蒙學漢文初階 第八十二課 Beginning Chinese - Entry Level Lesson #82 二童拋皮球 two children throw skin ball 甲童誤打乙童 first child mistakenly hit second child 面痛甚 surface_face pain much 甲童惶恐謝過 first child feared afraid apologize mistake 乙童以其無心 second child for_which him no heart 並無怒容 at_all no anger countenance Two children were playing with a leather ball. The first child mistakenly hit the second child in the face and was in great pain. The first child was terrified and apologized profusely. However, the other knowing that it was not intentional, did not have anger at all. Notes: 1. Old fashioned balls are made from leather. Thus "skin" here means just that. 2. 甲 is the first of the ten heavenly stems/branches and so can mean "number one", "the first" or in the same English usage of Roman numeral designating of "I", "II", "III". For more information of the Ten Heavenly Stems and the Twelve Earthly Branches see, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_stem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthly_Branches