《孟母三迁》是一则流传两千多年的经典中国故事，最早出自西汉刘向所著的《列女传·母仪传》。

小孟子的妈妈呀，特别用心地想把他培养成有学问的人。一开始他们家住在山坡边，小孟子整天学着大人哭哭啼啼的样子；妈妈想了想——搬家！第二次他们搬到了集市旁边，小孟子又学着大人吆喝卖东西。妈妈摇摇头——再搬！这一次，他们搬到了学堂旁边，小孟子终于开始模仿小朋友们摇头晃脑地读书。妈妈一连搬了三次家，到底是为了什么呀？

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"Mencius's Mother Moves Three Times" (孟母三迁, mèng mǔ sān qiān) is a classic Chinese tale from *Biographies of Exemplary Women* (《列女传·母仪传》), compiled by Liu Xiang of the Western Han dynasty, over 2,000 years old.

Little Mencius's mother had her heart set on raising her son into a man of learning. At first they lived on the edge of a hillside, where little Mencius spent his days copying the grown-ups he saw weeping nearby. His mother thought hard and — pack up, we're moving! Next they settled by the bustling marketplace, and soon little Mencius was running around hollering "vegetables for sale!" just like the merchants. His mother shook her head and — pack up again! Their third home stood right beside a schoolhouse, where at last little Mencius began rocking back and forth, sing-song reading along with the other children. Why did his mother go to the trouble of moving three whole times?

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《囊萤映雪》其实是两个小故事合在一起讲的：车胤"囊萤"出自唐代房玄龄等编撰的《晋书·车胤传》，孙康"映雪"出自南朝传下来的《孙氏世录》。两个故事都流传了一千多年。

夏天的晚上，小车胤蹲在院子里发愁——家里穷得点不起灯，怎么读书呢？突然，他看见草丛里一闪一闪的，是萤火虫！他赶紧抓了好多只装在白白的纱袋里，亮晶晶的，居然真的能照亮书页！冬天里，另一个爱读书的小孩孙康打开门一看，外面雪白茫茫的，亮得睁不开眼睛……他一拍脑袋，跑到院子里就借着雪光读起书来。一点点的小亮光，能让人读完多少本书呢？

用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 3-8 岁的小朋友听经典成语和寓言故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！

"A Bag of Fireflies, a Light from Snow" (囊萤映雪, náng yíng yìng xuě) is really two little stories told side by side. Che Yin's firefly tale comes from *Book of Jin: Biography of Che Yin* (《晋书·车胤传》), compiled by Fang Xuanling and others in the Tang dynasty (648 CE), while Sun Kang's snow-light story comes from the *Records of the Sun Family* (《孙氏世录》) handed down from the Southern Dynasties. Both have been told for over a thousand years.

One summer night, little Che Yin sat in the courtyard worrying — his family couldn't afford lamp oil, so how on earth would he ever read his books? Just then he spotted twinkling lights in the grass — fireflies! He gently caught a whole bunch and tucked them into a thin white silk pouch, and — would you believe it — the glow really did light up the page! And in the heart of winter, another book-loving boy named Sun Kang threw open his door to find the world buried in dazzling snow. He clapped a hand to his head, dashed out, and started reading right by the bright snowlight! Just how many books can a tiny bit of light help you read?

A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese idioms and fables to little ones ages 3-8 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

凿壁借光》（原作"凿壁偷光"）这则故事最早见于旧题汉代刘歆、一般认为由东晋葛洪整理的《西京杂记》，距今已经有近一千七百年。原文用的是"偷光"，这一集改成更温和的"借光"，意思是一样的。

很久以前，有一个特别爱读书的小男孩，叫匡衡。他家里穷到点不起油灯，每天太阳一落山，屋子里就黑漆漆的，可他多想多读一会儿书呀！有一天晚上，他突然发现墙角有一道细细的亮光——原来是隔壁邻居家的灯，从墙上一个小洞里偷偷透了过来。匡衡眼睛一亮，悄悄地拿起小工具开始凿啊凿……他到底想做什么呀？

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"Chiseling the Wall to Borrow Light" (凿壁借光, záo bì jiè guāng) — originally known as 凿壁偷光 ("stealing light") — first appears in *Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital* (《西京杂记》), traditionally attributed to Liu Xin of the Han but generally believed to have been compiled by Ge Hong of the Eastern Jin dynasty, close to 1,700 years ago. We've gently softened "stealing" to "borrowing" — the meaning stays the same.

Long ago, a little boy named Kuang Heng loved books more than anything in the world. But his family was so poor they couldn't afford lamp oil, and the moment the sun set, his whole house went pitch black. How he longed to keep reading! One evening, he noticed a thin sliver of light in the corner of the wall — his neighbors had lit a lamp, and a tiny crack let a beam through. Kuang Heng's eyes lit up, and he quietly picked up a little tool and began chipping away... what on earth was he up to?

