舀鍾而嘗 A Ladleful to Taste
那些道士推開格子，磕頭禮拜謝恩，擡出缸去，將那瓶、盆總歸一處，教：「徒弟，取個鍾子來嘗嘗。」小道士即便拿了一個茶鍾，遞與老道士。道士舀出一鍾來，喝下口去，只情抹唇咂嘴。那些道士推开格子，磕头礼拜谢恩，抬出缸去，将那瓶、盆总归一处，教：「徒弟，取个钟子来尝尝。」小道士即便拿了一个茶钟，递与老道士。道士舀出一钟来，喝下口去，只情抹唇咂嘴。
逐句解 Line by line
The Daoists pushed open the lattice-panels, kowtowed and bowed their thanks, carried out the vat, and gathered the vase and basin all into one place. Then he bade them: “Disciple, fetch a little cup and let us have a taste.”
那些 and 那瓶: 那 = nà. 將那瓶: 將 = jiāng, the word that takes hold of an object and puts it somewhere. 格子 and 鍾子: 子 = zi, the light ending. 教 = jiào, to bid. 一處: the falling tone of 處 pulls 一 to yí.
A young Daoist at once took a tea-cup and handed it to the old Daoist.
即便 "at once." 一個: the falling tone of 個 pulls 一 to yí. 茶鍾 "a tea cup" -- they are about to taste it like connoisseurs.
The Daoist ladled out a cupful, drank it down, and kept smacking his lips and clicking his tongue.
舀出 "to ladle out." 喝下: 喝 = hē, to drink -- not hè, to shout, which is the reading the same character takes later in this chapter. 只情 "just kept on (doing it)." 抹唇咂嘴 "smacking the lips and clicking the tongue" -- the sound of a man trying to place a flavour.
The immortals treat the vessels as bearing a sacred draught and settle in to taste it properly -- a cup fetched, a ladleful drawn, the senior man going first.
The old Daoist's lip-smacking is the best detail in the passage. He can tell something is wrong and he cannot say what, so he keeps sampling, which prolongs the reveal beautifully. The novel spends a whole passage on a man trying to identify a taste, and it is worth every line.