[Level 5] 214:  🈶  曹沖稱象 – Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant – 5/6

• Overview
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• ↪ [Lvl 5] 214:  🈶  曹沖稱象 – Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant – 6/6
• 🈶 alternate version in Standard Written Chinese

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this time have (measure) kid walk out it turns out is Cao Chong

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At this time, a child ran out, turning out to be Cao Chong.

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he say need to weigh (measure) elephant have how heavy very simple (particle) let I tell to you (plural) to know how to do (particle)

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He said: "Measuring an elephant's weight is so simple, let me tell you all how to do it.

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first of all prepare one (measure) wood ship put (measure) elephant go on elephant so heavy water level surely very deep

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First, prepare a wooden boat and put the elephant onto it. Since the elephant is so heavy, its level on the water must be very deep down.

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find (measure) water level after again send people at ship above engrave one (measure) mark

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After finding the water level, send someone to carve a marking of it on the boat."

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this time many minister all, also still not yet understand Cao Chong want how they ask then after how to do (particle)

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At this time, many ministers still had not understood what Cao Chong wanted to do. They asked, "Then, what would we do after that?"

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• 🈶 alternate version in Standard Written Chinese
• ↪ [Lvl 5] 214:  🈶  曹沖稱象 – Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant – 6/6
• ↩ [Lvl 5] 214:  🈶  曹沖稱象 – Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant – 4/6
• Overview

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• written by Philip Wong
• illustrated by Wendy Yu
• published by HamBaangLaang (© HamBaangLaang, 2022)
• Series: Hambaanglaang Graded Readers 冚唪唥粵文讀本 (Level 5)
• Source: Hambaanglaang:《曹沖稱象》Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant
• Presentation: Dennis Amelunxen, chinvocab.com