6岁女童照顾父亲成网红 Girl, 6, taking care of paralyzed father goes viral

Gao Huiying China Plus Published: 2018-10-22 15:31:58
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6岁女童照顾父亲成网红 Girl, 6, taking care of paralyzed father goes viral

A six-year-old daughter(女儿 nǚ ér) taking care of her 39-year-old paralyzed(瘫痪 tān huàn) father(父亲 fù qīn) in a remote village in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region has become an online celerity after her father started livestreaming(直播 zhí bō) her help online. 

6岁女童照顾父亲成网红 Girl, 6, taking care of paralyzed father goes viral

Tian Haicheng lost the use of his arms and legs in a road accident in March 2016. Two months later his wife(妻子 qī zi) left, taking away their son(儿子 ér zi) who was born in 2008. So he now lives with his daughter and his nearly 70-year-old parents(父母 fù mǔ). After surgery, he was left in 120,000 yuan in debt(债务 zhài wù).

Every day, along with his parents, his daughter washes his face, shaves him, help him use cellphone, gives him water and medicine.

After learning about the prospect of earning some money through livestreaming, Tian uploaded(上传 shàng chuán) his first video on the Tencent-backed livestreaming startup Kuaishou(快手) in November 2016. His popularity rose rapidly after he uploaded videos of his daughter taking care of him.

6岁女童照顾父亲成网红 Girl, 6, taking care of paralyzed father goes viral

"The video of my daughter feeding me porridge has more than 10,000 page views," he said, adding that a video of his daughter washing his face(洗脸) boosted the number of his followers by more than 10,000. He found that videos of his daughter were a hit.

In May 2017, he tried livestreaming for the first time, with only four to five viewers, mostly his relatives and the session lasted for less than 20 minutes.

6岁女童照顾父亲成网红 Girl, 6, taking care of paralyzed father goes viral

But the business kicked off as his followers(粉丝 fěn sī) increased. He earned 5,800 yuan in April and more than 4,000 yuan in May. Now he has more than 450,000 followers and his income(收入 shōu rù) from Kuaishou is approaching 70,000 yuan in total.

6岁女童照顾父亲成网红 Girl, 6, taking care of paralyzed father goes viral

Tian attributes his success to his daughter. He plans to give most of the earning to his father who helped pay off most of the debt and hopes to save some to send his daughter to college.

重点词汇 Key word: 

  • <动词 v.> succeed; accomplish; complete
    E.g. Tā shì gè néng chéng dàshì de rén.
    他是个能成大事的人。
    He will be a success.

  • <动词 v.> grow; develop
    E.g. Xíngdòng de shíjī shàngwèi chéngshú.
    行动的时机尚未成熟。
    The time is not yet ripe for action.

  • <名词 n.> achievement; accomplishment
    E.g. Gāi yánjiū yǐjīng qǔdé fēngshuò de chéngguǒ.
    该研究已经取得丰硕的成果。
    That study project has already yielded rich results.

  • <动词 v.> become; turn/change into
    E.g. Tā huì chéngwéi yīgè hǎo qīzi.
    她会成为一个好妻子。
    She would make a good wife.

  • <动词 v.> be all right; be OK
    E.g. Méiyǒu nǐ kě bù chéng.
     没有你可不成。
    We cannot do it without you.

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