In the past, an official celebrated1 his birthday.
A small official under him heard that he was born in the year of "the rat". To curry2 the official's favour, he had a gold rat cast as a birthday present and went to the official's house to congratulate him on his birthday.
The official was very pleased at the sight of the gold rat and said: "Do you know? In a few days my wife will celebrate her birthday too. She was born in the year of 'the ox'".
從前，有個(gè)官員過生日。
他手下的一個(gè)小官聽說他屬“鼠”，為了巴結(jié)他，鑄了一只金鼠作為壽禮，登門祝壽。
這個(gè)官員一見金鼠，很是高興，說：“你們知道嗎？過幾天，我的夫人也要過生日了，她是屬‘?！?。
A small official under him heard that he was born in the year of "the rat". To curry2 the official's favour, he had a gold rat cast as a birthday present and went to the official's house to congratulate him on his birthday.
The official was very pleased at the sight of the gold rat and said: "Do you know? In a few days my wife will celebrate her birthday too. She was born in the year of 'the ox'".
從前，有個(gè)官員過生日。
他手下的一個(gè)小官聽說他屬“鼠”，為了巴結(jié)他，鑄了一只金鼠作為壽禮，登門祝壽。
這個(gè)官員一見金鼠，很是高興，說：“你們知道嗎？過幾天，我的夫人也要過生日了，她是屬‘?！?。