zhōng guó
中国
xuān bù
宣布
duì
yì yuán
议员
shí píng
石平
fǎn zhì
反制
China Announces Countermeasures Against Japanese Lawmaker 石平
wài jiāo bù外交部jué dìng决定dòng jié冻结cái chǎn财产jìn zhǐ禁止rù jìng入境děngcuò shī措施huí yìng回应shí píng石平yán zhòng严重sǔn hài损害zhōng guó中国zhǔ quán主权dexíng wéi行为

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to freeze assets and impose an entry ban, among other measures, in response to 石平’s actions that seriously undermine China’s sovereignty.

小宝
gē gē哥哥shén me什么shìfǎn zhì反制axīn wén新闻shuōzhōng guó中国yàofǎn zhì反制yí gè一个rì běn日本rén

Big brother, what is a 'countermeasure'? The news said China will 'counter' a Japanese person.

小刚
fǎn zhì反制jiù shì就是bié rén别人zuòlebù hǎo不好deshìwǒ men我们yàoxiǎngbàn fǎ办法bǎo hù保护zì jǐ自己xiànglǎo shī老师shuōdebù néng不能ràngbié rén别人yì zhí一直qī fù欺负

A 'countermeasure' means when someone does something bad, we find ways to protect ourselves. Like the teacher says, you can't let others bully you all the time.

小宝
nà ge那个rì běn日本rénzuòleshén me什么huài shì坏事ya

What bad thing did that Japanese person do?

小刚
yǐ qián以前shìzhōng guó中国rénhòu lái后来lerì běn日本shuōlehěnduōhuài huà坏话háishuōzhōng guó中国deyī xiē一些dì fāng地方bú shì不是zhōng guó中国de

He used to be Chinese, later went to Japan, said lots of bad things, and even claimed some places in China aren’t China.

小宝
ózhōng guó中国zěn me怎么fǎn zhì反制

Oh, then how will China 'counter' him?

小刚
zhōng guó中国ràngzàiláiràngzàizhè ér这儿huā qián花钱zuòshì qíng事情zhè yàng这样kě yǐ可以bǎo hù保护guó jiā国家

China won’t let him come again, and won’t let him spend money or do things here. That way we can protect the country.

小宝
dǒnglejiùxiàngyǒu rén有人luàn shuō乱说wǒ men我们jiābù hǎo不好bà bà爸爸huìshēng qì生气shì bú shì是不是

I get it! It’s like if someone talks nonsense about our family, Dad would be angry too, right?

小刚
duìhěnxiàngzhè ge这个yì si意思wǒ men我们yàoàijiāyàoàiguó jiā国家

Right, it’s similar. We should love our family, and we should love our country too.

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