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这一次，我还是会救你
This Time, I Will Still Save You
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Mulan jumps into the water to test Qingyi, then stops Minxian from taking him away from the family. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 3 minutes. The full Mandarin script is shown with tap-for-pinyin and a line-by-line English translation, so you can listen and read at once — comprehensible input in the sense of Stephen Krashen's i+1 theory. It teaches 8 key vocabulary words such as 看、想、知道 and walks through 3 grammar patterns, each explained in English with examples. The same news story is retold at 4 difficulty levels — use the level selector above to find the version that is challenging but still understandable for you.
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旁白pángbái· Narrator
清峄请一个老人来。老人认识素素。哥哥gēge· Elder brother
清峄，大家都来了。你等谁？清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
等牧兰。哥哥gēge· Elder brother
他要看牧兰？清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
对。他认识素素。哥哥gēge· Elder brother
她是不是素素？清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
她不能走。哥哥gēge· Elder brother
她不是素素，她是谁？清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
她可以回家。哥哥gēge· Elder brother
你想知道？清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
我等了三年。我要知道。牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
我不去。清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
你不想看他？牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
我想看你。清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
看什么？牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
看你还会不会救我。旁白pángbái· Narrator
牧兰站在水前面，跳了下去。清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
牧兰，回来。牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
你不想知道吗？旁白pángbái· Narrator
牧兰在水里。清峄也跳下去救她。他的手不好了，也没有走。牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
你为什么救我？清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
我不能看你死。牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
那时候，你也救我。清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
你记得。牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
我记得你。你现在还在这里。清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
素素，你不能走了。牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
我是牧兰。清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
你叫牧兰，你也记得过去。旁白pángbái· Narrator
第二天，敏贤来了。她想让清峄和她走。敏贤Mǐnxián· Minxian
那个老人认识我爸爸。清峄，他在哪？哥哥gēge· Elder brother
你要老人做什么？敏贤Mǐnxián· Minxian
我要他说我爸爸的事。哥哥gēge· Elder brother
你在这里说。清峄不走。敏贤Mǐnxián· Minxian
不。他要和我走。清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
不在这里。敏贤Mǐnxián· Minxian
你不想让他说。清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
你要他说什么？敏贤Mǐnxián· Minxian
你和我走。牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
他不和你走。敏贤Mǐnxián· Minxian
这和你有什么关系？牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
他是我的家人。敏贤Mǐnxián· Minxian
你帮他？牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
对。我帮他。你不能让他走。哥哥gēge· Elder brother
够了。敏贤，你走吧。敏贤Mǐnxián· Minxian
你们都帮他？哥哥gēge· Elder brother
今天，你先回家。清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
你为什么帮我？牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
我不想让她带你走。清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
这就是帮我。牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
那你为什么救我？清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
那你为什么问我？牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
因为我也没有答案。清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
我记得过去。牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
我也记得过去。清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
那你是谁？牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
今天，我是救你的人。清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
明天呢？牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
明天，你再问。旁白pángbái· Narrator
敏贤走了。老人也没有来。清峄Qīngyì· Qingyi
我们还没有说完。牧兰Mùlán· Mulan
明天再说。English transcript reference
Qingyi invited an old man over. The old man knows Susu.
Qingyi, everyone is here. Who are you waiting for?
Mulan.
Does he want to see Mulan?
Yes. He knows Susu.
Is she Susu?
She cannot leave.
If she is not Susu, who is she?
She can go home.
Do you want to know?
I have waited three years. I need to know.
The old man is in the house. Come.
I am not going.
You do not want to see him?
I want to look at you.
Look at what?
To see whether you will still save me.
Mulan stood by the water and jumped in.
Mulan, come back.
Do you not want to know?
Mulan was in the water. Qingyi jumped in to save her. His hand was hurt, but he did not leave.
Why did you save me?
I cannot watch you die.
Back then, you saved me too.
You remember.
I remember you. You are still here now.
Susu, you cannot leave now.
I am Mulan.
You call yourself Mulan, but you remember the past too.
The next day, Minxian came. She wanted Qingyi to leave with her.
That old man knew my father. Qingyi, where is he?
What do you want with the old man?
I want him to talk about my father.
Talk here. Qingyi is not leaving.
No. He has to come with me.
Not here.
You do not want him to speak.
What do you want him to say?
Come with me.
He is not going with you.
What does this have to do with you?
He is my family.
You are helping him?
Yes. I am helping him. You cannot take him away.
Enough. Minxian, leave.
You are all helping him?
Go home for today.
Why did you help me?
I did not want her to take you away.
That is helping me.
Then why did you save me?
Then why did you ask me?
Because I do not have an answer either.
I remember the past.
I remember the past too.
Then who are you?
Today, I am the person who saved you.
What about tomorrow?
Ask me again tomorrow.
Minxian left. The old man never came either.
We are not finished talking.
We will talk tomorrow.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇HSK 1. Used when Mulan asks Qingyi to look at her choice.
HSK 1. Expresses what a character wants to know or do.
HSK 1. Qingyi says he needs to know Mulan's identity.
HSK 1. Used for the old man's connection to Susu.
Shared memories from three years earlier.
To keep someone from dying or being taken away.
The truth neither Qingyi nor Mulan can state directly.
Mulan publicly calls Qingyi part of her family.
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法会不会 + verb
Asks whether someone will or will not do an action.
看你还会不会救我。
为什么 + verb
Asks for the reason behind an action.
你为什么救我？
你为什么帮我？
Proper nouns
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