Speaker 1: Fluid fluent Dorg.
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Speaker 1: Explore the balance between tranquility and chaos as Lilian discovers
Speaker 1: the true essence of peace amid the festive frenzy of
Speaker 1: the Spring Festival at Linging Temple.
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Speaker 4: shakula de Seli tam Anti jonjit Semli guamala Jin sudhung
Speaker 4: Fu Tai fung joam Tintin Piau jing gua lng from
Speaker 4: Sirku jelly sent Yachan Joanna liliah Iguzawa anting Yu don
Speaker 4: wud tinyanjing Thai twenty tidian Lidlinan Szigninsya taka wan say
Speaker 4: singing da Jiji Sintni Sinde pin hur tied upon your
Speaker 4: johar maid pe Tontia la joshi Va Cindy shan liang
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Speaker 4: Tuden tats zey hurting d jung Jiao Dlutu lilian Ja
Speaker 4: das sir Juniga anting their lord that Sankashi ta joy
Speaker 4: our Minsha, would you see ye curtaining jing tat the
Speaker 4: Titi shure Bishan yan zing Takashidi Rumins and drum tid Kashi. Similarly,
Speaker 4: Juan Zawah twenty zildun Bag Sir Tru Doshi Sia nash
Speaker 4: Husien Jobusa sim ti va drumman saturning the lands bing
Speaker 4: dan Zusia Jishan yin die dun le Lando Minsha taijo
Speaker 4: la jou mae da hashi sez you know Lidi jung
Speaker 4: ju yili ji Ja may see seldom morphunds semerely the
Speaker 4: Junshan selshung woudn't try and truly leondar joan jim Buttotia
Speaker 4: tatsya than have been malshan tea serjesh sin the tye
Speaker 4: merely the Jumbagonza vanma dou the Gaucho sh occur Jusi
Speaker 4: Lilan ti hoo da da one maid mean san John
Speaker 4: Taishi Sirmelman why hura and dear and lie trying to die.
Speaker 4: The Paujusian Si san Chung piar te Lilian jun Kaye
Speaker 4: send the deue jin jing than danta Kan sanshan bin
Speaker 4: the Joho Mai Tama jung ujard selditanyan Hoho lilianzat sebishan
Speaker 4: ye jee it's taboosett until one maid ning Jing Mamanda
Speaker 4: tay shud all, the joy the Jo not her quie
Speaker 4: l ye Gandar nafe nine Ye Tafan Sala Jinnie Yen
Speaker 4: shag Lu Chushi and the Sao Jo hupon Yoma Yi
Speaker 4: Si Ka Hua Da Sa Nilian Jo yning Ba don
Speaker 4: Buda yiji do, the ding Ni zai Ye sir and
Speaker 4: Yeesho shin Huda Bien Hua yu u Chau Tajao Dala
Speaker 4: nay sind nin Jin su Yam Boushe Satasu Yi Sanda
Speaker 4: fun Schili Trinity, the yen Huai Jiao La la banbin
Speaker 4: tie mein s ze jo now yuening zing jijien Jao
Speaker 4: Dala pin hung earlilya ye Jao Dala silin the Tidi.
Speaker 1: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 1: may have missed.
Speaker 4: The Honjo, the donzi ingin s the ay Baysieu Fugad.
Speaker 1: In the winter of hong Jou Linging Temple was covered
Speaker 1: in a blanket of white snow.
Speaker 4: Su Yen se Jo Shi Gula de san Li Tamanza
Speaker 4: Dan Dan, the Wu Sisa send the sen mi a Ninti.
Speaker 1: The surrounding ancient forest appeared mysterious and tranquil under the
Speaker 1: light mist.
Speaker 4: Jung ji Chunjie Xiji semir Li Guamala sia Jun dadn
Speaker 4: lo Jin sud hung Fu zafun Jun Xinxing Piao.
Speaker 1: It was the spring festival period, and the temple was
Speaker 1: adorned with bright red lanterns with golden banners gently waving
Speaker 1: in the wind.
Speaker 4: Jinghua lung fun suku Jilli senda ye chang Juna.
Speaker 1: Despite the biting cold wind, the place felt unusually lively.
Speaker 4: Lilia yiguisel la an jing yido U the Xingnye Jirdinza
Speaker 4: Tunjia Xijie la Da linin Jin Singin sia.
Speaker 1: Lil Yang, a young man who yearned for peace and enlightenment,
Speaker 1: decided to visit Linging Temple during the Spring festival for meditation.
Speaker 4: Taku Anzai Singyen da La Jiji Shintuni Sinda pin Hu.
Speaker 1: He longed to seek inner peace As the new year approached.
Speaker 4: Tadap Jo Hume Petun Ti La.
Speaker 1: His friends Joe and May accompanied him.
Speaker 4: Joshi sind Liang Tansun Besho, Banzio de j Erme sigarhuun
Speaker 4: de tats Hudi jun Ja du Lu.
Speaker 1: Joe was a kind hearted but often clumsy person, while
Speaker 1: May was lively and witty, always able to find joy
Speaker 1: in any situation.
Speaker 4: Liliana du an jinglejo lu that son Ju.
Speaker 1: Means Lilang found a quiet corner in the temple to
Speaker 1: begin his important meditation.
Speaker 4: Jishier yi khad n jing Tu.
Speaker 1: I just need a moment of silence, he told himself.
Speaker 4: Discha yen jing takashi minandan Tat.
Speaker 1: Closing his eyes, he began to enter a meditative state.
Speaker 4: Kushi semel li jinchunjie zurjun be sir chu do Shisien
Speaker 4: now Shun.
