第八十二回 · 清滴滴腮邊 In Broad Daylight Without Shame — Journey to the West

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清滴滴腮邊 In Broad Daylight Without Shame

嚶yīng的de一yì聲shēng，飛fēi在zài東dōng廊láng之zhī下xià，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà師shī父fù坐zuò在zài裡lǐ邊biān，清qīng滴dī滴dī腮sāi邊biān淚lèi淌tǎng。行xíng者zhě鑽zuān將jiāng進jìn去qù，丁dīng在zài他tā頭tóu上shàng，又yòu叫jiào聲shēng：「師shī父fù。」嘤yīng的de一yì声shēng，飞fēi在zài东dōng廊láng之zhī下xià，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà师shī父fù坐zuò在zài里lǐ边biān，清qīng滴dī滴dī腮sāi边biān泪lèi淌tǎng。行xíng者zhě钻zuān将jiāng进jìn去qù，丁dīng在zài他tā头tóu上shàng，又yòu叫jiào声shēng：「师shī父fù。」

逐句解 Line by line

嚶yīng的de一yì聲shēng，飛fēi在zài東dōng廊láng之zhī下xià，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà師shī父fù坐zuò在zài裡lǐ邊biān，清qīng滴dī滴dī腮sāi邊biān淚lèi淌tǎng。嘤yīng的de一yì声shēng，飞fēi在zài东dōng廊láng之zhī下xià，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà师shī父fù坐zuò在zài里lǐ边biān，清qīng滴dī滴dī腮sāi边biān泪lèi淌tǎng。

With a thin whine he flew down under the east corridor, and there was the master sitting inside, tears running clear down the side of his face.

The onomatopoeia is doing work: 嚶 is the small whining hum of an insect in flight, and the sentence begins with the sound. 清滴滴 is a three-character descriptive — clear and dripping — and it makes the tears visible rather than merely reported.

行xíng者zhě鑽zuān將jiāng進jìn去qù，丁dīng在zài他tā頭tóu上shàng，又yòu叫jiào聲shēng：「師shī父fù。」行xíng者zhě钻zuān将jiāng进jìn去qù，丁dīng在zài他tā头tóu上shàng，又yòu叫jiào声shēng：「师shī父fù。」

Pilgrim bored his way in, perched on his head and called again, "Master."

The same verb the chapter keeps using for entering this place: 鑽, to bore or worm through. Even as a fly he has to drill his way in, and the perch is the shaven head again.

總評 Commentary

The image at the end of the first sentence is the best in the passage and it is done in three characters. Not he wept, not tears fell — clear and dripping, running down the cheek.

It is also a rebuke to the reader who has been enjoying the comedy. The last time we saw Tripitaka he was being led about hand in hand and having his robe perfumed. He has been shut back in the corridor and left to cry.