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是那個對頭 Which Adversary Was That
小妖問：「是那個對頭？」老妖道：「是一個和尚，乃東土唐僧取經的徒弟，名喚豬八戒。小妖问：「是那个对头？」老妖道：「是一个和尚，乃东土唐僧取经的徒弟，名唤猪八戒。
逐句解 Line by line
小妖問：「是那個對頭？」
小妖问：「是那个对头？」
The imps asked, "Which adversary was that?"
那 is nǎ, which — the question word. The same two characters that ended the last passage as a statement come back as a query, which is how this novel keeps dialogue moving.
老妖道：「是一個和尚，乃東土唐僧取經的徒弟，名喚豬八戒。
老妖道：「是一个和尚，乃东土唐僧取经的徒弟，名唤猪八戒。
The old fiend said, "A monk — a disciple of the Tang Monk from the Land of the East who is fetching the scriptures, by the name of Zhu Bajie.
He has the identification exactly right, and he has it because Bajie recited it himself in ten lines of verse. The boast was meant to establish seniority; what it established was an address.
The fiend reports his defeat accurately and without excuses, which is more than either brother has managed today.
And every fact in the report was volunteered. He asked for a name and got a curriculum vitae, and he has retained the useful part.