第七十六回 · 揪著鼻子 What Is He Leading — Journey to the West

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揪著鼻子 What Is He Leading

只zhǐ見jiàn三sān藏zàng凝níng睛jīng盼pàn望wàng，見jiàn他tā兩liǎng個gè嚷rǎng嚷rǎng鬧nào鬧nào而ér來lái，即jí喚huàn：「悟wù淨jìng，你nǐ看kàn悟wù空kōng牽qiān的de是shì甚shén麼me？」沙shā僧sēng見jiàn了le，笑xiào道dào：「師shī父fù，大dà師shī兄xiōng把bǎ妖yāo精jīng揪jiū著zhe鼻bí子zi拉lā來lái，真zhēn愛ài殺shā人rén也yě。」只zhǐ见jiàn三sān藏zàng凝níng睛jīng盼pàn望wàng，见jiàn他tā两liǎng个gè嚷rǎng嚷rǎng闹nào闹nào而ér来lái，即jí唤huàn：「悟wù净jìng，你nǐ看kàn悟wù空kōng牵qiān的de是shì甚shén么me？」沙shā僧sēng见jiàn了le，笑xiào道dào：「师shī父fù，大dà师shī兄xiōng把bǎ妖yāo精jīng揪jiū着zhe鼻bí子zi拉lā来lái，真zhēn爱ài杀shā人rén也yě。」

逐句解 Line by line

只zhǐ見jiàn三sān藏zàng凝níng睛jīng盼pàn望wàng，見jiàn他tā兩liǎng個gè嚷rǎng嚷rǎng鬧nào鬧nào而ér來lái，即jí喚huàn：「悟wù淨jìng，你nǐ看kàn悟wù空kōng牽qiān的de是shì甚shén麼me？」只zhǐ见jiàn三sān藏zàng凝níng睛jīng盼pàn望wàng，见jiàn他tā两liǎng个gè嚷rǎng嚷rǎng闹nào闹nào而ér来lái，即jí唤huàn：「悟wù净jìng，你nǐ看kàn悟wù空kōng牵qiān的de是shì甚shén么me？」

There was Tripitaka, staring hard down the road, and seeing the two of them come along with a great noise and clamour he called out: "Wujing, look — what is it Wukong is leading?"

嚷 and 嚷 both read rǎng, to make an uproar. 甚 is shén, the questioning what.

沙shā僧sēng見jiàn了le，笑xiào道dào：「師shī父fù，大dà師shī兄xiōng把bǎ妖yāo精jīng揪jiū著zhe鼻bí子zi拉lā來lái，真zhēn愛ài殺shā人rén也yě。」沙shā僧sēng见jiàn了le，笑xiào道dào：「师shī父fù，大dà师shī兄xiōng把bǎ妖yāo精jīng揪jiū着zhe鼻bí子zi拉lā来lái，真zhēn爱ài杀shā人rén也yě。」

Sha Wujing saw and laughed: "Master, the eldest brother has the monster by the nose and is dragging it here. It really is a killing sight."

把 reads bǎ, the object put before the verb. 著 is zhe, the grip kept up. 愛殺人 — funny enough to kill you, the vernacular hyperbole.

總評 Commentary

Tripitaka cannot make out what is coming. He has good eyes for a road and no vocabulary for what is on it, so the question comes out as what is that thing Wukong is leading. The master spends much of this novel unable to identify what his own disciples have brought home.

Sha Wujing's answer is the first time he has laughed in the chapter, and it is worth marking. He was the one who rounded on Bajie over the luggage, and he has been ashamed and quiet ever since. The sight of an elephant being led by the nose has restored him.

The phrase he ends on means something like funny enough to be the death of you, and it is pure spoken Chinese — the sort of hyperbole that does not survive being translated literally. What matters is the register: after a chapter of terror and betrayal, the pilgrims are laughing at a monster.