Supplementary Reading: Who is Bo Le?
伯樂是春秋秦穆公時人,他的本名原叫孫陽,因善於相馬,所以人們管他叫伯樂(天上星宿名稱,傳聞專管天馬)。有一天孫陽路過虞 ,看見一匹瘦馬拉著鹽車,他一眼就看出那是一匹千里馬,不禁睜著眼睛凝望著牠。這馬也對著他嘶叫起來。他看到這麼一匹好馬,竟無人賞識,視牠為劣馬使用,要牠去拉鹽車,伯樂感到十分痛心,禁不住號啕痛哭,淚如泉湧。這匹馬彷彿也知道伯樂同情牠,也直響著鼻子,噴出白沬,突然又振鬣長嘶起來,聲動天地。
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| 伯樂 | bo2 le4 | a name | |
| 春 | chun1 | spring (time) | |
| 秋 | qiu1 | autumn, fall | |
| 秦 | qin2 | (surname), name of a dynasty | |
| 穆公 | mu4 gong1 | Duke Mu Gong | |
| 時 | shi2 | time, when | |
| 人 | ren2 | man, person, people | |
| 本名 | ben3 ming2 | original name | |
| 原 | yuan2 | formerly, originally | |
| 叫 | jiao4 | to (be) call(ed) | |
| 孫 | sun1 | a surname | |
| 陽 | yang2 | a name | |
| 因 | yin1 | because | |
| 善 | shan4 | good at | |
| 於 | yu2 | at, in, in regard to | |
| 相 | xiang4 | to tell, judge by appearance | |
| 馬 | ma3 | horse | |
| 所以 | suo3yi3 | therefore, as a result | |
| 人們 | ren2men5 | people | |
| 管 | guan3 | a preposition, an object marker | |
| 天上 | tian1shang4 | heavenly | |
| 星宿 | xing1 xiu4 | star | |
| 名稱 | ming2cheng1 | name (of a thing), name (of an organization) | |
| 傳聞 | chuan2wen2 | rumor | |
| 專 | zhuan1 | uniquely, specifically | |
| 天 | tian1 | heaven | |
| 一天 | yi1tian1 | one day | |
| 路過 | lu4 guo4 | pass by | |
| 虞 | yu2 | a place name | |
| 看見 | kan4jian4 | to see, to catch sight of | |
| 一匹 | yi4pi3 | one (horse) | |
| 瘦 | shou4 | tight, thin, lean | |
| 拉 | la1 | to pul, to drag, to draw | |
| 著 | zhe | part. indicates accompanying action | |
| 鹽 | yan2 | salt | |
| 車 | che1 | car, a vehicle | |
| 一 | yi1 | one, single, a(n) | |
| 眼 | yan3 | eye, sight | |
| 就 | jiu4 | at once, then, right away | |
| 看出 | kan4 chu` | to detect | |
| 千 | qian1 | thousand | |
| 里 | li3 | Chinese mile | |
| 不禁 | bu4jin1 | cant help (doing sth, ), cant refrain from | |
| 睜 | zheng1 | to open (eye) | |
| 眼睛 | yan3jing1 | eye | |
| 凝 | ning2 | congeal | |
| 望 | wang4 | to gaze (into the distance), look towards | |
| 牠 | ta1 | it | |
| 嘶 | si1 | hiss, neigh | |
| 起來 | qi3lai5 | beginning or continuing an action | |
| 看到 | kan4dao4 | see (that), note | |
| 這麼 | zhe4me5 | so (much), like this | |
| 好 | hao3 | good, well / be fond of | |
| 竟 | jing4 | unexpectedly, actually, to go so far as to, indeed | |
| 無人 | wu2ren2 | nobody | |
| 賞識 | shang3shi4 | appreciate | |
| 視 | shi4 | to look at, to regard | |
| 為 | wei2 | as | |
| 劣 | lie4 | inferior | |
| 使用 | shi3yong4 | to use, to employ, to apply, to make use of | |
| 感到 | gan3dao4 | to feel, to sense, to have the feeling that, think that, to move, to affect | |
| 十分 | shi2fen1 | fully, completely, very | |
| 痛心 | tong4 xin1 | sorrow | |
| 禁不住 | jin1 bu2 zhu4 | cannot help (doing sth.) | |
| 號 | hao2 | to cry | |
| 啕 | tao2 | to cry | |
| 哭 | ku1 | to cry, to weep | |
| 淚 | lei4 | tears | |
| 如 | ru2 | to be like | |
| 泉 | quan2 | fountain, spring | |
| 湧 | yong3 | bubble up, rush forth | |
| 彷彿 | fang3 fu2 | seemingly | |
| 知道 | zhi1dao5 | know, be aware of | |
| 同情 | tong2qing2 | compassion, relent, sympathize, sympathy | |
| 直 | zhi2 | all the time | |
| 響 | xiang3 | to make a sound | |
| 鼻子 | bi2zi5 | nose | |
| 噴出 | fen4chu1 | spout, spray | |
| 白 | bai2 | white | |
| 沬 | mei4 | dawn, place name | |
| 突然 | tu1ran2 | sudden, abruptly | |
| 又 | you4 | (once) again | |
| 振 | zhen4 | rouse | |
| 鬣 | lie4 | bristles, mane | |
| 長 | chang2 | long | |
| 聲 | sheng1 | sound, voice | |
| 動 | dong4 | to move | |
| 地 | di4 | earth, ground, field, place, land | |