over/to pass (time)/to celebrate (a holiday)
         当 (dāng) (onom.) dong/ding dong (bell)/to be/to act as/manage
      科学家 (kē xué jiā) scientist/CL:個|个[ge4]
         科 (kē) branch of study/administrative section/division/field
         学 (xué) to learn/to study/to imitate/science/-ology
         家 (jiā) home/family/(polite) my (sister uncle etc)/classifier for

   长大了相当ceo,
   cháng dà le xiāng dāng ??? ??? ???
   Growing up quite ceo.

      长大 (cháng dà) to grow up
         长 (cháng) length/long/forever/always/constantly/chief/head/elder/to
         大 (dà) big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/older (than)/oldest
      了 (le) (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)/(completed
      相当 (xiāng dāng) equivalent to/appropriate/considerably/to a certain extent
         相 (xiāng) each other/one another/mutually/fret on the neck of a pipa
         当 (dāng) (onom.) dong/ding dong (bell)/to be/to act as/manage
      ceo --not found--
      eo --not found--
      o --not found--

   可惜都不行,
   kě xī dōu bù háng
   Unfortunately, none of them work.

      可惜 (kě xī) it is a pity/what a pity/unfortunately
         可 (kě) can/may/able to/to approve/to permit/to suit/(particle used
         惜 (xī) to cherish/to begrudge/to pity/Taiwan pr. [xi2]
      都 (dōu) all/both/entirely/(used for emphasis) even/already/(not) at
      不行 (bù háng) won't do/be out of the question/be no good/not work/not be
         不 (bù) (negative prefix)/not/no
         行 (háng) row/line/commercial firm/line of business/profession/to

   笨到只能学写童话!
   bèn dào zhī néng xué xiě tóng huà
   Stupid enough to learn to write fairy tales!

      笨 (bèn) stupid/foolish/silly/slow-witted/clumsy
      到 (dào) to (a place)/until (a time)/up to/to go/to arrive/(verb
      只能 (zhī néng) can only/obliged to do sth/to have no other choice
         只 (zhī) only/merely/just/but
         能 (néng) can/to be able to/might possibly/ability/(physics) energy
      学 (xué) to learn/to study/to imitate/science/-ology
      写 (xiě) to write
      童话 (tóng huà) children's fairy tales
         童 (tóng) child
         话 (huà) dialect/language/spoken words/speech/talk/words

   最大的梦想:
   zuì dà de mèng xiǎng
   Biggest dream.

      最 (zuì) most/the most/-est (superlative suffix)
      大 (dà) big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/older (than)/oldest
      的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
      梦想 (mèng xiǎng) (fig.) to dream of/dream
         梦 (mèng) dream/CL:場|场[chang2]個|个[ge4]/(bound form) to dream
         想 (xiǎng) to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss

   等哪天老的离开了这个世界,
   děng nǎ tiān lǎo de lí kāi le zhè gě shì jiè
   Waiting for the day when the old left the world.

      等 (děng) class/rank/grade/equal to/same as/to wait for/to await/et
      哪 (nǎ) how/which/(particle equivalent to 啊 after noun ending in
      天 (tiān) day/sky/heaven
      老的离开了这个世界 --not found--
      的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
      离开 (lí kāi) to depart/to leave
         离 (lí) mythical beast (archaic)
         开 (kāi) to open/to start/to turn on/to boil/to write out (a
      了 (le) (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)/(completed
      这个 (zhè gě) this/this one
         这 (zhè) this/these/(commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier esp.
         个 (gě) individual/this/that/size/classifier for people or objects
      世界 (shì jiè) world/CL:個|个[ge4]
         世 (shì) life/age/generation/era/world/lifetime/epoch/descendant
         界 (jiè) boundary/scope/extent/circles/group/kingdom (taxonomy)

   希望孩子们能在我的墓碑上写上这样一句话:
   xī wàng hái zǐ mén néng zài wǒ de mù bēi shǎng xiě shǎng zhè yàng yī gōu huà
   I hope the children will write on my tombstone the words.

      希望 (xī wàng) to wish for/to desire/hope/CL:個|个[ge4]
         希 (xī) null
         望 (wàng) full moon/to hope/to expect/to visit/to gaze (into the
      孩子们 (hái zǐ mén) children
         孩 (hái) child
         子 (zǐ) son/child/seed/egg/small thing/1st earthly branch: 11
         们 (mén) plural marker for pronouns and nouns referring to
      能 (néng) can/to be able to/might possibly/ability/(physics) energy
      在 (zài) (located) at/(to be) in/to exist/in the middle of doing sth
      我 (wǒ) I/me/my
      的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
      墓碑 (mù bēi) gravestone/tombstone
         墓 (mù) grave/tomb/mausoleum
         碑 (bēi) a monument/an upright stone tablet/stele
      上 (shǎng) see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]/on top/upon/above/upper/previous
      写 (xiě) to write
      上 (shǎng) see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]/on top/upon/above/upper/previous
      这样 (zhè yàng) this kind of/so/this way/like this/such
         这 (zhè) this/these/(commonly pr. [zhei4] before a classifier esp.
         样 (yàng) manner/pattern/way/appearance/shape/classifier: kind type
      一句话 (yī gōu huà) in a word/in short
         一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
         句 (gōu) sentence/clause/phrase/classifier for phrases or lines of
         话 (huà) dialect/language/spoken words/speech/talk/words

   一半是安徒生,
   yī bàn shì ān tú shēng
   Half of them are Andersen.

      一半 (yī bàn) half
         一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
         半 (bàn) half/semi-/incomplete/(after a number) and a half
      是 (shì) is/are/am/yes/to be
      安徒生 (ān tú shēng) Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
         安 (ān) content/calm/still/quiet/safe/secure/in good health/to find
         徒 (tú) disciple/apprentice/believer/on foot/bare or empty/to no
         生 (shēng) to be born/to give birth/life/to grow/raw/uncooked/student

   一半是丘比特的老人。
   yī bàn shì qiū bǐ tè de lǎo rén
   One half is Cupid's old man.

      一半 (yī bàn) half
         一 (yī) one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all
         半 (bàn) half/semi-/incomplete/(after a number) and a half
      是 (shì) is/are/am/yes/to be
      丘比特 (qiū bǐ tè) Cupid son of Venus and Mars Roman god of love and beauty
         丘 (qiū) mound/hillock/grave/classifier for fields
         比 (bǐ) Belgium/Belgian/abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]/(particle
         特 (tè) special/unique/distinguished/especially/unusual/very/abbr.
      的 (de) of/~'s (possessive particle)/(used after an attribute)
      老人 (lǎo rén) old man or woman/the elderly/one's aged parents or
         老 (lǎo) null
         人 (rén) man/person/people/CL:個|个[ge4]位[wei4]