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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
- 她
- 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
- 碗
- 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
- 上
- shàng — On top of, above; positional particle indicating surface
- 花园
- huā yuán — Garden; an outdoor area for growing plants or flowers
- 里
- lǐ — Inside, within; locative particle indicating interior
- 充满
- chōng mǎn — To be filled with, full of something
- 了
- le — Particle indicating completed action or changed state
- 夜虫
- yè chóng — Nocturnal insects; bugs that are active at night
- 的
- 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
- 是
- 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
- 中
- zhōng — In the middle of, among; within a context or space
- 还
- 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
- 铁
- 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
- 地
- 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
- 也
- 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
- 对
- duì — Toward, regarding; preposition indicating direction of action
- 你
- nǐ — You; second person singular pronoun
- 什么
- shén me — What; interrogative pronoun asking about identity or nature
- 都
- dōu — All, both, entirely; indicating totality or universality
- 不
- bù — No, not; general negation particle before verbs
- 要求
- yāo qiú — To demand, require; a request or requirement made of someone
- 只
- 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
- 而
- ér — And yet, but; conjunction connecting contrasting clauses
- 一直
- yī zhí — Continuously, always; without interruption over time
- 这
- zhè — This; demonstrative pronoun pointing to something nearby
- 很
- hěn — Very, quite; adverb of degree intensifying adjectives
- 容易
- róng yì — Easy, simple; not requiring much effort or difficulty
- 所
- suǒ — That which; nominalizing particle before verbs
- 懂得
- dǒng de — To understand, to know; to comprehend something deeply
- 事
- shì — Thing, matter, affair; a general term for an occurrence
- 将
- jiāng — To take, with; preposition indicating handling of an object
- 水壶
- shuǐ hú — Kettle or water jug; a container for holding water
- 水
- 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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