Nezha and the Dragon King · chapter 8 of 8
Wind and Fire Wheels
风火轮
Taiyi has two last gifts for his student. At dawn, Nezha flies out over the Eastern Sea to ask the Dragon King one question.
Read what you hear
- Taiyi Zhenren 哪吒，你看！这是风火轮。有了它，你就能飞！
Nézhā, nǐ kàn! Zhè shì Fēnghuǒ Lún. Yǒu le tā, nǐ jiù néng fēi!
Nezha, look! These are the Wind-and-Fire Wheels. With them, you can fly!
- Taiyi Zhenren 这是火尖枪。拿好它！
Zhè shì Huǒjiān Qiāng. Ná hǎo tā!
And this is the Fire-Tipped Spear. Hold on to it!
- Nezha 风火轮！火尖枪！谢谢师父！
Fēnghuǒ Lún! Huǒjiān Qiāng! Xièxie shīfu!
Wind-and-Fire Wheels! A Fire-Tipped Spear! Thank you, Master!
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- Taiyi Zhenren 去吧，去东海！你知道你要做什么。
Qù ba, qù Dōng Hǎi! Nǐ zhīdào nǐ yào zuò shénme.
Go now, to the Eastern Sea! You know what you have to do.
- Narrator 天快亮了。哪吒站上风火轮，飞了起来。
Tiān kuài liàng le. Nézhā zhàn shàng Fēnghuǒ Lún, fēi le qǐlái.
Dawn was coming. Nezha stepped onto the Wind-and-Fire Wheels and rose into the air.
- Nezha 我飞起来了！好快啊！
Wǒ fēi qǐlái le! Hǎo kuài a!
I'm flying! I'm so fast!
- Nezha 下面就是东海。水很安静……龙王在哪儿？
Xiàmiàn jiù shì Dōng Hǎi. Shuǐ hěn ānjìng… Lóngwáng zài nǎr?
There's the Eastern Sea below me. The water is so still… where is the Dragon King?
- Nezha 龙王！你出来！
Lóngwáng! Nǐ chūlái!
Dragon King! Come out!
- The Dragon King 是谁在叫我？……哪吒？你……你不是走了吗？
Shì shéi zài jiào wǒ?… Nézhā? Nǐ… nǐ bú shì zǒu le ma?
Who's calling me? …Nezha? But… weren't you gone?
- Nezha 是我！我有了一个新的身体！
Shì wǒ! Wǒ yǒu le yí gè xīn de shēntǐ!
It's me! I have a new body!
- Nezha 龙王，我不是来闹的。我只问你一句话。
Lóngwáng, wǒ bú shì lái nào de. Wǒ zhǐ wèn nǐ yí jù huà.
Dragon King, I haven't come to make trouble. I have just one question for you.
- Nezha 你以后还让大水进陈塘关吗？
Nǐ yǐhòu hái ràng dà shuǐ jìn Chéntáng Guān ma?
Will you ever send the sea into Chentang Pass again?
- The Dragon King 这个孩子……他的火尖枪好亮啊。
Zhège háizi… tā de Huǒjiān Qiāng hǎo liàng a.
This boy… that Fire-Tipped Spear of his is blazing.
- The Dragon King 不了，不了！哪吒，我答应你。
Bù le, bù le! Nézhā, wǒ dāying nǐ.
No, never again! Nezha, I give you my word.
- The Dragon King 以后，大水不会再进陈塘关了。
Yǐhòu, dà shuǐ bú huì zài jìn Chéntáng Guān le.
From now on, the sea will never come into Chentang Pass again.
- Nezha 你说的话，要记住！
Nǐ shuō de huà, yào jìzhù!
Remember what you just said!
- The Dragon King 我记住了。
Wǒ jìzhù le.
I will remember.
- Narrator 龙王低下头，回到了海里。
Lóngwáng dī xià tóu, huí dào le hǎi lǐ.
The Dragon King bowed his head and sank back into the sea.
- Narrator 太阳出来了。大海又蓝又安静。
Tàiyáng chūlái le. Dàhǎi yòu lán yòu ānjìng.
The sun came up. The sea lay blue and calm again.
- Nezha 爸爸，妈妈，你们看见了吗？陈塘关没事了。
Bàba, māma, nǐmen kànjiàn le ma? Chéntáng Guān méi shì le.
Dad, Mom, can you see? Chentang Pass is safe now.
- Narrator 哪吒站在风火轮上，看着太阳，笑了。
Nézhā zhàn zài Fēnghuǒ Lún shàng, kànzhe tàiyáng, xiào le.
Standing on his Wind-and-Fire Wheels, Nezha looked at the rising sun and smiled.
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What changed in the story?
- What can Nezha do with the Wind-and-Fire Wheels?
“有了它，你就能飞！”
- Why is the Dragon King surprised to see Nezha?
“哪吒？你……你不是走了吗？”
- What does Nezha ask the Dragon King?
“你以后还让大水进陈塘关吗？”
- What does the Dragon King promise?
“以后，大水不会再进陈塘关了。”
- How does the story end?
“太阳出来了。大海又蓝又安静……哪吒站在风火轮上，看着太阳，笑了。”