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A Delicious Looking Sunrise 一幅看上去絕妙無比的日出

March 20, 2020 by Laura Blodgett

Here is the photo spoken of at the end of the story

一幅看上去絕妙無比的日出

Here is some vocabulary it may be helpful to get more familiar with. It is recorded at the beginning of the podcast.

近日ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖˋjin rìrecently, in the past few days
早晨ㄗㄠˇ ㄔㄣˊzǎo chénearly morning
跟平常一樣ㄍㄣ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄧˊ ㄧㄤˋgēn píng cháng yí yàngthe same as usual
餵ㄨㄟˋwèito feed
乾草ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇgān cǎohay
嘶嘶叫ㄙ ㄙ ㄐㄧㄠˋsī sī jiàoto whinny, to neigh
咩咩叫ㄇㄧㄝ ㄇㄧㄝ ㄐㄧㄠˋmiē miē jiàoto bleat
期待ㄑㄧ ㄉㄞˋqī dàito expect, to hope
問候ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄡˋwèn hòugreeting
丟ㄉㄧㄡdiūto throw
電動ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋdiàn dòngelectric
圍欄ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄢˊwéi lánfence
天際線ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋtiān jì xiànskyline, horizon
吸引ㄒㄧ ㄧㄣˇxī yǐnto attract
眼光ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄤyǎn guānggaze, vision
西邊ㄒㄧ ㄅㄧㄢxī biānwestern
地平線ㄉㄧˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋdì píng xiànhorizon
優雅ㄧㄡ ㄧㄚˇyōu yǎdelicate, graceful
似ㄙˋsìsimilar
草莓ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄟˇcǎo měistrawberry
粉紅色ㄈㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄙㄜˋfěn hóng sèpink
月亮ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋyuè liàngmoon
淡色ㄉㄢˋ ㄙㄜˋdàn sèpale
蛋白石ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄕˊdàn bái shíopal
掛ㄍㄨㄚˋguàto hang
混合ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄜˊhùn héto mix, to blend
葉子ㄧㄝˋ ㄗ˙yè zi.leaf
樹枝ㄕㄨˋ ㄓshù zhībranch
影像ㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋyǐng xiàngsilhouette, image
手指ㄕㄡˇ ㄓˇshǒu zhǐfinger
試著ㄕˋ ㄓㄜˇshì zhěto try to
捉ㄓㄨㄛzhuōto grab, to capture, to catch
這一切ㄓㄜˋ ㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄝˋzhè yí qièall this
完美ㄨㄢˊ ㄇㄟˇwán měiperfect, perfection
寧靜ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋníng jìngtranquil
安詳ㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˊān xiángserene
似乎ㄙˋ ㄏㄨsì hūto seem
取出ㄑㄩˇ ㄔㄨqǔ chūto get out
手機ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧshǒu jīmobile phone
存留ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊcún liúto capture
美景ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇměi jǐngbeautiful scenery
照片ㄓㄠˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋzhào piànphotograph
提醒ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄥˇtí xǐngreminder

About the title of this post:

In Chinese, the word directly translated from the English delicious has the verb for to eat in it, so it does not work as well for talking about something the same way delicious in English does.

So, instead she chose 絕妙無比. Here is the translation for that:

絕妙 ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ exquisite

無比 ㄨˊ ㄅㄧˇ incomparable

近日的一個早晨, 我跟平常一樣出去給我的山羊和馬餵乾草。

(近日)(的)(一個)(早晨),

(ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄖˋ)(ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄧ ㄍㄜ˙)(ㄗㄠˇ ㄔㄣˊ)

(jìn rì)(de.)(yī ge.)(zǎo chén)

(recently)(adjective marker)(one + MW)(early morning)

…..(我)(跟)(平常)(一樣)(出去)

…..(ㄨㄛˇ)(ㄍㄣ)(ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄤˊ)(ㄧˊ ㄧㄤˋ)(ㄔㄨ ㄑㄩˋ)

…..(wǒ)(gēn)(píng cháng)(yí yàng)(chū qù)

