不趕乏兔 A Good Man Spares A Tired Hare
行者情知是要取鈴鐺，收了鐵棒道：「『好漢子不趕乏兔兒』。你去，你去，吃飽些，好來領死。」那妖急轉身闖入裡邊，對娘娘道：「快將寶貝拿來。」娘娘道：「寶貝何幹？」行者情知是要取铃铛，收了铁棒道：「『好汉子不赶乏兔儿』。你去，你去，吃饱些，好来领死。」那妖急转身闯入里边，对娘娘道：「快将宝贝拿来。」娘娘道：「宝贝何干？」
逐句解 Line by line
Pilgrim knew perfectly well he meant to fetch the bells, put away the iron cudgel and said, "'A good fellow does not chase a tired hare.'
The last of the nine strings this chapter puts in corner brackets, and the only proverb Wukong quotes. 情知 is to know perfectly well — he is not fooled for a moment. 兒 is ér, a full syllable in this text.
"Go on, go on. Eat your fill, and come back the readier to meet your death."
Eleven characters, and the shape is a doubled dismissal followed by a mock kindness followed by a threat. 好來 is so that you can — the courtesy of the construction is what makes it unpleasant.
The fiend turned quickly and burst inside, saying to the Queen, "Bring out the treasures at once."
闖 is to charge through a doorway — the character is a horse inside a gate. 將 is jiāng, the disposal marker.
The Queen said, "What are the treasures for?"
Seven characters, and the question is not innocent. She knows exactly what is in that chest. 何幹 is what business, what for.
好漢子不趕乏兔兒 is Wukong letting him go, and letting him know he is being let go. The proverb says a decent man does not run down an exhausted hare — the generosity is real, and so is the insult buried in it, since the hare in the comparison is the monster king.
He also knows exactly what the break is for. 情知是要取鈴鐺 — he knew perfectly well the fellow meant to fetch the bells — and he puts his weapon away anyway. This is the most confident thing anyone does in the chapter, and it is only possible because the bells in that chest are made of his own hair.
The queen's four-character question at the end is a small masterpiece of nerve. 寶貝何幹 — what are the treasures for? — asked by the woman who put three counterfeits in the box herself and locked it with a golden lock.