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且待其散
Waiting for Them to Disperse
他兩個套上衣服，悄悄的走出門前，隨行者踏了雲頭，跳將起去。那獃子看見燈光，就要下手。行者扯住道：「且休忙，待他散了，方可下去。」八戒道：「他才念到興頭上，卻怎麼肯散？」行者道：「等我弄個法兒，他就散了。」他两个套上衣服，悄悄的走出门前，随行者踏了云头，跳将起去。那呆子看见灯光，就要下手。行者扯住道：「且休忙，待他散了，方可下去。」八戒道：「他才念到兴头上，却怎么肯散？」行者道：「等我弄个法儿，他就散了。」
逐句解 Line by line
他兩個套上衣服，悄悄的走出門前，隨行者踏了雲頭，跳將起去。
他两个套上衣服，悄悄的走出门前，随行者踏了云头，跳将起去。
The two of them threw on their clothes, quietly slipped out the door, and, following Pilgrim, trod the cloud and sprang up.
Dressed and out of the door without a sound. 將 in 跳將起去 is jiāng, carrying the direction of the jump.
那獃子看見燈光，就要下手。
那呆子看见灯光，就要下手。
That idiot, seeing the lamplight, meant to set to at once.
獃子, "the idiot," is the narrator's standing name for Bajie — affectionate, and never once withdrawn. 那 is nà; 子 is the light zi; 看 is kàn.
行者扯住道：「且休忙，待他散了，方可下去。」
行者扯住道：「且休忙，待他散了，方可下去。」
Pilgrim held him back: "Not so fast — wait till they've dispersed, and only then can we go down."
The strategist against the appetite, which is the engine of every scene these two share. 散 is sàn, to disperse.
八戒道：「他才念到興頭上，卻怎麼肯散？」
八戒道：「他才念到兴头上，却怎么肯散？」
Eight Rules said, "They've just reached the height of their chanting — how would they be willing to disperse?"
A fair objection: men at the height of a rite do not simply stop. 興頭 — 興 is xìng, high spirits, the peak of enthusiasm. 散 is sàn.
行者道：「等我弄個法兒，他就散了。」
行者道：「等我弄个法儿，他就散了。」
Pilgrim said, "Let me work a little trick, and they'll disperse."
法兒, a little trick. 兒 is the light er.
總評 Commentary
The raid is staged as a caper, with the parts already cast. Bajie would fall on the food the moment he sees lamplight; Wukong, tactician even in mischief, makes them wait the Daoists out.
And when Bajie objects, reasonably, that men at the height of a rite do not simply go to bed, his brother promises a little trick to clear the hall. Appetite against timing, which is the shape of every scene these two share.