Creation of the Gods: Nezha Reborn · chapter 1 of 5
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Nezha flies home in his new body, and his mother cries with joy. But his father is cold, and then he says something that shocks Nezha.
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- Narrator 天刚亮，哪吒踩着风火轮，飞回了陈塘关。
Tiān gāng liàng, Nézhā cǎi zhe fēnghuǒlún, fēihuí le Chéntáng Guān.
Just after dawn, Nezha stood on his Wind Fire Wheels and flew back to Chentang Pass.
- Nezha 妈妈！妈妈！你快出来，我回来了！
Māma! Māma! Nǐ kuài chūlái, wǒ huílái le!
Mom! Mom! Come out quick, I'm back!
- Lady Yin 是谁在叫我？……哪吒？真的是你吗？
Shì shuí zài jiào wǒ? … Nézhā? Zhēn de shì nǐ ma?
Who is calling me? ... Nezha? Is it really you?
- Nezha 是我！你看，我有一个新的身体了！
Shì wǒ! Nǐ kàn, wǒ yǒu yí gè xīn de shēntǐ le!
It's me! Look, I have a brand new body!
- Lady Yin 我的孩子！你的手是热的，你是真的回来了！
Wǒ de háizi! Nǐ de shǒu shì rè de, nǐ shì zhēn de huílái le!
My child! Your hands are warm. You really are back!
- Nezha 这是莲花做的身体！师父说，它比以前的更好。
Zhè shì liánhuā zuò de shēntǐ! Shīfu shuō, tā bǐ yǐqián de gèng hǎo.
It's a body made of lotus flowers! Master says it's better than the old one.
- Lady Yin 你去哪儿了？这几天，我天天都在想你。
Nǐ qù nǎr le? Zhè jǐ tiān, wǒ tiāntiān dōu zài xiǎng nǐ.
Where did you go? I thought about you every single day.
- Nezha 我去了东海，问龙王一句话。他说，大水不会再来了。
Wǒ qù le Dōng Hǎi, wèn Lóngwáng yí jù huà. Tā shuō, dàshuǐ bú huì zài lái le.
I went to the Eastern Sea to ask the Dragon King something. He said the flood won't come again.
- Lady Yin 真的吗？哎呀，我的好孩子，你太了不起了！
Zhēn de ma? Āiyā, wǒ de hǎo háizi, nǐ tài liǎobuqǐ le!
Really? Oh, my good boy, you are amazing!
- Nezha 妈妈，你看我飞！我现在飞得又高又好！
Māma, nǐ kàn wǒ fēi! Wǒ xiànzài fēi de yòu gāo yòu hǎo!
Mom, watch me fly! I'm really good at it now!
- Nezha 哇！我停不下来！停！停！停！
Wā! Wǒ tíng bú xiàlái! Tíng! Tíng! Tíng!
Whoa! I can't stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
- Lady Yin 哎呀！我的鸡都飞起来了！
Āiyā! Wǒ de jī dōu fēi qǐlái le!
Oh no! My chickens are flying everywhere!
- Nezha 对不起，妈妈！风火轮太快了，我还不太会用！
Duìbuqǐ, māma! Fēnghuǒlún tài kuài le, wǒ hái bù tài huì yòng!
Sorry, Mom! The wheels are so fast, and I'm still learning!
- Lady Yin 没关系。你回来了，比什么都好啊。
Méiguānxi. Nǐ huílái le, bǐ shénme dōu hǎo a.
It's all right. You're home, and that's better than anything.
- Li Jing 你回来了。
Nǐ huílái le.
So you're back.
- Nezha 爸爸！你看，我有新的身体，还有新的本领！
Bàba! Nǐ kàn, wǒ yǒu xīn de shēntǐ, háiyǒu xīn de běnlǐng!
Dad! Look, I have a new body and new powers!
- Li Jing 陈塘关的人，现在都在说你的事。
Chéntáng Guān de rén, xiànzài dōu zài shuō nǐ de shì.
Everyone in Chentang Pass is talking about you now.
- Nezha 他们说什么？说我很了不起吗？
Tāmen shuō shénme? Shuō wǒ hěn liǎobuqǐ ma?
What are they saying? That I'm amazing?
- Li Jing 有人说你是神仙，也有人说你是妖怪。
Yǒu rén shuō nǐ shì shénxiān, yě yǒu rén shuō nǐ shì yāoguài.
Some say you're a god. Some say you're a demon.
- Nezha 我不是妖怪！我是你的儿子，哪吒！
Wǒ bú shì yāoguài! Wǒ shì nǐ de érzi, Nézhā!
I'm not a demon! I'm your son, Nezha!
- Li Jing 我的儿子……那一天，已经不在了。
Wǒ de érzi… Nà yì tiān, yǐjīng bú zài le.
My son... he was gone that day.
- Lady Yin 将军，你别再说了！孩子已经回来了！
Jiāngjūn, nǐ bié zài shuō le! Háizi yǐjīng huílái le!
General, please stop! The boy is home!
- Nezha 妈妈，我听人说，山上有一个庙。是给我的吗？
Māma, wǒ tīng rén shuō, shānshàng yǒu yí gè miào. Shì gěi wǒ de ma?
Mom, I heard there's a temple on the mountain. Is it for me?
- Lady Yin 是啊。我做了一个梦，梦里你说，你想要一个家。
Shì a. Wǒ zuò le yí gè mèng, mènglǐ nǐ shuō, nǐ xiǎngyào yí gè jiā.
Yes. I had a dream, and in it you said you wanted a home.
- Lady Yin 所以大家在翠屏山上，给你做了一个小庙。
Suǒyǐ dàjiā zài Cuìpíng Shān shàng, gěi nǐ zuò le yí gè xiǎomiào.
So everyone built you a little temple on Cuiping Mountain.
- Nezha 真的？太好了！我现在就去看！
Zhēn de? Tàihǎo le! Wǒ xiànzài jiù qù kàn!
Really? Wonderful! I'm going to see it right now!
- Li Jing 你不用去了。
Nǐ búyòng qù le.
There's no need for you to go.
- Nezha 为什么不用去？那是我的庙！
Wèishénme búyòng qù? Nà shì wǒ de miào!
Why not? It's my temple!
- Li Jing 那个庙，是我自己打坏的。
Nàge miào, shì wǒ zìjǐ dǎhuài de.
I broke that temple myself.
- Nezha 什么？你打坏了我的庙？！
Shénme? Nǐ dǎhuài le wǒ de miào?!
What? You smashed my temple?!
What changed in the story?
- How does Nezha get back to Chentang Pass?
“哪吒踩着风火轮，飞回了陈塘关。”
- Why does Lady Yin cry when she meets Nezha?
“你的手是热的，你是真的回来了！”
- What goes wrong when Nezha shows off his flying?
“我的鸡都飞起来了！”
- What do people in Chentang Pass say about Nezha?
“有人说你是神仙，也有人说你是妖怪。”
- What shocking thing does Li Jing tell Nezha?
“那个庙，是我自己打坏的。”