第六十九回 · 全不見撒尿 Not A Drop Came — Journey to the West

原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

全不見撒尿 Not A Drop Came

八bā戒jiè聞wén言yán，真zhēn個gè去qù到dào邊biān前qián，那nà馬mǎ斜xié伏fú地dì下xià睡shuì哩li。獃dāi子zi一yí頓dùn腳jiǎo踢tī起qǐ，襯chèn在zài肚dù下xià，等děng了le半bàn會huì，全quán不bú見jiàn撒sā尿niào。八bā戒jiè闻wén言yán，真zhēn个gè去qù到dào边biān前qián，那nà马mǎ斜xié伏fú地dì下xià睡shuì哩li。呆dāi子zi一yí顿dùn脚jiǎo踢tī起qǐ，衬chèn在zài肚dù下xià，等děng了le半bàn会huì，全quán不bú见jiàn撒sā尿niào。

逐句解 Line by line

八bā戒jiè聞wén言yán，真zhēn個gè去qù到dào邊biān前qián，那nà馬mǎ斜xié伏fú地dì下xià睡shuì哩li。八bā戒jiè闻wén言yán，真zhēn个gè去qù到dào边biān前qián，那nà马mǎ斜xié伏fú地dì下xià睡shuì哩li。

Hearing this, Eight Rules really did go over to the horse — which was lying slantwise on the ground, asleep.

真個 again, exactly as when he scraped the soot. The horse asleep on its side is the first sign this will not go smoothly.

獃dāi子zi一yí頓dùn腳jiǎo踢tī起qǐ，襯chèn在zài肚dù下xià，等děng了le半bàn會huì，全quán不bú見jiàn撒sā尿niào。呆dāi子zi一yí顿dùn脚jiǎo踢tī起qǐ，衬chèn在zài肚dù下xià，等děng了le半bàn会huì，全quán不bú见jiàn撒sā尿niào。

The idiot kicked it awake, shoved the cup underneath its belly, waited a good while, and saw not one drop.

Four verbs of effort and then a flat negative with no cushioning at all — the sentence is built to deflate. 肚 stays dù, belly, and the 一 of one kick shifts tone in the ordinary way.

總評 Commentary

Two sentences, the second built entirely to deflate. Eight Rules kicks the horse awake, shoves the cup underneath, waits a good while — four verbs running — and then the flat negative lands with nothing to soften it.

真個 does the same work here it did over the soot: the objection was raised, overruled, and carried out regardless. The narrator uses the phrase twice in one night, both times about Eight Rules.