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那裡支鍋
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那裡支鍋 Where Would You Set The Pot

三sān魔mó道dào:「哥gē啊a,吃chī了le雜zá碎suì也yě罷bà,不bù知zhī在zài那nǎ裡lǐ支zhī鍋guō?」行xíng者zhě道dào:「三sān叉chā骨gǔ上shàng好hǎo支zhī鍋guō。」三sān魔mó道dào:「不bù好hǎo了le,假jiǎ若ruò支zhī起qǐ鍋guō,燒shāo動dòng火huǒ煙yān,煼chǎo到dào鼻bí孔kǒng裡lǐ,打dǎ嚏tì噴pēn麼me?」三sān魔mó道dào:「哥gē啊a,吃chī了le杂zá碎suì也yě罢bà,不bù知zhī在zài那nǎ里lǐ支zhī锅guō?」行xíng者zhě道dào:「三sān叉chā骨gǔ上shàng好hǎo支zhī锅guō。」三sān魔mó道dào:「不bù好hǎo了le,假jiǎ若ruò支zhī起qǐ锅guō,烧shāo动dòng火huǒ烟yān,煼chǎo到dào鼻bí孔kǒng里lǐ,打dǎ嚏tì喷pēn么me?」


逐句解 Line by line

三sān魔mó道dào:「哥gē啊a,吃chī了le雜zá碎suì也yě罷bà,不bù知zhī在zài那nǎ裡lǐ支zhī鍋guō?」 三sān魔mó道dào:「哥gē啊a,吃chī了le杂zá碎suì也yě罢bà,不bù知zhī在zài那nǎ里lǐ支zhī锅guō?」

The third monster said, "Elder brother, eating the offal is one thing — but where would he set up the pot?"

那 is nǎ here, the question word — where — not the nà of pointing at something. This chapter has exactly three 那裡 and this is the only one that asks a question; the other two, squatting there and praying there, are both the demonstrative.

行xíng者zhě道dào:「三sān叉chā骨gǔ上shàng好hǎo支zhī鍋guō。」 行xíng者zhě道dào:「三sān叉chā骨gǔ上shàng好hǎo支zhī锅guō。」

Wukong said, "The three-forked bone is a good place to set a pot."

三叉骨 is the forked bone at the base of the breastbone, where the ribs come together — the exact spot where a tripod would sit level. He answers the question as though it were a practical one, which is what makes it horrible.

三sān魔mó道dào:「不bù好hǎo了le,假jiǎ若ruò支zhī起qǐ鍋guō,燒shāo動dòng火huǒ煙yān,煼chǎo到dào鼻bí孔kǒng裡lǐ,打dǎ嚏tì噴pēn麼me?」 三sān魔mó道dào:「不bù好hǎo了le,假jiǎ若ruò支zhī起qǐ锅guō,烧shāo动dòng火huǒ烟yān,煼chǎo到dào鼻bí孔kǒng里lǐ,打dǎ嚏tì喷pēn么me?」

The third monster said, "This is bad — if he sets a pot up and gets a fire smoking, and the smoke rises into the nostrils, would he not sneeze?"

煼 is a rare character for a fire drawing or scorching upward, and 打嚏噴 is to sneeze. The third chief, who has been the clever one all chapter, is now working out the ventilation.


總評 Commentary

The third chief remains the only one thinking, and the thing he is thinking about is smoke. He has accepted that a monkey may be cooking in his brother's chest and moved straight to the consequences, which is both admirable and completely unhinged.

This is the chapter's only interrogative 那裡, and it is worth flagging because the sealed chapters have historically read this word as a pointer even when it is asking a question. Ch.75 carries three and gets the mix right — two demonstrative, one question.