If you float a one yen coin on water and move a magnet slowly towards it then the coin will approach the magnet.
Mandarin
Alice 不知道书本放了在哪里,于是便去问母亲。
Alice 不知道書本放了在哪裏,於是便去問母親。
alice bù zhī dào shū běn fàng le zài nǎ lǐ , yú shì biàn qù wèn mǔ qīn 。
Alice, not knowing where to find the book, asked her mother where it was.
Mandarin
他觉得她说的很有道理,于是接受了她的建议。
他覺得她説的很有道理,於是接受了她的建議。
tā jué de tā shuō de hěn yǒu dào li , yú shì jiē shòu le tā de jiàn yì 。
He thought she spoke reasonably, so he accepted her suggestion.
Mandarin
「你鼻子怎么了?」「我刚才倒车的时候,想探头出窗看清楚后面有没有人。我以为车窗是开著的,谁知原来是关上了,于是就一头撞到车窗上了。」
「你鼻子怎麼了?」「我剛才倒車的時候,想探頭出窗看清楚後面有沒有人。我以為車窗是開著的,誰知原來是關上了,於是就一頭撞到車窗上了。」
「 nǐ bí zi zěn me le ?」「 wǒ gāng cái dǎo chē de shí hou , xiǎng tàn tóu chū chuāng kàn qīng chǔ hòu miàn yǒu méi yǒu rén 。 wǒ yǐ wéi chē chuāng shì kāi zhù de , shéi zhī yuán lái shì guān shàng le , yú shì jiù yī tóu zhuàng dào chē chuāng shàng le 。」
"What happened to your nose?" "When I was backing my car up I went to check behind me, convinced that the car window was open, and bashed my face into it!"
"What happened to your nose?" "When I was backing my car up I went to check behind me, convinced that the car window was open, and bashed my face into it!"
Since there were not many customers today, Ming, the youngest in the restaurant, went out to the street junction to scout around for customers.
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Cantonese
于是都决定唔理得咁多架啦,死就死啦。
於是都決定唔理得咁多架啦,死就死啦。
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
于是,他用眼角的余光扫视了一下四周,发现旁边太监也纷纷向他使眼色,便顾左右而言他,用“人自然是怕鬼”的话敷衍了事。
於是,他用眼角的餘光掃視了一下四周,發現旁邊太監也紛紛向他使眼色,便顧左右而言他,用“人自然是怕鬼”的話敷衍了事。
yú shì , tā yòng yǎn jiǎo de yú guāng sǎo shì le yī xià sì zhōu , fā xiàn páng biān tài jiān yě fēn fēn xiàng tā shǐ yǎn sè , biàn gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā , yòng “ rén zì rán shì pà guǐ ” de huà fū yǎn liǎo shì .
Thus, he scanned the surroundings with his peripheral vision and discovered that the eunuch beside him kept winking at him, so he tried to dodge the question and ended the discussion perfunctorily by saying, "People are naturally afraid of ghosts."
Even if the Sages and Worthies lived during this period, they would also be unable to establish themselves within the Realm, invested lords would instead do this. How can the system of the Sages' own design bring about this problem? I emphatically say, 'It was not designed by the Sages, but merely by circumstance.'
他愈是找着了热心的,愈是给得多;于是慈爱的范围愈推广,永久的善也由此增加。
他愈是找着了熱心的,愈是給得多;於是慈愛的範圍愈推廣,永久的善也由此增加。
tā yù shì zhǎo zháo le rè xīn de , yù shì gěi dé duō ; yú shì cí ài de fàn wéi yù tuī guǎng , yǒng jiǔ de shàn yě yóu cǐ zēng jiā .
So much it gives itself as it finds ardour, So that as far as charity extends, O'er it increases the eternal valour.
Mandarin
于是他们俩进了房间,底下的事就点点点了!
於是他們倆進了房間,底下的事就點點點了!
yú shì tā men liǎ jìn le fáng jiān , dǐ xià de shì jiù diǎn diǎn diǎn le !
So they went into a room, and the next thing that happened was ...