第六十回 · 相倚相偎 Leaning Close Together — Journey to the West

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相倚相偎 Leaning Close Together

酒jiǔ至zhì數shù巡xún，羅luó剎chà覺jué有yǒu半bàn酣hān，色sè情qíng微wēi動dòng，就jiù和hé孫sūn大dà聖shèng挨āi挨āi擦cā擦cā，搭dā搭dā拈niān拈niān：攜xié著zhe手shǒu，俏qiào語yǔ溫wēn存cún；並bìng著zhe肩jiān，低dī聲shēng俯fǔ就jiù。將jiāng一yì杯bēi酒jiǔ，你nǐ喝hē一yì口kǒu，我wǒ喝hē一yì口kǒu，卻què又yòu哺bǔ果guǒ。大dà聖shèng假jiǎ意yì虛xū情qíng，相xiāng陪péi相xiāng笑xiào，沒méi奈nài何hé，也yě與yǔ他tā相xiāng倚yǐ相xiāng偎wēi。酒jiǔ至zhì数shù巡xún，罗luó刹chà觉jué有yǒu半bàn酣hān，色sè情qíng微wēi动dòng，就jiù和hé孙sūn大dà圣shèng挨āi挨āi擦cā擦cā，搭dā搭dā拈niān拈niān：携xié着zhe手shǒu，俏qiào语yǔ温wēn存cún；并bìng着zhe肩jiān，低dī声shēng俯fǔ就jiù。将jiāng一yì杯bēi酒jiǔ，你nǐ喝hē一yì口kǒu，我wǒ喝hē一yì口kǒu，却què又yòu哺bǔ果guǒ。大dà圣shèng假jiǎ意yì虚xū情qíng，相xiāng陪péi相xiāng笑xiào，没méi奈nài何hé，也yě与yǔ他tā相xiāng倚yǐ相xiāng偎wēi。

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酒jiǔ至zhì數shù巡xún，羅luó剎chà覺jué有yǒu半bàn酣hān，色sè情qíng微wēi動dòng，就jiù和hé孫sūn大dà聖shèng挨āi挨āi擦cā擦cā，搭dā搭dā拈niān拈niān：攜xié著zhe手shǒu，俏qiào語yǔ溫wēn存cún；並bìng著zhe肩jiān，低dī聲shēng俯fǔ就jiù。酒jiǔ至zhì数shù巡xún，罗luó刹chà觉jué有yǒu半bàn酣hān，色sè情qíng微wēi动dòng，就jiù和hé孙sūn大dà圣shèng挨āi挨āi擦cā擦cā，搭dā搭dā拈niān拈niān：携xié着zhe手shǒu，俏qiào语yǔ温wēn存cún；并bìng着zhe肩jiān，低dī声shēng俯fǔ就jiù。

When the wine had gone several rounds the Rākṣasī felt herself half tipsy, and her colour stirred a little. She fell to rubbing and jostling against the Great Sage, to touching and pinching: taking his hand, she spoke him soft and low; setting her shoulder to his, she inclined toward him in a hushed voice.

數 is shù, several. 覺 is jué, to feel. Both instances of 著 are the continuous zhe. The source cuts the sentence at a semicolon, and the two halves are matched three-and-four phrases — 攜著手／俏語溫存 and 並著肩／低聲俯就 — with no escalation between them.

將jiāng一yì杯bēi酒jiǔ，你nǐ喝hē一yì口kǒu，我wǒ喝hē一yì口kǒu，卻què又yòu哺bǔ果guǒ。将jiāng一yì杯bēi酒jiǔ，你nǐ喝hē一yì口kǒu，我wǒ喝hē一yì口kǒu，却què又yòu哺bǔ果guǒ。

Taking a single cup of wine, you drink a mouthful and I drink a mouthful, and then she would feed him fruit besides.

喝 is hē here, to drink, and it is the only sentence in the chapter where the character takes that sense — twice over, once for each drinker — against the five earlier instances that are all hè, to shout. 一 takes yì before the level tone of 杯 and before the dipping tone of 口 at both places.

大dà聖shèng假jiǎ意yì虛xū情qíng，相xiāng陪péi相xiāng笑xiào，沒méi奈nài何hé，也yě與yǔ他tā相xiāng倚yǐ相xiāng偎wēi。大dà圣shèng假jiǎ意yì虚xū情qíng，相xiāng陪péi相xiāng笑xiào，没méi奈nài何hé，也yě与yǔ他tā相xiāng倚yǐ相xiāng偎wēi。

The Great Sage feigned the feeling he did not have, kept her company and kept laughing, and having no help for it leaned and nestled against her too.

All four instances of 相 are the each-other xiāng. 假意虛情 labels the performance, as 故意 and 假意 have done at every earlier stage of the imposture. 沒 is méi.

總評 Commentary

The scene the novel has been building towards since the false Bull King rode up to the door arrives here, and it is handled almost entirely through doubled syllables — 挨挨擦擦, 搭搭拈拈, 相倚相偎. The doubling makes the action continuous and unemphatic, a drift rather than an event, which is exactly what wine is doing to the scene.

沒奈何 — having no help for it — is the phrase that carries the Great Sage's position. He cannot withdraw without breaking the disguise and losing the fan, so he leans back. The novel has had him counterfeiting feelings throughout the imposture, but this is the first time the counterfeit costs him anything, and it says so in three characters and moves on.