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全無破綻 Watching From The Ridge
那八戒見大聖與妖精交戰，他在山嘴上豎著釘鈀，不來幫打，只管呆呆的看著。那妖精見行者棒重，滿身解數，全無破綻，就把槍架住，捽開鼻子，要來捲他。那八戒见大圣与妖精交战，他在山嘴上竖着钉钯，不来帮打，只管呆呆的看着。那妖精见行者棒重，满身解数，全无破绽，就把枪架住，捽开鼻子，要来卷他。
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那八戒見大聖與妖精交戰，他在山嘴上豎著釘鈀，不來幫打，只管呆呆的看著。
那八戒见大圣与妖精交战，他在山嘴上竖着钉钯，不来帮打，只管呆呆的看着。
As for Bajie, seeing the Great Sage engaged with the monster, he stood his muckrake up on the spur of the hill and did not come to help, but only stared and stared.
著 reads zhe, the rake stood up and left standing; 著 is zhe again, the staring kept up.
那妖精見行者棒重，滿身解數，全無破綻，就把槍架住，捽開鼻子，要來捲他。
那妖精见行者棒重，满身解数，全无破绽，就把枪架住，捽开鼻子，要来卷他。
The monster saw that Wukong's cudgel was heavy, that his repertoire was complete and offered no opening anywhere, so he brought his spear up to block, shook out his trunk and made to wrap him in it.
重 reads zhòng, heavy. 破綻 is a split seam, and so a gap in a fighter's guard.
Bajie props his rake against the hillside and watches. He has just been rescued at some cost, fought his way out through four gates, and now that his brother is in a duel he becomes a spectator. The novel reports it flatly and lets the reader supply the judgment.
The word for the opening the elephant is looking for is a tailor's: a split seam. A fighter's defence is a garment, and you attack where the stitching gives. Finding none, he stops fencing and reaches for the thing he has that Wukong does not — a limb that can grab.
That is a sound decision and it is also the elephant's only idea. He used the trunk on Bajie and it worked perfectly; he is now using it again on an opponent who has spent the whole chapter demonstrating what he does to creatures that try to hold on to him.