Bow and Arrow 弓箭
弓箭 🏹️ Gōngjiàn
Complementing Each Other（相辅相成）(Xiāng fǔ xiāng chéng)
# 1:
In the past, a man bragged about his bow: “There is no bow better than mine. It doesn’t need any arrow!”
从前，有个人自夸他的弓，说:“我的弓嘛，没有比这更好的了，好得不需要用什么箭的!”
Cóngqián, yǒu gèrén zìkuā tā de gōng, shuō: “Wǒ de gōng ma, méiyǒu bǐ zhè gèng hǎo dele, hǎo dé bù xūyào yòng shénme jiàn de!”
# 2.
Another man bragged about his arrow:”There is no arrow better than mine. It doesn’t need any bow!”
也有人在自夸他的箭，说:“我的箭，没有比这更好的了，好得用不着什么弓了!”
Yěyǒu rén zài zìkuā tā de jiàn, shuō:“Wǒ de jiàn, méiyǒu bǐ zhè gèng hǎo dele, hǎo dé yòng bùzháo shénme gōngle!”
# 3.
At that time, a man good at archery happened to pass by and heard their dialogue. He said:
这时候，恰好有一个会射箭的人从他们身边走过，听到他们的这段对话，就说:
Zhè shíhòu, qiàhǎo yǒu yīgè huì shèjiàn de rén cóng tāmen shēnbiān zǒuguò, tīng dào tāmen de zhè duàn duìhuà, jiù shuō:
# 4.
”You are both wrong. One cannot shoot an arrow without a bow; and without an arrow, how can one hit the target?”
“你们两人的话都不对。没有弓，发不出箭; 没有箭，怎么能射中目标呢?”
“Nǐmen liǎng rén dehuà dōu bùduì. Méiyǒu gōng, fǎ bù chū jiàn; méiyǒu jiàn, zěnme néng shè zhòng mùbiāo ne?”
#5.
Thereupon, the man good at archery asked them to take out their bow and arrow. Then he showed them how to shoot at the target with a bow and an arrow.
说完后，会射箭的人还叫他们把弓和箭都拿出来，射箭给他们看。
Shuō wán hòu, huì shèjiàn de rén hái jiào tāmen bǎ gōng hé jiàn dōu ná chūlái, shèjiàn gěi tāmen kàn.
#6.
Now they understood: A bow won’t do without an arrow; nor an arrow without a bow. They complement each other.
他们这才明白:弓不能离开箭，箭也离不开弓，两者相辅相成。
Tāmen zhè cái míngbái: Gōng bùnéng líkāi jiàn, jiàn yě lì bù kāi gōng, liǎng zhě xiāngfǔxiāngchéng.
Paragraph # 1:
从前. cóngqián. in the past. 有个人. yǒu gèrén. there was a man.
自夸. zìkuā. boast. 弓. gōng. bow.
说. shuō. said. 没有. méiyǒu. does not have.
好. hǎo. good. 不需要. bù xūyào. no need of.
用. yòng. use. 什么. shénme. what.
箭. jiàn. arrow.
Paragraph # 2:
也有. yěyǒu. another. 用不着. yòng bùzháo. no need for.
Paragraph # 3:
这时候. zhè shíhòu. at this time. 会射箭. huì shèjiàn. capable of shooting an arrow.
走过. zǒuguò. walk past. 听. tīng. listen.
对话. duìhuà. conversation.
Paragraph # 4:
不对. bùduì. not correct. 两人. liǎng rén. two people.
发不出. fǎ bù chū. cannot shoot. 目标. mùbiāo. target.
Paragraph # 5:
说完后. shuō wán hòu. after speaking. 会射箭. huì shèjiàn. ability to shoot an arrow.
叫. jiào. ask. 给他们看. gěi tāmen kàn. let them see.
Paragraph # 6:
明白. míngbái. understand. 不能. bùnéng. cannot.
离开. líkāi. separated from. 相辅相成. xiāngfǔxiāngchéng. complementing.
Source: http://www.xuelaxuela.com/html/2015/08-07/7412.html.
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