Speaker 1: However, preparations for the spring festival were underway in the temple,
Speaker 1: and there was noise everywhere.
Speaker 4: Shou sien jo bush sing Tifa li jong man sad
Speaker 4: lands ding Danzusya.
Speaker 1: First Joe accidentally kicked over a basket full of small
Speaker 1: copper bells, which rang out loudly.
Speaker 4: Jishn yin dada la li lan de minsha.
Speaker 1: This sound interrupted liang As meditation.
Speaker 4: Tajo la jou Mai da hashizi sunulisi jung ju yil.
Speaker 1: He frowned, but continued to concentrate.
Speaker 4: Sie Ja may Si Suja Morfhai de Jun shun Seo
Speaker 4: shun Buda and Juli l d Jun.
Speaker 1: Next my giggled as she imitated the temple's bell sounds,
Speaker 1: her laughter continuously reaching Liang as ears.
Speaker 4: Jim Bushosya Tasin Dan tappying Mao shan Si.
Speaker 1: Such bad timing, he thought, but he didn't get angry.
Speaker 4: Serg tri Yi ne Li the jumbcunzafa man.
Speaker 1: As time went by, the preparations in the temple became
Speaker 1: even busier.
Speaker 4: Da la Guchao Shi kur Juza Lilia Tihu da da
Speaker 4: jame the mean sandn Tayeshi simel many Hurai Li tanju
Speaker 4: da the pa jushin si san Chunkieri.
Speaker 1: At the climax, just as Li Liang was almost reaching
Speaker 1: a perfect meditative state, someone suddenly set off a string
Speaker 1: of giant firecrackers outside the temple door, with a thunderous
Speaker 1: noise rising into the sky.
Speaker 4: Lilian Jian Khaye Sien de tiuijin Jing, then Dan Takin
Speaker 4: san Shimbien the Juhume tam jung Uja d s t.
Speaker 1: Y ho hou Lilang opened his eyes, looking extremely startled,
Speaker 1: But when he looked at Joe and May beside him,
Speaker 1: they were covering their ears, laughing uproariously.
Speaker 4: Lilianzes bischen yet geez tabooseet tantioua me de nin jin.
Speaker 1: Liliange closed his eyes again, this time no longer striving
Speaker 1: for perfect peace.
Speaker 4: Mahmanda tay shida la joe de juh na hu kuei
Speaker 4: lu ye gen da la nafina Yi.
Speaker 1: Slowly he became aware of the liveliness and joy around him,
Speaker 1: and he also felt a sense of warmth.
Speaker 4: Tafon sle ginnyet yen chen lu tu chien de se
Speaker 4: jou huponyome yizi cad sa.
Speaker 1: He let go of his obsessions, a relieved smile appearing
Speaker 1: on his face as he laughed heartily with his friends.
Speaker 4: Lilian Joy nin ba do buze yiziu do de zigni
Speaker 4: i say ye sien yeshu shu hu de bien.
Speaker 1: Huay yu u Cha Lilang finally understood that enlightenment is
Speaker 1: not about absolute tranquility, but about gladly accepting the changes
Speaker 1: and impermanence of life.
Speaker 4: Taja d la nay sind nin zin Sam Buchu zetasu
Speaker 4: yi san de fang Shili.
Speaker 1: He found inner peace, although not in the way he
Speaker 1: had envisioned.
Speaker 4: Trinsia. The yeng Hui Jao la la pampin pie n
Speaker 4: seju now yinin zin chijien Jao d' la pin hung
Speaker 4: Earli la ye Jao d'a la siln de Titi.
Speaker 1: The fireworks of the Spring festival lit up half the sky,
Speaker 1: with Linging Temple finding balance between liveliness and tranquility, and
Speaker 1: Lilang finding enlightenment in his soul. Today's vocabulary words are
Speaker 1: coming up right after this commercial break. Here are today's
Speaker 1: vocabulary words, first in Mandarin Chinese, then in English fugat forget, forget, blanket, school, school, circool, biting,
Speaker 1: cela cela celloi, jurand dun wool dun wool, don whoo, enlightenment.
Speaker 4: Guaman, guaman, guaman.
Speaker 1: Adorned, ziegul, siegual, zigual, concentrate.
Speaker 4: Nansien meansien mean, Zian.
Speaker 1: Tranquility, genre, gia genre, obstructions, morphar, morphar, morphar imitation, cai
Speaker 1: kuai bay sell caiquaidai sell caiqua by cell uproariously means means,
Speaker 1: means meditative, Chiancio, chiantio, chiancio, striving, genie, ginie gin ye, obsessions,
Speaker 1: chi yen, shee yen, shee yen, relieved, uchau u chu u,
Speaker 1: chaw and permanence.
Speaker 4: Sisil, sisil, sisil, giggled, cisa, cisia, cisa, thunderous, gianna ji
Speaker 4: na ji nah, exuberant hoopoo hoo, poo hoo pooor liveliness
Speaker 4: pow jewel, pow jewel pow jewel.
Speaker 1: Fire crackers, zing zing zing zing zing zing, gently, gouch
Speaker 1: how gou chaw, gouge how, climax one May one, May one,
Speaker 1: May perfect gent jein gin jing gen zeing, startled, Shemi,
Speaker 1: chemei chmei, tranquil, peytoon peyton peyton a company, Senda, Senda,
Speaker 1: Senda appeared, jumbe jumbe jumbee preparations mensa mensa meansha meditation, hungful,
Speaker 1: hung ful, hung ful banners.
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