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第六十六回
諸zhū神shén遭zāo毒dú手shǒu
彌mí勒lè縛fù妖yāo魔mó

The Gods Fall Victim to a Vicious Hand · Maitreya Binds the Demon Fiend

面上無肉
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原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

面上無肉 Your Face Has No Flesh

說shuō不bù了liǎo,小xiǎo張zhāng太tài子zǐ指zhǐ揮huī四sì將jiàng,上shàng前qián喝hè道dào:「潑pō妖yāo精jīng!你nǐ面miàn上shàng無wú肉ròu,不bú認rèn得dé我wǒ等děng在zài此cǐ?」妖yāo王wáng道dào:「是shì那nǎ方fāng小xiǎo將jiàng,敢gǎn來lái與yǔ他tā助zhù力lì?」说shuō不bù了liǎo,小xiǎo张zhāng太tài子zǐ指zhǐ挥huī四sì将jiàng,上shàng前qián喝hè道dào:「泼pō妖yāo精jīng!你nǐ面miàn上shàng无wú肉ròu,不bú认rèn得dé我wǒ等děng在zài此cǐ?」妖yāo王wáng道dào:「是shì那nǎ方fāng小xiǎo将jiàng,敢gǎn来lái与yǔ他tā助zhù力lì?」


逐句解 Line by line

說shuō不bù了liǎo,小xiǎo張zhāng太tài子zǐ指zhǐ揮huī四sì將jiàng,上shàng前qián喝hè道dào:「潑pō妖yāo精jīng! 说shuō不bù了liǎo,小xiǎo张zhāng太tài子zǐ指zhǐ挥huī四sì将jiàng,上shàng前qián喝hè道dào:「泼pō妖yāo精jīng!

Before he had finished, the Little Prince Zhang signalled the four generals and shouted, "You wretched fiend!

了 is liǎo, to finish, in 說不了. The prince cuts the fiend off in mid-question — the second time the chapter has broken a speech of his with these three characters.

你nǐ面miàn上shàng無wú肉ròu,不bú認rèn得dé我wǒ等děng在zài此cǐ?」 你nǐ面miàn上shàng无wú肉ròu,不bú认rèn得dé我wǒ等děng在zài此cǐ?」

Have you no flesh upon your face, that you do not know who we are, standing here?"

得 is the full dé in 認得, to recognise. 面上無肉 — no flesh on your face — is abuse of a kind the chapter has not used before: a remark about the fiend's looks rather than his conduct.

妖yāo王wáng道dào:「是shì那nǎ方fāng小xiǎo將jiàng,敢gǎn來lái與yǔ他tā助zhù力lì?」 妖yāo王wáng道dào:「是shì那nǎ方fāng小xiǎo将jiàng,敢gǎn来lái与yǔ他tā助zhù力lì?」

The fiend king said, "What quarter's young general is this, that dares come and lend him strength?"

那 is nǎ, the question word, in the same frame the fiend used on the dragons. 將 is jiàng — and 小將, a junior officer, is meant to sting.


總評 Commentary

The prince opens with abuse and the fiend answers with a question, which reverses the order of the last encounter. When the dragons came they served a warrant first and threatened afterwards; this boy insults first and identifies himself only when asked.

What quarter's young general is this repeats the question he put to the dragons, with the quarter asked for in the same way and a rank supplied. He has sized the newcomer up and reduced him to a junior officer before hearing any answer.