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《望梅止渴》最早见于南朝宋刘义庆所著的《世说新语·假谲》，记的是东汉末年曹操行军时的一件趣事，距今已经有近一千六百年。

那一天，太阳火辣辣地晒着，将军曹操带着一大队士兵赶路，走得又累又渴，水壶里一滴水都没了。眼看大家一个个走不动了，曹操灵机一动，骑在马上指着前方大声说："加把劲！前面有一大片梅子林，又酸又甜呢！"士兵们一听见"梅子"，嘴里就开始流口水了——咦，喉咙好像没那么干了！光是想象一颗梅子，真的能有这么大的本事吗？

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"Quenching Thirst by Gazing at Plums" (望梅止渴, wàng méi zhǐ kě) is recorded in *A New Account of the Tales of the World* (《世说新语·假谲》) by Liu Yiqing of the Liu Song dynasty, telling of an event from the campaigns of the late Eastern Han general Cao Cao — a story close to 1,600 years old.

The sun beat down, the road stretched on, and General Cao Cao's exhausted soldiers were dying of thirst — every water flask was bone dry. Just as the troops slumped down by the roadside, Cao Cao had a flash of inspiration. He pointed his whip toward the horizon and called out: "Push on! Just past those hills is a whole grove of plum trees — sweet, tart, and bursting with juice!" At the very word "plums," every soldier's mouth filled with water — and suddenly their throats didn't feel quite so dry! Could simply imagining a single plum really do all that?

A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese idioms and fables to little ones ages 3-8 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

"画饼充饥"这个成语最早见于西晋陈寿所著的《三国志·魏书·卢毓传》，距今已经有近一千八百年。原文里魏明帝曹叡用"画地作饼，不可啖也"提醒大臣选官不要光看名声；这一集把这句话改编成了一个小狗的小故事，意思一样，听起来更亲切。

森林里有一只小狗叫小黄，肚子饿得"咕噜噜"响。它在小路上跑来跑去找东西吃，突然眼睛一亮——前面地上画着一张又大又圆、金黄金黄的饼！小黄飞快地扑过去，张嘴一咬，"啪"地一下——咬到的不是饼，是硬邦邦的地面！原来呀，那是村子里的小朋友刚才用粉笔画着玩的呀。光想着饼，肚子真的会变饱吗？

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"Painting a Cake to Ease Hunger" (画饼充饥, huà bǐng chōng jī) first appears in *Records of the Three Kingdoms: Biography of Lu Yu* (《三国志·魏书·卢毓传》) by Chen Shou of the Western Jin dynasty, written close to 1,800 years ago. The original phrase came from Emperor Ming of Wei (Cao Rui), who warned that picking officials by reputation alone is "like a cake drawn on the ground — you can't eat it." This episode reshapes that lesson into a little tale for small listeners.

In the forest, a hungry puppy named Little Yellow ran every which way looking for food, his belly rumbling. Suddenly — his eyes lit up! On the path ahead was a great big golden cake, round and beautiful! He bounded over and chomped down — CLACK! That wasn't a cake at all... it was bare hard ground! Some village children had drawn it there with chalk. Can simply *thinking* about food really fill an empty belly?

A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese idioms and fables to little ones ages 3-8 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

《塞翁失马》是一则流传两千多年的经典中国故事，最早出自西汉淮南王刘安编撰的《淮南子·人间训》。

边塞的小村子里，一位老爷爷家的大白马有一天忽然跑掉了。邻居都来安慰他，他却笑着说："丢了马，怎么知道一定是坏事呢？"过了几个月，大白马居然带着一匹漂亮的小马回来了！邻居又来道喜，他还是笑笑："多了一匹马，也不一定就是好事呀。"接着，他的儿子骑马摔伤了腿……一连串的好事和坏事，到底是怎么一回事呢？

用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 3-8 岁的小朋友听经典成语和寓言故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！

"The Frontier Old Man Loses His Horse" (塞翁失马, sài wēng shī mǎ) is a classic Chinese tale from the *Huainanzi* (《淮南子·人间训》), compiled by Liu An, Prince of Huainan in the Western Han dynasty around 139 BCE — over 2,100 years old.

In a small village near the frontier, an old man's beautiful white horse one day galloped away on its own. Neighbors came to comfort him, but he just smiled: "Who's to say a lost horse is a bad thing?" Months later — clop, clop, clop — the white horse came home, with a fine new horse beside it! The neighbors came to congratulate him, and he smiled again: "Who's to say an extra horse is a good thing?" Then his son fell off the new horse and hurt his leg... What in the world was going on with all this good news and bad news?

A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese idioms and fables to little ones ages 3-8 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!

《老马识途》是一则流传两千多年的经典中国故事，最早出自战国末期的《韩非子·说林上》。

齐桓公带领着大军北上打仗，春天出发的时候到处都是花花草草，等打完仗要回家的时候，已经是白茫茫的寒冷冬天。一眼望去全是雪，大军竟然迷路啦！又冷又饿的士兵们急得团团转。这时，聪明的大臣管仲想了想，提了一个奇特的主意——他说，把老马放到前面让它们自己走，它们一定能带我们回家。老马真的认得路吗？

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"The Old Horse Knows the Way" (老马识途, lǎo mǎ shí tú) is a classic Chinese tale from the *Han Feizi* (《韩非子·说林上》) of the late Warring States period, over 2,000 years old.

