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怒氣填胸
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怒氣填胸 He Turns His Cudgel On Them

zhǐjiàndāizishāsēngkǒulishuōshénmexíngzhětiánxiōngguǎnhǎodǎilāogùnláipiànliánshēngjiàodào:「menmen。」dāizihuāngdezǒuméizhǐjiàndāizishāsēngkǒulishuōshénmexíngzhětiánxiōngguǎnhǎodǎilāogùnláipiànliánshēngjiàodào:「menmen。」dāizihuāngdezǒuméi


逐句解 Line by line

zhǐjiàndāizishāsēngkǒulishuōshénme zhǐjiàndāizishāsēngkǒulishuōshénme

He saw only that idiot and Sha Monk mumbling something or other in their throats.

is , is the everyday unstressed zi in the nickname, and is shén. The two of them are talking, which means they have only just realised.

xíngzhětiánxiōngguǎnhǎodǎilāogùnláipiànliánshēngjiàodào:「menmen。」 xíngzhětiánxiōngguǎnhǎodǎilāogùnláipiànliánshēngjiàodào:「menmen。」

Pilgrim, his chest packed full of rage, cared nothing for right or wrong, caught up his cudgel and laid about him, calling out over and over, "I will beat you to death, I will beat you to death."

怒氣填胸, anger stuffing the chest, is a set phrase, and 不管好歹 is caring nothing for good or bad — that is, striking without judging who deserves it.

dāizihuāngdezǒuméi dāizihuāngdezǒuméi

That idiot was so flustered there was nowhere for him to run.

is the unstressed de joining the fluster to its extent — flustered to the point of having no way out.


總評 Commentary

Pilgrim's response to failure is to attack his own brothers, and the novel does not excuse it. He cares nothing for right or wrong, which is the narrator's judgement and not his.

It is also, in fairness, not entirely irrational. He posted the two of them on the sick man precisely so this could not happen, and they let a fiend walk in and carry him off the mattress.

The detail that lands is Bajie having nowhere to run. This is a coward with real speed and enormous strength, and he is cornered in a courtyard by his own brother.