…..(I)(with)(usual)(the same)(to go out)

……….(給)(我的)(山羊)(和)(馬)(餵)(乾草)❶

……….(ㄍㄟˇ)(ㄨㄛˇㄉㄜ˙)(ㄓㄢ ㄧㄤˇ)(ㄏㄢˋ)(ㄇㄚˇ)(ㄨㄟˋ)(ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇ)

……….(gěi)(wǒ de.)(shān yǎng)(hàn)(mǎ)(wèi)(gān cǎo)

………..(to give)(my)(goats)(and)(horse)(to feed)(hay)

One recent morning, I went out to give hay to my goats and horse, as usual.

我的馬嘶嘶叫, 我的山羊咩咩叫, 是牠們期待我的問候。

(我的)(馬)(嘶嘶)(叫),

(ㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄇㄚˇ)(ㄙ ㄙ)(ㄐㄧㄠˋ)

(wǒ de.)(mǎ)(sī sī)(jiào)

(my)(horse)(to whinny)(to call)

…..(我的)(山羊)(咩咩)(叫),

…..(ㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄕㄢㄧㄤˇ)(ㄇㄧㄝ ㄇㄧㄝ)(ㄐㄧㄠˋ)

…..(wǒ de.)(shān yǎng)(miē miē)(jiào)

…..(my)(goats)(to bleat)(to call)

……….(是)(牠們)(期待)(我)(的)(問候)

……….(ㄕˋ)(ㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙)(ㄑㄧ ㄉㄞˋ)(ㄨㄛˇ)(ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄡˋ)

……….(shì)(tā men.)(qī dài)(wǒ)(de.)(wèn hòu)

……….(to be, is)(them)(to expect, to hope)(me)(adjective marker)(greeting)

My horse nickered and my goats bleated their hopeful greetings to me.

就在我丟乾草過電動圍欄時,天際線那邊吸引了我的眼光。

(就)(在)(我)(丟)(乾草)(過)❷

(ㄐㄧㄡˋ)(ㄗㄞˋ)(ㄨㄛˇ)(ㄉㄧㄡ)(ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇ)(ㄍㄨㄛˋ)

(jiù)(zài)(wǒ)(diū)(gān cǎo)(guò)

(just, exactly)(at)(I)(to throw)(hay)(past, over)

…..(電動)(圍欄)(時),(天際線)❸(那邊)

…..(ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ)(ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄢˊ)(ㄕˊ), (ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ)(ㄋㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄢ)

…..(diàn dòng)(wéi lán)(shí), (tiān jì xiàn)(nà biān)

…..(electric)(fence)(when), (horizon, skyline)(that side)

……….(吸引)(了)(我的)(眼光)

……….(ㄒㄧ ㄧㄣˇ)(ㄌㄜ˙)(ㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄤ)

……….(xī yǐn)(le.)(wǒ de.)(yǎn guāng)

……….(to capture, to attract)(emphasize completion)(my)(gaze, vision)

As I threw the hay over the electric fence, the skyline caught my eye.

在西邊的地平線上是一片優雅的似草莓粉紅色。

(在)(西邊)(的)(地平線)❸(上)(是)

(ㄗㄞˋ)(ㄒㄧ ㄅㄧㄢ)(ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄉㄧˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ)(ㄕㄤˋ)(ㄕˋ)

(zài)(xī biān)(de.)(dì píng xiàn)(shàng)(shì)

(at)(west side)(adjective marker)(horizon, skyline)(on)(is, to be)

…..(一片)(優雅)(的)(似)(草莓)❶(粉紅)(色)

…..(ㄧˊ ㄆㄧㄢˋ)(ㄧㄡ ㄧㄚˇ)(ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄙˋ)(ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄟˇ)(ㄈㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ)(ㄙㄜˋ)

…..(yí piàn)(yōu yǎ)(de.)(sì)(cǎo měi)(fěn hóng)(sè)

…..(a sheet)(delicate, graceful)(adjective marker)(to seem)(strawberry)(pink)(color)

The western horizon was a delicate strawberry pink.

