kavanin Posted June 20, 2012 at 09:21 PM Report Posted June 20, 2012 at 09:21 PM 从前， 有个孩子， 父母都死了， 跟着哥哥嫂子过日子。哥哥嫂子待他很不好， 叫他吃剩饭， 穿破衣服。白天叫他去放牛， 夜里叫他跟牛睡在一起。哥哥嫂子看见他连理也不理， 那头老牛对他倒很亲热， 总是用温和的眼睛看着他。两边一比较， 他还是愿意跟牛在一起。 Would you please explain the colored parts? Quote
L-F-J Posted June 21, 2012 at 03:59 AM Report Posted June 21, 2012 at 03:59 AM 跟着哥哥嫂子过日子 means to live "with" his elder brother and sister-in-law. It literally means to follow them to do something, in this case 过日子. 连理也不理 means they "didn't even acknowledge him". 连 means "even" and 理 means to "acknowledge". 不理 means to "ignore". They didn't even pay attention to him. The grammar structure here is "连。。。也不". For example, "even I don't know" would be 连我也不知道. 两边一比较 means "upon comparing the two sides". In this case, 一 means "once". 2 Quote
kavanin Posted June 21, 2012 at 06:43 AM Author Report Posted June 21, 2012 at 06:43 AM Perfectly clear! Thank you. Quote
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