The Adventures of Pinocchio — Page 4
To my mind this Marionette is alive; but if, by any evil chance, he were not, then that would be a sure sign that he is wholly dead!"
Theo tôi, con Rối này vẫn còn sống; nhưng nếu, chẳng may mà không phải vậy, thì đó sẽ là dấu hiệu chắc chắn rằng nó đã chết hoàn toàn!"
"And do you hold any opinion?" the Fairy asked the Talking Cricket.
"Còn anh thì có ý kiến gì không?" Cô Tiên hỏi Dế Biết Nói.
"I say that a wise doctor, when he does not know what he is talking about, should know enough to keep his mouth shut. However, that Marionette is not a stranger to me. I have known him a long time!"
"Tôi cho rằng một vị bác sĩ khôn ngoan, khi không biết mình đang nói gì, thì nên đủ khôn để ngậm miệng lại. Tuy nhiên, con Rối đó không phải người xa lạ với tôi. Tôi đã biết nó từ lâu rồi!"
Pinocchio, who until then had been very quiet, shuddered so hard that the bed shook.
Pinocchio, kẻ cho đến lúc đó vẫn rất im lặng, run rẩy mạnh đến mức cái giường cũng rung lên.
"That Marionette," continued the Talking Cricket, "is a rascal of the worst kind."
"Con Rối đó," Dế Biết Nói tiếp tục, "là một tên nghịch ngợm thuộc loại tệ nhất."
Pinocchio opened his eyes and closed them again.
Pinocchio mở mắt ra rồi lại nhắm mắt lại.
"He is rude, lazy, a runaway."
"Nó thô lỗ, lười biếng, hay bỏ trốn."
Pinocchio hid his face under the sheets.
Pinocchio giấu mặt mình xuống dưới tấm chăn.
"That Marionette is a disobedient son who is breaking his father's heart!"
"Con Rối đó là một đứa con bất hiếu đang làm tan nát trái tim người cha!"
Long shuddering sobs were heard, cries, and deep sighs. Think how surprised everyone was when, on raising the sheets, they discovered Pinocchio half melted in tears!
Những tiếng nức nở run rẩy kéo dài vang lên, cùng với tiếng khóc và những tiếng thở dài sâu thẳm. Hãy thử nghĩ xem mọi người ngạc nhiên đến mức nào khi, vén tấm chăn lên, họ phát hiện Pinocchio gần như tan chảy trong nước mắt!
"When the dead weep, they are beginning to recover," said the Crow solemnly.
"Khi người chết khóc, họ đang bắt đầu hồi phục," con Quạ nói một cách trịnh trọng.
"I am sorry to contradict my famous friend and colleague," said the Owl, "but as far as I'm concerned, I think that when the dead weep, it means they do not want to die.
"Tôi rất tiếc khi phải phản bác người bạn và đồng nghiệp nổi tiếng của mình," con Cú nói, "nhưng theo tôi, tôi nghĩ rằng khi người chết khóc, điều đó có nghĩa là họ không muốn chết.
Vocabulary
- Theo
- According to; following a person or idea
- tôi
- I, me (first person singular pronoun)
- con
- Child; also classifier for animals
- Rối
- Tangled, confused, or disordered
- này
- This; used to indicate something nearby
- vẫn
- Still; continuing a previous state
- còn
- Still; remaining; yet to happen
- sống
- To live; to be alive
- nhưng
- But; however; used for contrast
- nếu
- If; used to introduce a condition
- chẳng
- Not; negative adverb with emphasis
- may
- Lucky; fortunate; by chance
- mà
- But; yet; emphatic conjunction or particle
- không
- No, not; negation word
- phải
- Must; correct; to be right
- vậy
- So, thus; in that case
- thì
- Then; marks the result in a conditional
- đó
- That; there; indicating something distant
- sẽ
- Will; future tense marker
- là
- To be; links subject and predicate
- dấu
- Mark, sign, trace; a distinguishing symbol
- hiệu
- Signal, sign; brand or indication
- chắc
- Sure, certain; firm or confident
- chắn
- To block, bar; used in certainty phrase
- rằng
- That; introduces a reported speech clause
- nó
- It; he or she (informal third person)
- đã
- Already; past tense marker
- chết
- To die; dead
- hoàn
- Complete; whole; used in compound words
- toàn
- Entire, total; fully, completely
- Còn
- And what about; still; remaining
- anh
- Older brother; you (male address term)
- có
- To have; there is/are
- ý
- Idea, meaning, intention
- kiến
- Opinion, view; used in ý kiến (opinion)
- gì
- What; anything; used in questions
- Cô
- Miss; aunt; young woman address term
- Tiên
- Fairy; celestial being; a proper name
- hỏi
- To ask a question
- Dế
- Cricket (insect); a proper name element
- Biết
- To know; to be aware of something
- Nói
- To speak, to say, to talk
- Tôi
- I, me (first person singular pronoun)
- cho
- To give; to allow; for (beneficiary)
- một
- One; a/an (indefinite article equivalent)
- vị
- Classifier for respected persons; taste
- bác
- Uncle/aunt (older); respectful address term
- sĩ
- Scholar, professional; used in compounds
- khôn
- Wise, clever, smart
- ngoan
