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第七十四回
長cháng庚gēng傳chuán報bào魔mó頭tóu狠hěn
行xíng者zhě施shī為wéi變biàn化huà能néng

Long Geng Brings Word of a Fierce Demon Chief · Pilgrim Works His Powers of Transformation

三分人相
模式 Mode Read Study
拼音 Pinyin Off
字體 Script 繁
原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

三分人相 He Still Looked Part Human

今jīn夜yè做zuò的de甚shén麼me惡è夢mèng,遇yù著zháo這zhè夥huǒ惡è人rén?為wéi先xiān的de那nà和hé尚shàng醜chǒu便biàn醜chǒu,還hái有yǒu三sān分fēn人rén相xiàng;今jīn夜yè做zuò的de甚shén么me恶è梦mèng,遇yù着zháo这zhè伙huǒ恶è人rén?为wéi先xiān的de那nà和hé尚shàng丑chǒu便biàn丑chǒu,还hái有yǒu三sān分fēn人rén相xiàng;


逐句解 Line by line

今jīn夜yè做zuò的de甚shén麼me惡è夢mèng,遇yù著zháo這zhè夥huǒ惡è人rén? 今jīn夜yè做zuò的de甚shén么me恶è梦mèng,遇yù着zháo这zhè伙huǒ恶è人rén?

"What sort of evil dream did I have last night, to run into a gang of monsters like this?

遇著 has 著 as zháo, the band of contact achieved — running into something, meeting it — which is the fourth appearance of this character in the chapter and its third distinct reading. 惡夢 and 惡人 put the same character twice in one sentence, once for the dream and once for the men in it.

為wéi先xiān的de那nà和hé尚shàng醜chǒu便biàn醜chǒu,還hái有yǒu三sān分fēn人rén相xiàng; 为wéi先xiān的de那nà和hé尚shàng丑chǒu便biàn丑chǒu,还hái有yǒu三sān分fēn人rén相xiàng;

The monk who came first was ugly, but he still had three parts of a human look about him;

為先的 is the one that came first, with 為 as wéi, the copula. 三分人相 is the phrase to keep: three parts out of ten of a human appearance, which is measurement rather than insult and all the funnier for it. 相 is xiàng, outward appearance, not the xiāng of mutual.


總評 Commentary

The old man's first thought is that he is dreaming, which is the only reasonable explanation available to him and happens to be wrong. He has been awake all day and the day has simply been like this.

Then he starts grading. The first monk was ugly but retained three parts in ten of a human look — a fraction, offered seriously, as though there were a scale. It is the funniest line in the chapter so far and the old man does not know he has made a joke.