防他瓶兒 Beware Of That Vase
行者聽說，心中暗驚道：「妖魔倒也不怕，只是仔細防他瓶兒。」又應聲道：「三個大王的本事，你倒也說得不差，與我知道的一樣。行者听说，心中暗惊道：「妖魔倒也不怕，只是仔细防他瓶儿。」又应声道：「三个大王的本事，你倒也说得不差，与我知道的一样。
逐句解 Line by line
Hearing this, Pilgrim was privately alarmed. "The demons themselves I am not afraid of. It is that vase of his I must take care to guard against."
倒 is dào, the on-the-contrary band — as for the demons, actually, no. 仔細 takes 仔 as zǐ. This is the first thing in the chapter Pilgrim has admitted to fearing, and it is not a creature but a container.
He spoke up again. "The three kings' abilities — you have told them off well enough, without a slip, and they agree with what I know myself.
應 is yìng, to answer. 說得不差 has 得 unstressed as de hanging the judgement on the verb, and 差 as chà, wrong or off — a reading the same character will not keep ten units further on. And the last clause is a lie of pure form: Pilgrim knew none of it four minutes ago.
Pilgrim's private reaction sorts the three threats correctly and instantly. A mouth like a city gate and a nose that carries men off are both problems of combat, and he has been solving those for a hundred chapters.
The vase is different in kind. It does not require the demon to fight, or even to be present — once you are inside, the thing works by itself on a timetable.
And then he goes straight back into the officer's voice and marks the demon's answers as correct, against a standard he did not possess until the demon supplied it.