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TRINitY COIL llBRAR.Y M.OOR.E COLLECTION RELATING TO THE EAST FA~ CLASS NO.- BOOK NO.- VOLU ME----:-:~ ACCESSION NO. 1000 CHINESE FOUNDATION CHARACTERS BY Y. C. JAMES YEN and DANIEL C. FU ROMANIZATION, TRANSLATION and VOCABULARY BY WILLIAM C. WffiTE BOOK 2 (250 Characters) School of Chinese Studies University of Toronto 100 Queen's Park 1944 380.5 LESSON 1 _t ~ t£ · ~X ~~ ~'Jl _:=: *t . a9 ~ ,fff.t ~ ~ Jl ;t 1€ 9 -"f 11m *~t _t tit ~ $ $ ~lft_ J" ' FJg _t ~ I ifg]{f~!¥~1t#J ' a 1/f 1$ '· ~ ~ '""iif • -r~ ia: ~ ~ )it San yiieh shih-hou,jih nuan feng ho. Shu-shang-ti yeh-tzu,ho ti-shang-ti hua-ts'ao,hung-hung lti-lti,yi-ch'ang k'o-ai. Yu ko hsiao hsueh-sheng,tso tsai shu-hsia wen-k' o. K' ou-chung nien-sbu-ti sheng-yin,ho shu-shang-ti niao-sheng hsiang-ying. In the time of the third month,the sun is warm and the breeze is ba.lr.ny. The leaves on the trees,and the flowers and grass on the earth,are in reds and greens, and are unusually attractive. There was a small pupil, who sat under a tree reviewing his lessons. The sounds from his mouth as he read his books,and the sounds of the birds in the trees,were in mutual harmony. 1 VOCA13ULARY 1 ~Hou• ~ to review, '' to . wait, tl.Ille warm 157/9 ...:4=- 3 YEH~ K'OU t::1 ~ leaf mouth,ho1e 621/140 256/30 ~ LTI 4 Yilf 1 ~~~ green sound 6a29/ 180 325/~20 4 ~ YI(i) NIAOa ~ strange, \~bird unusual 222/102 361/196 1 ~~ A!.4 ~ YING ~~ ~ to love anewer,ought; echo 2/61 632/61 2 SHIH time,hour, period 450/72 2 VOCABULARY 2 ! f LA02 3 * TWG to toil, to wait; class; trouble pluraJ. sign 288/19 507/118- T'mm 2 4 ~ ~ NEI co:p:per, inside brass 582/167 358/ll .h SRm 2 SKEaiG 4 ~ stone holy, e acred 452/112 447/128 . ~ 1 3 !Ji CHIN ~& TIEN metal, dot;to nod; ~ gold o'clock 74/167 521/203 2 ~ • YIN' T•ou silver head,chief 630/167 535/181 T'U a ± ·earth; local 570/32 3 LESSON 2 Yu yi t'ien,lao-kung-hui k'ai-hui,tao ti jen,t'ung-kung,shih-kung,ohin-yin kung,t'u-mu-kung teng tou yu. Nei-ohung yu ko nien-lao-ti yen-shuo, t' a-ti ta-yi shih"Lao-kung shen-sheng" szu tzu. Ta-ohia t'ing-liao,tou tien t' ou shuo "Shih". One dq,a labour union opened a meeting, and the persons who came,were copper smiths,stone-masons,gold and silver smiths,builders,etoetera. In the midst there was an elderly person who gave an address, and his main subject was the four charaoters"Lao-kung shen sheng" ,that is "The sacrednese of labour". The group as they listened,all nodded their heads and said "It is so". 4 LESSO.N 3 & ' ~~*-* {£ ~ /ffK4t!J~4frl m :f.{£ ~JK • ~~ 7(1t ~ t§ 11£ tit • lt~ • ~.!JL* iKm A. fO /ff ~ 1J:. 1ft ' ~ ~$ t19* 1M ~ ~ ' Shih-wu-tien ahung,yu yu,yu yen,yu chiu, yu ko-ya.ng-ti shih-wu. Ts'ung-tsao tao wan,ch'ii mai tung-hsi ti jen,pu chih yu to-she.o. Tien-yu-men,wa..ng-wang lien ch'ih-fan,tou mei-yu kung-tu. In a grocery anop,there were oil and salt and wine,and all kinds of eatables. From morning until night,it could not be known how many persons there were • who went to buy things. The staff of the Shop,frequently even in the matter of eating their food,had no leisure whatever. 5 VOCABULARY 3 2 ~ SHIH '~ to eat;food; evening; eolipse late 452/184 593/72 wu4 ~ 'J7/ thing; friend matter 609/93 639/29 4 TIEN ~At LIEN 2 ~ sho:p,inn to connect, also;even 521/53 306/162 ~ ~ :MEI(mu)2,4 itb ~ oil not,none, has not 636/85 332/85 -l YEN2 FU 1,2 .7\,. salt husband,man; :particle 623/197 139/37 3 YANGc ;'"t1j CHIU ~1 wine ,-~ sort ,mazmer, model,style 84/164 616/75 6 VOCABULARY 4 a;) CHIEN 4 LIU2 ;:1'l... to see, keep; 18\Y' up; observe detain 61/147 314/102 4 i6: CHIN near, as,like,if draw nea.r 75/162 23l/38 1 TBEN' 1~' how,wby, a machine, or what its power 550/61 31/75 3 2 HSIANG SUI to think, to ·follow, meditate accord with 168/61 476/170 2 ~ KA04 MOU ~ Q scheme,plot; to announce, to plan tell; accuse 349/149 244/30 2 CHm ..!}J:. 1J: official a: :fession, post trade; estate 67/128 621/75 7