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未分勝負 No Victor Yet
他三個在半空中往往來來，戰經數十回合，不分勝負。各因性命要緊，其實難解難分。畢竟不知怎救唐僧，且聽下回分解。他三个在半空中往往来来，战经数十回合，不分胜负。各因性命要紧，其实难解难分。毕竟不知怎救唐僧，且听下回分解。
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他三個在半空中往往來來，戰經數十回合，不分勝負。各因性命要緊，其實難解難分。
他三个在半空中往往来来，战经数十回合，不分胜负。各因性命要紧，其实难解难分。
The three of them went back and forth in mid-air, fought through several tens of bouts, and settled nothing. Each, because his very life hung on it, was truly hard to sunder and hard to part.
半空中 zhōng; 不分/難分 fēn; 難解難分 nán. The combat locked in perfect balance.
畢竟不知怎救唐僧，且聽下回分解。
毕竟不知怎救唐僧，且听下回分解。
In the end, there is no knowing how the Tang Monk was to be saved — so listen to the explanation in the next chapter.
The formulaic chapter-close (畢竟…且聽下回分解), leaving the master bound and the fight undecided.
The chapter ends suspended at a true impasse: two disciples and the demon, evenly matched, fight to no decision while the master remains bound to the soul-stake within. The closing couplet's “hard to sunder, hard to part” is both a description of the deadlock and a signal that the ordeal cannot be resolved by the forces now in play.
That is the deliberate design of the whole chapter. Beginning with Wukong's banishment — the “Mind-Monkey” let go — it has systematically removed the pilgrims' guardian and stripped the master defenseless, and it closes by demonstrating that Bajie and Sha Monk together are not enough. The unresolved combat is an argument in narrative form: the journey cannot proceed without the disciple the master cast out, and the reader is left to feel that necessity before the next chapter begins to answer it.