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第八十一回
鎮zhèn海hǎi寺sì心xīn猿yuán知zhī怪guài
黑hēi松sōng林lín三sān眾zhòng尋xún師shī

At the Sea-Calming Monastery the Mind-Ape Knows the Fiend · In the Black Pine Wood the Three Seek Their Master

攜著手
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原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

攜著手 Out To The Back Garden

他tā兩liǎng個gè摟lǒu著zhe肩jiān,攜xié著zhe手shǒu,出chū了le佛fó殿diàn,徑jìng至zhì後hòu邊biān園yuán裡lǐ。那nà怪guài把bǎ行xíng者zhě使shǐ個gè絆bàn子zi腿tuǐ,跌diē倒dǎo在zài地dì。口kǒu裡lǐ「心xīn肝gān哥gē哥ge」的de亂luàn叫jiào,將jiāng手shǒu就jiù去qù掐qiā他tā的de臊sāo根gēn。他tā两liǎng个gè搂lǒu着zhe肩jiān,携xié着zhe手shǒu,出chū了le佛fó殿diàn,径jìng至zhì后hòu边biān园yuán里lǐ。那nà怪guài把bǎ行xíng者zhě使shǐ个gè绊bàn子zi腿tuǐ,跌diē倒dǎo在zài地dì。口kǒu里lǐ「心xīn肝gān哥gē哥ge」的de乱luàn叫jiào,将jiāng手shǒu就jiù去qù掐qiā他tā的de臊sāo根gēn。


逐句解 Line by line

他tā兩liǎng個gè摟lǒu著zhe肩jiān,攜xié著zhe手shǒu,出chū了le佛fó殿diàn,徑jìng至zhì後hòu邊biān園yuán裡lǐ。 他tā两liǎng个gè搂lǒu着zhe肩jiān,携xié着zhe手shǒu,出chū了le佛fó殿diàn,径jìng至zhì后hòu边biān园yuán里lǐ。

The two of them went with arms about each other's shoulders and hands linked, out of the Buddha hall and straight to the garden at the back.

Two 著, both the sustained zhe: the shoulders held, the hands held, across the whole walk. The garden at the back is where the caps and shoes of the six were found.

那nà怪guài把bǎ行xíng者zhě使shǐ個gè絆bàn子zi腿tuǐ,跌diē倒dǎo在zài地dì。 那nà怪guài把bǎ行xíng者zhě使shǐ个gè绊bàn子zi腿tuǐ,跌diē倒dǎo在zài地dì。

There the monster hooked her leg round his and tripped him, and he fell to the ground.

那 is nà, pointing at the creature already named, and 倒 is dǎo, to fall — the base reading, not the dào of on the contrary. 絆子腿 is a wrestling term for hooking an opponent's leg away.

口kǒu裡lǐ「心xīn肝gān哥gē哥ge」的de亂luàn叫jiào,將jiāng手shǒu就jiù去qù掐qiā他tā的de臊sāo根gēn。 口kǒu里lǐ「心xīn肝gān哥gē哥ge」的de乱luàn叫jiào,将jiāng手shǒu就jiù去qù掐qiā他tā的de臊sāo根gēn。

Crying out over and over in her throat, "Sweetheart, my darling," she put her hand down and seized him below.

將 is the disposal marker, taking the hand forward to the verb. 心肝哥哥, liver-and-heart elder brother, is an endearment of the coarser sort. The last two characters are blunt vernacular for the male genitals, and the novel does not soften them.


總評 Commentary

The ambush, and the point of it is that the seduction was never a seduction. The moment they are out of sight she trips him and goes for him, which is presumably how the six young monks ended.

The wrestling word is the tell. This is not an embrace that turns violent; it is a takedown, executed by someone who has done it before.

The novel is entirely unembarrassed about the physical detail, and it is worth remembering why it can afford to be. The thing on the ground looks like a boy of twelve and is in fact several centuries old and made of stone, iron and stolen elixir. She has attacked the one creature in the building who cannot be hurt.