- Well-behaved, obedient, good (of person)
- khi
- When; at the time that
- biết
- To know; to be aware of
- mình
- Oneself; I/me (intimate first person)
- đang
- Currently; present tense marker
- nói
- To speak, to say
- nên
- Should; so; therefore
- đủ
- Enough, sufficient
- để
- To put; in order to; so that
- ngậm
- To hold in mouth; to keep silent
- miệng
- Mouth
- lại
- Again; back; additionally
- Tuy
- Although; even though; despite
- nhiên
- However; nevertheless (with tuy nhiên)
- người
- Person, people; human being
- xa
- Far, distant
- lạ
- Strange, unfamiliar, foreign
- với
- With; together with
- từ
- From; since; word (vocabulary item)
- lâu
- Long time; for a long while
- rồi
- Already; then; afterward
- kẻ
- Person (often negative); fellow, individual
- đến
- To come, to arrive; until
- lúc
- Time, moment; at the time of
- rất
- Very, extremely; intensifier adverb
- im
- Silent, quiet
- lặng
- Silent, still, calm
- run
- To tremble, to shake
- rẩy
- To shake, tremble (used in run rẩy)
- mạnh
- Strong, powerful, vigorous
- mức
- Level, degree, extent
- cái
- Classifier for objects; thing
- giường
- Bed (furniture for sleeping)
- cũng
- Also, too, as well
- rung
- To shake, vibrate, tremble
- lên
- Up; to go up; upward direction
- Con
- Child; classifier for animals (address)
- tiếp
- To continue; to receive; next
- tục
- To continue; custom; vulgar (in compounds)
- tên
- Name; fellow (pejorative reference)
- nghịch
- Naughty, mischievous; to play around
- ngợm
- Creature, rascal (used in nghịch ngợm)
- thuộc
- To belong to; to know by heart
- loại
- Type, kind, category
- tệ
- Bad, terrible, poor quality
- nhất
- Most; superlative marker
- mở
- To open
- mắt
- Eye(s)
- ra
- Out; outward; to come out
- nhắm
- To close eyes; to aim at
- Nó
- It; he/she (informal); third person pronoun
- thô
- Rough, coarse, rude
- lỗ
- Rude, impolite (in thô lỗ); hole
- lười
- Lazy, idle
- biếng
- Lazy, sluggish (used in lười biếng)
- hay
- Or; often; interesting, good
- bỏ
- To abandon, to leave, to quit
- trốn
- To hide, to run away, to escape
- giấu
- To hide something; to conceal
- mặt
- Face; surface
- xuống
- Down, downward; to go down
- dưới
- Under, below, beneath
- tấm
- Classifier for flat objects like blankets
- chăn
- Blanket, bed cover
- đứa
- Classifier for children or young people
- bất
- Un-, in- (negative prefix in compounds)
- hiếu
- Filial piety; dutiful to parents
- làm
- To do, to make, to work
- tan
- To dissolve, melt; to shatter
- nát
- Broken, smashed, crushed
- trái
- Heart; fruit; left side
- tim
- Heart (organ); heart emotionally
- cha
- Father, dad
- Những
- Plural marker for nouns
- tiếng
- Sound, voice; language; classifier for sounds
- nức
- Sobbing (in nức nở); overwhelming scent
- nở
- To bloom; to sob (in nức nở)
- kéo
- To pull, to drag; scissors
- dài
- Long (in length or duration)
- vang
- To resound, echo, ring out
- cùng
- Together; also; same
- khóc
- To cry, to weep
- và
- And; connecting conjunction
- những
- Plural marker for nouns
- thở
- To breathe
- sâu
- Deep; profound
- thẳm
- Very deep, profound, remote
- Hãy
- Please; imperative mood marker
- thử
- To try, to attempt
- nghĩ
- To think, to consider
- xem
- To see, to look; let's see
- mọi
- Every, all
- ngạc
- Surprised (used in ngạc nhiên, surprised)
- nào
- Which; any; interrogative pronoun
- vén
- To lift, to pull aside (curtain/cover)
- họ
- They, them; family name
- phát
- To discover; to emit; to issue
- hiện
- To appear; present; to discover
- gần
- Near, close
- như
- Like, as; such as
- chảy
- To flow, to run (liquid)
- trong
- In, inside; clear, transparent
- nước
- Water; country, nation
- Khi
- When; at the time
- bắt
- To catch, to begin (bắt đầu)
- đầu
- Head; beginning; to start
- hồi
- To recover; period of time; chapter
- phục
- To recover; to restore (in hồi phục)
- Quạ
- Crow (black bird)
- cách
- Way, method; distance; manner
- trịnh
- Solemn, formal (in trịnh trọng)
- trọng
- Important; solemn; to respect
- tiếc
- To regret, to feel sorry
- phản
- To betray; against; counter-
- bạn
- Friend; you (peer address)
- đồng
- Same; colleague; Vietnamese currency
- nghiệp
- Profession, career; karma
- nổi
- Famous; to float; to rise up
- của
- Of; belonging to; possessive marker
- Cú
- Owl (bird); a blow or hit
- theo
- According to; to follow
- điều
- Thing, matter; clause; point
- nghĩa
- Meaning; righteousness; loyalty
- muốn
- To want, to desire
Unlock audio playback, vocabulary games, and reading progress tracking.
Create free account →