Microstories 微故事 0010：Hold 抱着
抱着
你把我抱在怀中，像苏武抱着朋友情急中送来的礼物一样，仿佛你知道自己必须把我留在身后。
Word List
抱 bào hold, hold in the arms, hug, embrace, carry in the arms
怀 huái bosom, chest
抱在怀中 bào zài huáizhōng hold in one’s arms
苏武 Sū Wǔ Western Han envoy to the Xiōngnú 匈奴, detained and allowed to be given gifts before being exiled in 100 BCE for loyalty
情 qíng feeling, emotion, situation
急 jí urgent, hurried, anxious
情急 qíngjí in urgency, in a pressing situation
仿佛 fǎngfú as if, as though
留 liú leave, keep
身后 shēnhòu behind, at one’s back
留在身后 liú zài shēnhòu leave behind
Hold
You hold me in your arms like Su Wu held his friends’ urgent gifts, as if you know you will have to leave me behind.
Notes
“即时收系武，使故人赐武，武独南乡号哭，呕血，抱持须臾，复徙北海上无人处。”
“Jíshí shōu xì Wǔ, shǐ gùrén cì Wǔ, Wǔ dú nán xiàng háokū, ǒuxuè, bào chí xūyú, fù xǐ Běihǎi shàng wú rén chù.”
“Immediately they [Xiōngnú 匈奴 authorities, acting under the Xiōngnú chányú 单于, the supreme ruler of the Xiōngnú, a rival power to the Han] arrested and bound [Su] Wu; [they] caused his former acquaintances to bestow [gifts] on Wu. Wu alone faced south and wailed loudly, vomited blood, held [the gifts] in his arms for a moment, and was again moved to the uninhabited region north of the Northern Sea.”
- From “Biography of Su Wu” 《苏武传》, Book of Han 《汉书》, by the Eastern Han historian 班固 Bān Gù (32–92 CE), courtesy name Mèng Jiān 孟坚, a native of Anling, Fufeng (present-day east of Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province). Source: Baidu
Microstories 微故事 are short works written at the intermediate level in two versions, one in Simplified Chinese characters and one in English. Microstories 微故事 are written by Anne 安妮 Giles and edited by 侯慧颖 Hóu Huìyǐng “Mary.”
Some words are repeated in the stories in hopes of offering language learners the 3 to 17 exposures that may be needed to learn a new word.
Microstories 微故事 may serve as short reading and discussion texts for busy adult language learners of Simplified Chinese Characters and/or English.
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