月亮像一大塊淡色的蛋白石就掛在那片粉紅和一般天空的藍混合之處。

(月亮)(像)(一)(大)(塊)(淡色)(的)

(ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ)(ㄒㄧㄤˋ)(ㄧˊ)(ㄉㄚˋ)(ㄎㄨㄞˋ)(ㄉㄢˋ ㄙㄜˋ)(ㄉㄜ˙)

(yuè liàng)(xiàng)(yí)(dà)(kuài)(dàn sè)(de.)

(moon)(resemble, be like)(one)(big)(piece)(pale)(adjective marker)

…..(蛋白石)❹(就)(掛)(在)(那)(篇)(粉紅)(和)

…..(ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄕˊ)(ㄐㄧㄡˋ)(ㄍㄨㄚˋ)(ㄗㄞˋ)(ㄋㄚˋ)(ㄆㄧㄢˋ)(ㄈㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ)(ㄏㄢˋ)

…..(dàn bái shí)(jiù)(guà)(zài)(nà)(piàn)(fěn hóng)(hàn)

…..(opal)(just, exactly)(to hang)(at)(that)(sheet)(pink)(and)

……….(一般)(天空)(的)(藍)(混合)(之)(處)

……….(ㄧˋ ㄅㄢ)(ㄊㄧㄢ ㄎㄨㄥ)(ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄌㄢˊ)(ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄏㄜˊ)(ㄓ)(ㄔㄨˋ)

……….(yì bān)(tiān kōng)(de.)(lán)(hùn hé)(zhī)(chù)

……….(ordinary)(sky)(adjective marker)(blue)(to mix, to blend)(adjective, possessive marker)(place, location)

The moon hung like a large pale opal just where the pink blended with the usual blue.

沒有葉子的樹枝之影像好像手指似地試著去捉月亮。

(沒)(有)(葉子)(的)(樹枝)(之)(影像)

(ㄇㄟˊ)(ㄧㄡˇ)(ㄧㄝˋ ㄗ˙)(ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄕㄨˋ ㄓ)(ㄓ)(ㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ)

(méi)(yǒu)(yè zi.)(de.)(shù zhī)(zhī)(yǐng xiàng)

(not)(to have)(leaf)(adjective marker)(branch)(adjective/possessive marker)(silhoulette, image)

…..(好像)(手指)(似)(地)(試著)(去捉)(月亮)❺

…..(ㄏㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ)(ㄕㄡˇ ㄓˇ)(ㄙˋ)(ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄕˋ ㄓㄜˇ)(ㄑㄩˋ ㄓㄨㄛ)(ㄩㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ)

…..(hǎo xiàng)(shǒu zhǐ)(sì)(de.)(shì zhě)(qù zhuō)(yuè liàng)

…..(as if)(finger)(to seem)(-ly)(to try to)(to go to catch)(moon)

The silhouettes of leafless tree branches looked like fingers trying to catch the moon.

這一切是完美的寧靜安詳。

(這一切)(是)(完美)(的)(寧靜)❻(安詳)

(ㄓㄜˋ ㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄝˋ)(ㄕˋ)(ㄨㄢˊ ㄇㄟˇ)(ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ)(ㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˊ)

(zhè yí qiè)(shì)(wán měi)(de.)(níng jìng)(ān xiáng)

(all this)(is, to be)(perfect)(adjective marker)(tranquil)(serene)

All this was perfectly quiet and serene.

我的馬和山羊似乎沒有注意到。

(我的)(馬)(和)(山羊)(似乎)

(ㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄇㄚˇ)(ㄏㄢˋ)(ㄕㄢ ㄧㄤˇ)(ㄙˋ ㄏㄨ)

(wǒ de.)(mǎ)(hàn)(shān yǎng)(sì hū)

(my)(horse)(and)(goats)(to seem)

…..(沒)(有)(注意)(到)

…..(ㄇㄟˊ)(ㄧㄡˇ)(ㄓㄨˋ ㄧˋ)(ㄉㄠˋ)

…..(méi)(yǒu)(zhù yì)(dào)

…..(not)(to have)(to pay attention to)(denotes completion of previous action)

My horse and goats did not seem to notice.

