三毛的话：爱和信任，爱与尊重，爱过多时，便是负担和干扰

By Ling-Ling Lisa Shih
From Ling-LingChinese.com

Here are two quotes from an article “Love and Trust” I just read. It was written by San Mao 三毛, a well-known Chinese writer.  I have always enjoyed her writing and I am glad to introduce you to her writing. In this post I would like to teach you these two sentences I  have selected from the article. These words resonate with me.  As a parent I know I am often guilty of being overly protective of my child.  As she poignantly points out, parents’ excessive love can turn into a burden for their loved ones. I have to remind myself not to nag my daughter about every little thing as if she were still a little girl or make her feel that I don’t have trust in her ability to protect herself from harm.

If your Chinese is more advanced, I highly recommend this article to you: 爱和信任. You can use the tools below to help you understand the entire article.

Here are the quotes. Let’s use them to learn some Chinese vocabulary.

“在父母的面前，再年长的儿女，都是小孩子…”

No matter how old we are, we are always a child in their eyes.

“爱和信任，爱与尊重，爱过多时，便是负担和干扰。”

Love and trust and love and respect (should go hand in hand), but too much love can be a burden and interference.

From 爱和信任 by 三毛

Resources:

• Use Talking “Chinese to Pinyin/Zhuyin Converter” to hear the text and print text with Pinyin on top of each word.
• Use the Chinese Text Annotation Tool to read the above text with pop-up annotations.
• Chinese Vocabulary Worksheet for these two quotes  (PDF)

Vocabulary 生词

	ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
	ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	English Definition
	1	在	在	zài	(located) at; (to be) in
	2	父母	父母	fù mǔ	father and mother; parents
	3	的	的	de	of; ~’s (possessive particle);
	4	面前	面前	miànqián	in front of; (in the) presence (of)
	5	再	再	zài	again; once more; re-; second; another; then (after sth, and not until then)
	6	年长	年長	niánzhǎng	senior, older
	7	的	的	de	of; ~’s (possessive particle)
	8	儿女	兒女	ér nǚ	children; sons and daughters
	9	都	都	dōu	all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis)
	10	是	是	shì	is; are; am; yes; to be
	11	小孩子	小孩子	xiǎo háizi	child
	12	爱	愛	ài	to love; love
	13	和	和	hé	and
	14	信任	信任	xìn rèn	to trust; to have confidence in
	15	爱	愛	ài	to love; love
	16	与	與	yǔ	and
	17	尊重	尊重	zūnzhòng	respect; to respect;
	18	爱	愛	ài	to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
	19	过多	過多	guòduō	too many; excessive
	20	时	時	shí	when
	21	便是	便是	biàn shì	(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as
	22	负担	負擔	fù dān	burden; to bear a burden
	23	和	和	hé	and
	24	干扰	干擾	gān rǎo	to disturb; to interfere; perturbation; interference (physics)