[Level 5] 220: 大禹治水 – Dayu's Flood Control – 3/5

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daai6 daai6 jyu5 jyu5
zoeng2 zoeng2 daai6 daai6
zi1 zi1 hau6 hau6
wong4 wong4 dai3 dai3
zau6 zau6
ming6 ming6 ling6 ling6
keoi5 keoi5
gai3 gai3 sing4 sing4
keoi5 keoi5
baa4 baa4 baa1 baa1
mei6 mei6
jyun4 jyun4 sing4 sing4
ge3 ge3
jam6 jam6 mou6 mou6
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When Dayu grew up, the emperor commanded that he should inherit his father's unfinished mission.
         

jyu1 jyu1 si6 si6
keoi5 keoi5
haa6 haa6 ding6 ding6 kyut3 kyut3 sam1 sam1
jat1 jat1 ding6 ding6
jiu3 jiu3
ping4 ping4 sik1 sik1
nei1 nei1
coeng4 coeng4
ciu1 ciu1 kap1 kap1
daai6 daai6
hung4 hung4 seoi2 seoi2
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So he was determined that he was going to quell this extremely large flood!
         

daai6 daai6 jyu5 jyu5
sau2 sau2 sin1 sin1
heoi3 heoi3
diu6 diu6 caa4 caa4
hung4 hung4 seoi2 seoi2
hai6 hai6 me1 me1
jat1 jat1
wui4 wui4
si6 si6
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Dayu first went to investigate what sort of thing this flood was.
         

keoi5 keoi5
paa4 paa4
soeng6 soeng6
jat1 jat1
zo6 zo6
jau6 jau6
jat1 jat1
zo6 zo6
gou1 gou1 saan1 saan1
si6 si6 caat3 caat3
hung4 hung4 seoi2 seoi2
jau5 jau5
gei2 gei2
ging6 ging6
tung4 tung4 maai4 maai4
keoi5 keoi5
hai6 hai6
dim2 dim2 joeng2 joeng2
lau4 lau4 dung6 dung6
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He climbed mountain after mountain to see how strong the flood was and how it flowed.
         

paa4 paa4
zo2 zo2
mou4 mou4 sou3 sou3
gam3 gam3
do1 do1
zo6 zo6
gou1 gou1 saan1 saan1
hau6 hau6
daai6 daai6 jyu5 jyu5
zung1 zung1 jyu1 jyu1
zi1 zi1 dou3 dou3
jiu3 jiu3
dim2 dim2 joeng2 joeng2
ping4 ping4 sik1 sik1
nei1 nei1
coeng4 coeng4
hung4 hung4 seoi2 seoi2
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After climbing countless high mountains, Dayu finally knew how to quell the flood —
         

keoi5 keoi5
baa4 baa4 baa1 baa1
hai6 hai6
kaau3 kaau3
hei2 hei2
wai4 wai4 coeng4 coeng4
heoi3 heoi3
fong4 fong4 zi2 zi2
hung4 hung4 seoi2 seoi2
maan6 maan6 jin4 jin4
daan6 daan6
sat1 sat1 baai6 baai6
zo2 zo2
so2 so2 ji5 ji5
daai6 daai6 jyu5 jyu5
kyut3 kyut3 ding6 ding6
jung6 jung6
so1 so1 dou6 dou6
ge3 ge3
fong1 fong1 faat3 faat3
heoi3 heoi3
ping4 ping4 sik1 sik1
hung4 hung4 seoi2 seoi2
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his father had built walls to prevent the flood from spreading, but since that failed, Dayu decided to use diversion to quell the flood.
         


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