Chinese Vocabulary about Planet

As we all know, currently, the Earth is the only planet that we know harbors life in the universe. But we as human beings never stop exploring other planets. There are eight main planets now we discovered in our solar system. They're Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Let’s explore the world of the planet by learning vocabulary about the planet.

First of all, do you know how to say each Planet 行星（xínɡ xīnɡ）in Chinese?

　Mercury -- 水星（shuǐ xīnɡ）
shuǐ xīnɡ shì tài yánɡ xì zhōnɡ zuì xiǎo de xínɡ xīnɡ。
水星是太阳系中最小的行星。
(Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system.)

　Venus -- 金星（jīn xīnɡ）
jīn xīnɡ shì tài yánɡ xì zhōnɡ dì liù dà xínɡ xīnɡ,
金星是太阳系中第六大行星，
zhōnɡ ɡuó ɡǔ dài chēnɡ zhī wéi tài bái huò tài bái jīn xīnɡ。
中国古代称之为太白或太白金星。
(Venus is the sixth planet in the solar system, known in ancient China as Taibai or Taibai Jin xing)

　Earth -- 地球 （dì qiú）
dì qiú shì wǒ men de jiā yuán。
地球是我们的家园。
(The Earth is our home.) And we live in the Earth with other creatures.

　Mars -- 火星（huǒ xīnɡ）
huǒ xīnɡ shì tài yánɡ xì de dì sì kē xínɡ xīnɡ。
火星是太阳系的第四颗行星。
(Mars is the fourth planet in order from the sun.)

　Jupiter -- 木星（mù xīnɡ）
mù xīnɡ shì dì yí dà xínɡ xīnɡ, bèi chēnɡ wéi “ xínɡ xīnɡ zhī wánɡ”。
木星是第一大行星，被称为“行星之王”。
(Jupiter is the biggest planet, known as the "king of planets.")

　Saturn -- 土星（tǔ xīnɡ）
tǔ xīnɡ shì tài yánɡ xì zhōnɡ dì dì èr dà xínɡ xīnɡ。
土星是太阳系中的第二大行星。
(Saturn is the second-biggest planet in the solar system.)

Uranus--天王星（tiān wánɡ xīnɡ）
tiān wánɡ xīnɡ shì tài yánɡ xì zhōnɡ dì sān dà hánɡ xīnɡ。
天王星是太阳系中第三大行星。
(Uranus is the third largest planet in the solar system.)

　Neptune--海王星（hǎi wánɡ xīnɡ）
hǎi wánɡ xīnɡ shì tài yánɡ xì zhōnɡ dì sì dà tiān tǐ。
海王星是太阳系中第四大天体。
(Neptune is the fourth largest object in the solar system.)

zhè bá dà hánɡ xīnɡ dōu shì wéi rǎo tài yánɡ zhuǎn。
这八大行星都是围绕太阳转。
(The eight planets are revolving around the sun.)

dì qiú shì wǒ men lài yǐ shēnɡ cún de wéi yī jiā yuán。
地球是我们赖以生存的唯一家园。
(The Earth is the only home on which we live.)

wǒ men yào bǎo hù dì qiú.

我们要保护地球.
(We should protect our earth.)

Then, I want to introduce you an ancient Chinese fairy story called 后羿射日 (hòu yì shè rì), Hou Yi Shoots Down Suns.

Long time ago, there are ten suns in the sky, which like ten fireballs burning the earth. People are suffering the hot weather, the river and sea are all dried, thus many people and animals soon died of thirst.

At that time, there is a young and handsome hero called Hou Yi, who is very superior in Archery. He saw that people are living in such a suffering situation, he determined to help people out of the sea of misery and shot off the extra nine suns. He climbed ninety-nine mountains, crossing the ninety-nine rivers, through the ninety-nine canyons, came to the East Seaside and then reached the top of the mountain. He pulled the crossbow which weighs million pounds, aimed at the burning sun, shot down the suns one by one. Finally, there is only one sun in the sky. This sun rises in the east every day, hangs in the sky and warms the human world, so the grain can grow, and all creatures can exist.

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