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拋將去
The Rope Goes Slack
這壁廂大聖聞言，轉把繩子放鬆了，拋將去。那獃子敗了陣，住後就跑。原來那繩子拖著走，還不覺；轉回來，因鬆了，倒有些絆腳，自家絆倒了一跌，爬起來又一跌。这壁厢大圣闻言，转把绳子放松了，抛将去。那呆子败了阵，住后就跑。原来那绳子拖着走，还不觉；转回来，因松了，倒有些绊脚，自家绊倒了一跌，爬起来又一跌。
逐句解 Line by line
這壁廂大聖聞言，轉把繩子放鬆了，拋將去。
这壁厢大圣闻言，转把绳子放松了，抛将去。
On this side the Great Sage heard him — and instead slackened the cord off and threw it after him.
轉 here marks the reversal: instead of pulling, he let go. 將 reads jiāng, the character that carries a verb toward its direction.
那獃子敗了陣，住後就跑。
那呆子败了阵，住后就跑。
The fool, beaten, turned tail and ran.
住後 — to the rear, backwards. He is retreating rather than withdrawing in order.
原來那繩子拖著走，還不覺；
原来那绳子拖着走，还不觉；
Now while the cord was dragging along behind him he did not feel it.
著 reads zhe, the dragging held in progress. 還 keeps hái, meaning still, at this stage.
轉回來，因鬆了，倒有些絆腳，自家絆倒了一跌，爬起來又一跌。
转回来，因松了，倒有些绊脚，自家绊倒了一跌，爬起来又一跌。
But when he turned back, the slack fouled his feet, and he tripped himself and went down; he got up and went down again.
倒 at 絆倒 reads dǎo, to fall over — not the dào of the preceding 倒有些絆腳, which means on the contrary.
總評 Commentary
This is the trick landing. Bajie shouted for the rope to be pulled and Wukong threw it at him instead, which turns the safety line into an obstacle. It is exactly the reversal that Wukong promised himself in private some hundred and fifty characters earlier, and the novel executes it without a word of commentary.
The mechanics are worked out with some care. A taut rope pulls; a slack rope tangles. Bajie does not notice while he is running away from the loose end, and it only catches him when he turns. Wukong has not merely refused to help — he has arranged for the help itself to be the thing that brings his brother down.
Within seven characters the same character appears in both of its readings, once meaning on the contrary and once meaning to fall over. The pairing is almost certainly deliberate. This novel likes to set a character beside itself and let the reader hear the difference.