Duke Huan of Qi led a great army north to war. They set out in spring, with flowers blooming everywhere, but by the time the battle was over and they turned for home, it was deep winter. The world was white and unfamiliar — and the army got lost! As the soldiers panicked in the cold, the wise minister Guan Zhong had an unusual idea: let the old horses walk freely at the front of the line, and they would lead everyone home. Do old horses really know the way?

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《画龙点睛》出自唐代张彦远的《历代名画记》，讲的是南朝梁代著名画家张僧繇的故事，流传了一千多年。

张僧繇画画非常厉害，画什么就像什么。有一次，他在一座大寺庙的墙上画了四条又大又威风的龙，每一片鳞都亮亮的，只有一个地方——他故意没给它们画上眼睛！大家都很奇怪，问他为什么。他笑着说："点上眼睛，龙就会飞走啊！"大家哪里肯信？非要他点上试试。张僧繇拗不过，提起笔……"轰隆隆！"接下来发生了什么，让所有人都惊呆了。

用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 3-8 岁的小朋友听经典成语和寓言故事。适合睡前、车上和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！

"Dotting the Eyes of the Painted Dragon" (画龙点睛, huà lóng diǎn jīng) comes from *Lidai Minghua Ji* (《历代名画记》) by the Tang dynasty writer Zhang Yanyuan, recounting a tale of the Southern Dynasties painter Zhang Sengyao — a story over a thousand years old.

Zhang Sengyao was a painter so skilled that whatever he painted seemed to leap off the wall. On a temple wall, he once painted four magnificent dragons, their scales shining like gold. But there was one curious thing — he refused to paint their eyes! When asked why, he smiled: "Once I dot their eyes, the dragons will fly away!" No one believed him, of course, and everyone begged him to finish the job. Finally he lifted his brush... THUNDER! What happened next left everyone speechless.

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"班门弄斧"这个成语最早见于明代梅之焕的《题李白墓》，它的源头可以追溯到唐代柳宗元的文章。故事讲的是关于春秋战国时期最厉害的木匠——鲁班的故事。

鲁班是一位手艺好到惊人的木匠，大家都把他当做木匠的祖师爷。有一天，一个从外地来的年轻人，手里拿着一把斧头，一路走一路对大家吹牛："我是天底下手艺最好的木匠！"走着走着，他来到一座大门前，挥起斧头就开始炫耀起自己砍木头的本事。接下来发生了什么呢？

用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 3-8 岁的小朋友听经典成语和寓言故事。适合睡前、车上和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！

"Showing Off an Axe at Master Ban's Door" (班门弄斧, bān mén nòng fǔ) is a Chinese saying popularized in *Inscription on Li Bai's Tomb* (《题李白墓》) by the Ming dynasty scholar Mei Zhihuan, with roots reaching back to the Tang dynasty writings of Liu Zongyuan. It tells a timeless tale about Lu Ban, the legendary master carpenter of ancient China.

Lu Ban, from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States era, was such an extraordinary woodworker that carpenters ever since have honored him as their founding master. One day, a young man from out of town strolled down the road with his axe, bragging to everyone in earshot: "I'm the finest carpenter in the world!" Full of swagger. Can you guess what happened next?

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黔驴技穷》出自唐代大文学家柳宗元的《三戒·黔之驴》，距今已有一千二百多年。

黔州这个地方本来没有驴，有人从外地用船运来了一头，又觉得没什么用，就把它扔在山脚下不管了。山里的一只老虎第一次看到驴——哎呀这么高这么大的怪物！——吓得躲在树后远远观察。过了好几天，驴突然"嗯啊——"地大叫一声，把老虎又吓得撒腿就跑！可是老虎越靠越近，终于发现：原来这个大家伙会的本事，就只有那么小小的一点点。你猜那是什么本事？

用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 3-8 岁的小朋友听经典成语和寓言故事。适合睡前、车上和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！

"The Donkey of Guizhou Runs Out of Tricks" (黔驴技穷, qián lǘ jì qióng) is a classic Chinese fable from *Three Warnings: The Donkey of Qian* (《三戒·黔之驴》) by the great Tang dynasty writer Liu Zongyuan, more than 1,200 years old.

There were no donkeys in the Qian region — until someone shipped one in, found no use for it, and simply abandoned it at the foot of a mountain. A tiger from the mountain saw the strange creature for the very first time — so big! so tall! — and hid behind a tree to watch from a safe distance. After a few days, the donkey suddenly let out an enormous "HEE-HAAW!" — sending the tiger bolting in terror! But the tiger grew braver and crept closer each day, until he discovered something surprising: the donkey had just one little trick, and that was all. Can you guess what it was?

A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese idiom fables to little ones ages 3-8. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!