1000 Chinese foundation characters. Book 2 (250 characters) [PDF]

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TRINitY COIL llBRAR.Y M.OOR.E COLLECTION RELATING TO THE



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ACCESSION NO.



1000 CHINESE FOUNDATION CHARACTERS



BY Y. C. JAMES YEN and DANIEL C. FU



ROMANIZATION, TRANSLATION and



VOCABULARY BY WILLIAM C. WffiTE BOOK 2 (250 Characters)



School of Chinese Studies University of Toronto 100 Queen's Park 1944



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San yiieh shih-hou,jih nuan feng ho. Shu-shang-ti yeh-tzu,ho ti-shang-ti hua-ts'ao,hung-hung lti-lti,yi-ch'ang k'o-ai. Yu ko hsiao hsueh-sheng,tso tsai shu-hsia wen-k' o. K' ou-chung nien-sbu-ti sheng-yin,ho shu-shang-ti niao-sheng hsiang-ying. In the time of the third month,the sun is warm and the breeze is ba.lr.ny. The leaves on the trees,and the flowers and grass on the earth,are in reds and greens, and are unusually attractive. There was a small pupil, who sat under a tree reviewing his lessons. The sounds from his mouth as he read his books,and the sounds of the birds in the trees,were in mutual harmony. 1



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Yu yi t'ien,lao-kung-hui k'ai-hui,taoti jen,t'ung-kung,shih-kung,ohin-yinkung,t'u-mu-kung teng tou yu. Nei-ohung yu ko nien-lao-ti yen-shuo, t' a-ti ta-yi shih"Lao-kung shen-sheng" szu tzu. Ta-ohia t'ing-liao,tou tient' ou shuo "Shih". One dq,a labour union opened a meeting, and the persons who came,were coppersmiths,stone-masons,gold and silver smiths,builders,etoetera. In the midst there was an elderly person who gave an address, and his main subject was the four charaoters"Lao-kung shensheng" ,that is "The sacrednese of labour". The group as they listened,all nodded their heads and said "It is so". 4



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Ch'un-p'ing hao-yu: Pu chien yu wu liu yiieh liao,ni chin-lai



tsen-yang? Wc tsai chia-li k'ua.i yac yinien,hsia.ng tao wai-mien mou ko chih-yeh. Ch'ing ni wei wo liu-yi,ju yu chi-hui, wang sui-ehih ka.o wo. Wen ni p'ing-an? Chung-lin San-yiieh szu-jih Good friend Ch'un-p'ing: I have not seen you for five or six months,-how have you been of late? It will eoon be a year that l have been at home,a.nd am now thinking of going outside to seek for an official post. If you please,will you give some thought on my account, and if there should be an opportunity,! hope you will accordingly let me know. I trust you are well? Chung-lin. The 3rd.month,the 4th.d9\Y 8



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In a weaving factory, a few hundreds of persons could be accommodated for work. Each morning the women go forth to work, and in the evening only mS\V they return home,all desperately tired. It would s.eem. that thi:s kind of woman, compared with those men who do not work and yet eat,must have a personality of much finer quality! 9



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