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Chinese Fortune:

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They sent a false letter to Prince Fu ordering him to commit suicide. The letter was sealed with the Emperor’s seal as if it had come from him. Their messenger rode day and night and arrived at the Great Wall. To prove who he was, he gave Prince Fu the matching half of a tiger tally.

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Chinese Translation Breakdown

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1.他们寄出一封假信给扶太子, 命令他自杀
= They sent a false letter to Prince Fu ordering him to commit suicide.
2.他们在这封信上盖了秦始皇的图章并把信密封, 就好象是秦始皇亲手写的
= The letter was sealed with the Emperor’s seal as if it had come from him.
3.送信者日日夜夜的骑著快马赶到长城
= Their messenger rode day and night and arrived at the Great Wall.
4.见到扶太子後, 送信者拿出相对的半个虎符来證明他是秦始皇所派送的
= To prove who he was, he gave Prince Fu the matching half of a tiger tally.

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Vocabulary

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1. send = 寄出 jìchū

2. false letter = 假信 jiǎ xìn

3. order = 命令 mìnglìng

4. suicide = 自杀 zìshā

5. to seal = 密封 mìfēng

6. seal = 图章 túzhāng

7. as if = 好象 hǎoxiàng

8. messenger = 送信者 sòngxìn zhě

9. ride (a horse) = 骑马 qímǎ

10. arrive = 到达 dàodá

11. Great Wall = 长城 Chángchéng

12. prove = 证明 zhèngmíng

13. match = 相对 xiāngduì/相符 xiāngfú

14. tiger tally = 虎符 hǔ fú.

Chinese Fortune:

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He ordered Eunuch Zhao Gao to write to his elder son, Prince Fu Su, and tell him he must hurry to the capital and be ready to bury the Emperorʼs body in the tomb. At that time, Prince Fu was building the Great Wall in the north with 300,000 troops under his command.

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Chinese Translation Breakdown

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1.秦始皇命令他的太监赵高, 写信給他的大儿子, 扶苏
= He ordered Eunuch Zhao Gao to write to his elder son, Prince Fu Su,
2.並通知他兒子快去首都并準备坟墓来埋葬秦始皇的屍体
= and tell him he must hurry to the capital and be ready to bury the Emperorʼs body in the tomb.
3.当时,扶苏正在北方指挥他旗下的三十万兵队建盖长城
= At that time, Prince Fu was building the Great Wall in the north with 300,000 troops under his command

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Vocabulary

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1. order = 命 令mìnglìng

2. Eunuch = 太 监tàijiàn

3. Zhao Gao = 赵高zhào gāo

4. write = 写信 xiěxìn

写=write
信= letter / mail

5. elder son = 大儿子dà érzi

6. Fu Su = 扶苏fú sū

7. hurry = 快去kuài qù

8. bury = 埋葬 máizàng

9. body = 尸体shītǐ

10. The Great Wall = 长城Chángchéng

11. north = 北方 běifāng

12. 300, 000 = 三十万sānshí wàn

13. troops = 兵队bīngduì

14. command = 指挥 zhǐhuī