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第八十五回
心xīn猿yuán妒dù木mù母mǔ
魔mó主zhǔ計jì吞tūn禪chán

The Mind-Ape Envies the Wood Mother · The Fiend Lord Plots to Swallow the Chan

多官膽戰
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拼音 Pinyin Off
字體 Script 繁
原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

多官膽戰 The Lid Comes Off

二èr臣chén請qǐng國guó王wáng開kāi看kàn,國guó王wáng即jí命mìng打dǎ開kāi。方fāng揭jiē了le蓋gài,豬zhū八bā戒jiè就jiù忍rěn不bú住zhù往wǎng外wài一yí跳tiào,諕xià得de那nà多duō官guān膽dǎn戰zhàn,口kǒu不bù能néng言yán。二èr臣chén请qǐng国guó王wáng开kāi看kàn,国guó王wáng即jí命mìng打dǎ开kāi。方fāng揭jiē了le盖gài,猪zhū八bā戒jiè就jiù忍rěn不bú住zhù往wǎng外wài一yí跳tiào,諕xià得de那nà多duō官guān胆dǎn战zhàn,口kǒu不bù能néng言yán。


逐句解 Line by line

二èr臣chén請qǐng國guó王wáng開kāi看kàn,國guó王wáng即jí命mìng打dǎ開kāi。 二èr臣chén请qǐng国guó王wáng开kāi看kàn,国guó王wáng即jí命mìng打dǎ开kāi。

The two officers begged the king to look inside, and he ordered it opened at once.

Two short clauses, and the novel does not slow down for either. The setup has been running for a page and a half; the payoff gets one sentence of preparation.

方fāng揭jiē了le蓋gài,豬zhū八bā戒jiè就jiù忍rěn不bú住zhù往wǎng外wài一yí跳tiào,諕xià得de那nà多duō官guān膽dǎn戰zhàn,口kǒu不bù能néng言yán。 方fāng揭jiē了le盖gài,猪zhū八bā戒jiè就jiù忍rěn不bú住zhù往wǎng外wài一yí跳tiào,諕xià得de那nà多duō官guān胆dǎn战zhàn,口kǒu不bù能néng言yán。

The cover had barely been lifted when Zhu Bajie, unable to hold still, sprang straight out — at which the assembled officers shook with terror and could not get a word out.

Of the four of them it is of course Bajie who comes out first, and at speed. 諕 is xià, to frighten — a variant way of writing 嚇, which this chapter uses for the very same action a few lines further on. The 得 after it is de, the little hinge that attaches a result to a verb: frightened them so that they shook.


總評 Commentary

The chest has been the chapter's engine since it was stolen two chapters back, and it empties in a single sentence. The novel spends its words on the approach and almost none on the arrival.

Bajie leaping out is played for fright, not comedy, and the difference matters. To the court a pig-headed monster has just erupted from the recovered evidence in the middle of a throne room.