牠們就只是高興我為牠們帶來了早餐。

(牠們)(就)(只是)(高興)(我)

(ㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙)(ㄐㄧㄡˋ)(ㄓˇ ㄕˋ)(ㄍㄠ ㄒㄧㄥˋ)(ㄨㄛˇ)

(tā men.)(jiù)(zhǐ shì)(gāo xìng)(wǒ)

(they)(just)(merely, simply)(happy, glad)(I)

…..(為)(牠們)(帶來)(了)(早餐)

…..(ㄨㄟˊ)(ㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙)(ㄉㄞ ˋ ㄌㄞˊ)(ㄌㄜ˙)(ㄗㄠˇ ㄘㄢ)

…..(wéi)(tā men.)(dài lái)(le.)(zǎo cān)

…..(as, to serve)(them)(to bring here)(emphasizes completion)(breakfast)

They were just happy that I had brought them breakfast.

我取出我的手機來存留這一切的美景在一張照片裡。

(我)(取出)(我的)(手機)

(ㄨㄛˇ)(ㄑㄩˇ ㄔㄨ)(ㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧ)

(wǒ)(qǔ chū)(wǒ de.)(shǒu jī)

(I)(to get out)(my)(mobile phone, cell phone)

…..(來)(存留)(這一切)(的)

…..(ㄌㄞˊ)(ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ)(ㄓㄜˋ ㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄝˋ)(ㄉㄜ˙)

…..(lái)(cún liú)(zhè yí qiè)(de.)

…..(for)(to capture)(all of this)(adjective marker)

……….(美景)(在)(一張)(照片)(裡)

……….(ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇ)(ㄗㄞˋ)(ㄧˋ ㄓㄤ)(ㄓㄠˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋ)(ㄌㄧˇ)

……….(měi jǐng)(zài)(yì zhāng)(zhào piàn)(lǐ)

……….(beautiful scenery)(at)(one + MW)(photograph)(in)

I pulled out my phone to capture the beauty of it all in a photograph.

這片景象給我們一個提醒在生命中美好的事物!

(這片)(景象)(給)(我們)(一個)(提醒)

(ㄓㄜˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋ)(ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ)(ㄍㄟˇ)(ㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄣ˙)(ㄧ ㄍㄜ˙)(ㄊㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄥˇ)

(zhè piàn)(jǐng xiàng)(gěi)(wǒ men.)(yī ge.)(tí xǐng)

(this + MW)(scene)(to give)(us)(reminder)

…..(在)(生命)(中)(美好)(的)(事物)❼

…..(ㄗㄞˋ)(ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˋ)(ㄓㄨㄥ)(ㄇㄟˇ ㄏㄠˇ)(ㄉㄜ˙)(ㄕˋ ㄨˋ)

…..(zài)(shēng mìng)(zhōng)(měi hǎo)(de.)(shì wù)

…..(at)(life)(middle)(beautiful)(adjective marker)(things)

This scene is a reminder of what is good in life!


Notes:

❶ If you look up the characters for 乾草, you will find that they literally mean dry grass or dry herbs. AND 草 is also in 草莓, which means grass berries, presumably because they grow low on the ground among the grass as wild berries.

❷ This is the very common 過 that is used after verbs to say the specified action has occurred or is past. Or in 不過, which means however, such as in “and don’t pass over this thought.”

❸ Notice there are two Chinese words used for horizon. They both have the Chinese character 線 , which commonly means thread or line.

❹ This Chinese word for opal uses 3 very common characters, that from my perspective make an opal not seem very appealing!

❺ My tutor says that in everyday conversation this sentence would probably be broken up into 2 parts. However, since I used the English word silhouette, it made it more poetic to translate.

❻ You could put the Chinese word for and here (和), but these words are often said together without it.

❼ 事物 combines the concepts of events/matters with things/objects to encompass a lot for this kind of statement.

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