Learning Chinese Through Stories

（边）塞 (biān) sài，noun, frontier fortress 翁 wēng，noun, old man 失（去）shī (qù)，verb, to lose 焉 yān，adv, how? 福 fú, noun, blessing 穷 qióng，adj, poor 独子 dúzǐ，noun, the only son 匹 pǐ，measureword for horse and cloth 心爱 xīn'ài，adj, beloved 逃 táo，verb, to escape 马厩 mǎjiù，noun, stables 附近 fùjìn, noun, nearby places 山麓 shānlù, noun phrase, the foot of a mountain 邻人 lín rén，noun, neighbor(s) 同情 tóngqíng，verb, to sympathize 不幸 búxìng，adj, unfortunate 纷纷 fēnfēn，adv, one after another 安慰 ānwèi，verb, to comfort 却 què，but (always follows the subject) 果然 guǒrán， conjunction, as expected; sure enough 同时 tóngshí，conjunction, at the same time 野 yě，adj, wild 镇 zhèn，noun, town 恭喜 gōngxǐ，verb, to congratulate 运气 yùnqì，noun, luck 犹 yóu，adv, still 不小心 bù xiǎoxīn，adv, by accident 摔 shuāi， verb, to fall 竟（然）jìng (rán), adv, unexpectedly 跌 diē, verb, to fall 断 duàn, verb, to broke into half 瘸子 quézi，noun, cripple 意外 yìwài，noun, accident 跛子 bǒzi，noun, cripple 事隔不久 shì gé bùjiǔ，soon afterwards 征召 zhēngzhào，verb, to recruit 健壮 jiànzhuàng，adj