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English → Chinese Honey Floors and Inherited Silence Level 5/10

She went inside and washed the dishes and came back and sat in her chair at the porch table.

她走进屋里洗了碗,然后回来坐在门廊桌旁她自己的椅子上。

The garden was full of the sounds of night insects.

花园里充满了夜虫的声音。

The mango tree was a dark shape against a sky that still held the last pale memory of the sun.

芒果树是天空映衬下的一个黑色轮廓,天空中还留着太阳最后一抹苍白的记忆。

Nipa slept.

妮帕睡着了。

Khao slept beside her.

考睡在她身旁。

The gate stood at the end of the path, iron and black, its latch at rest.

铁门立在小路尽头,黑色的铁,门闩静静地合着。

Malee sat with them until the air cooled, and did not go inside, and did not feel the need to.

玛丽坐在他们身旁,直到空气变凉,她没有进屋,也没有觉得需要进去。

This was the thing about evenings like this one — they asked nothing of you.

这样的夜晚就是这样——它们对你什么都不要求。

They only asked that you remain, and she had always found that easy.

它们只要求你留下来,而她一直觉得这很容易。

Remaining was what she knew how to do.

留下来是她所懂得的事。

She poured the last of the water from the jug and drank it slowly and watched her daughter sleep, and the white dog sleeping beside her, and the gate at the end of the garden path.

她将水壶里最后的水倒出来,慢慢地喝着,看着女儿熟睡,看着白狗睡在她身旁,看着花园小路尽头的铁门。

The night settled around all of them like something patient and familiar.

夜色笼罩着他们所有人,如同某种耐心而熟悉的存在。

Vocabulary

tā — Third person singular feminine pronoun: she, her
走进
zǒu jìn — To walk into, enter a place on foot
屋里
wū lǐ — Inside the room or house
洗了
xǐ le — Washed (something); completed the act of washing
wǎn — Bowl; a round dish for food or liquid
然后
rán hòu — Then, after that; indicates sequence of actions
回来
huí lái — To come back, return to a place
坐在
zuò zài — To be sitting at or in a location
门廊
mén láng — Porch, veranda; covered entrance area of a building
桌旁
zhuō páng — Beside the table, next to a table
自己的
zì jǐ de — One's own; belonging to oneself
椅子
yǐ zi — Chair; a seat with a back for one person
shàng — On top of, above; positional particle indicating surface
花园
huā yuán — Garden; an outdoor area for growing plants or flowers
lǐ — Inside, within; locative particle indicating interior
充满
chōng mǎn — To be filled with, full of something
le — Particle indicating completed action or changed state
夜虫
yè chóng — Nocturnal insects; bugs that are active at night
de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification
声音
shēng yīn — Sound, voice; audible noise produced by something
芒果树
máng guǒ shù — Mango tree; tropical tree bearing mango fruit
shì — To be; linking verb indicating identity or existence
天空
tiān kōng — Sky; the expanse of atmosphere above the earth
映衬
yìng chèn — To set off against, contrast with as background
下的
xià de — Under, beneath; modifying particle after a location
一个
yī gè — One; numeral-measure word combination for one item
黑色
hēi sè — Black color; the darkest color, absence of light
轮廓
lún kuò — Outline, silhouette; the outer edge or contour of something
zhōng — In the middle of, among; within a context or space
hái — Still, yet; also indicates continuation of a state
留着
liú zhe — Retaining, keeping; holding onto something continuously
太阳
tài yáng — The sun; the star at the center of our solar system
最后
zuì hòu — Last, final; at the very end of a sequence
一抹
yī mǒ — A trace, a hint; a faint streak of something
苍白
cāng bái — Pale, pallid; lacking color or vitality
记忆
jì yì — Memory; the faculty or act of remembering things
睡着
shuì zháo — To fall asleep; to have entered the sleeping state
睡在
shuì zài — To sleep at or in a specific location
身旁
shēn páng — Beside someone, at one's side
铁门
tiě mén — Iron gate or metal door; a heavy gate made of iron
立在
lì zài — Standing at, positioned upright at a location
小路
xiǎo lù — Small path, narrow lane; a minor walkway or trail
尽头
jìn tóu — End, furthest point; the terminal point of something
tiě — Iron; a strong metallic element or material
门闩
mén shuān — Door bolt or latch; a bar used to fasten a door
静静
jìng jìng — Quietly, silently; in a still and undisturbed manner
de — Adverbial particle linking adjective or adverb to verb
合着
hé zhe — Closed, shut together; remaining in a closed position
他们
tā men — They, them; third person plural pronoun
直到
zhí dào — Until, up to; continuing all the way to a point
空气
kōng qì — Air; the mixture of gases surrounding the earth
变凉
biàn liáng — To become cool, to turn cooler in temperature
没有
méi yǒu — Did not, have not; negation of action or possession
进屋
jìn wū — To go inside the house or room
yě — Also, too; additive conjunction indicating similarity
觉得
jué de — To feel, to think; expressing a personal sense or opinion
需要
xū yào — To need, to require; expressing necessity or want
进去
jìn qù — To go in, to enter; directional complement meaning inward
这样
zhè yàng — Like this, this way; indicating a particular manner or state
夜晚
yè wǎn — Night, nighttime; the period of darkness after sunset
就是
jiù shì — Exactly is, precisely; used for emphasis or affirmation
它们
tā men — They, them; third person plural for non-human things
duì — Toward, regarding; preposition indicating direction of action
nǐ — You; second person singular pronoun
什么
shén me — What; interrogative pronoun asking about identity or nature
dōu — All, both, entirely; indicating totality or universality
bù — No, not; general negation particle before verbs
要求
yāo qiú — To demand, require; a request or requirement made of someone
zhǐ — Only, merely; limiting something to one option or degree
留下来
liú xià lái — To stay behind, remain; to linger in a place or state
ér — And yet, but; conjunction connecting contrasting clauses
一直
yī zhí — Continuously, always; without interruption over time
zhè — This; demonstrative pronoun pointing to something nearby
hěn — Very, quite; adverb of degree intensifying adjectives
容易
róng yì — Easy, simple; not requiring much effort or difficulty
suǒ — That which; nominalizing particle before verbs
懂得
dǒng de — To understand, to know; to comprehend something deeply
shì — Thing, matter, affair; a general term for an occurrence
jiāng — To take, with; preposition indicating handling of an object
水壶
shuǐ hú — Kettle or water jug; a container for holding water
shuǐ — Water; the clear liquid essential for life
倒出来
dào chū lái — To pour out; to empty liquid out from a container
慢慢
màn màn — Slowly, gradually; in an unhurried and leisurely manner
喝着
hē zhe — Drinking; in the continuous act of drinking something
看着
kàn zhe — Watching, looking at; in the act of observing something
女儿
nǚ ér — Daughter; one's female child
熟睡
shú shuì — To sleep soundly, deep sleep; fully asleep without disturbance
白狗
bái gǒu — White dog; a dog with white-colored fur
夜色
yè sè — Night scenery, darkness of night; the appearance of nighttime
笼罩着
lǒng zhào zhe — Enveloping, shrouding; covering over everything around
所有人
suǒ yǒu rén — Everyone, all people; every person present or involved
如同
rú tóng — Just like, as if; expressing similarity or comparison
某种
mǒu zhǒng — A certain kind, some type; referring to an unspecified sort
耐心
nài xīn — Patience; the ability to wait calmly without frustration
熟悉
shú xī — Familiar, well-acquainted; knowing something very well
存在
cún zài — Existence, to exist; the state of being present or real
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