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喘氣噓噓 Panting After a Single Round
雖然打幾個轉身，丟幾般解數，此等終是凡夫，有些著力：走一路，便喘氣噓噓，不能耐久。虽然打几个转身，丢几般解数，此等终是凡夫，有些着力：走一路，便喘气嘘嘘，不能耐久。
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雖然打幾個轉身，丟幾般解數，此等終是凡夫，有些著力：走一路，便喘氣噓噓，不能耐久。
虽然打几个转身，丢几般解数，此等终是凡夫，有些着力：走一路，便喘气嘘嘘，不能耐久。
Though they turned about a few times and let fly a few rounds of moves, these were mortals when all is said, and it cost them something: one round through and they were puffing and blowing, unable to keep it up.
解數 once more, its first character read xiè — the rounds of technique. 著 is zhuó here, in 著力, to exert force, which is a fourth distinct job for the character in this chapter. And 喘氣噓噓, panting and wheezing, is the sound of it. 凡夫 is the Buddhist term for an ordinary unenlightened person, and the sentence lands on it: they are men.
The chapter refuses the easy ending. The boys have been remade, they can lift the weapons, and after one round they are out of breath.
That is the more interesting outcome. A story that wanted to be simple would have made them heroes; this one gives them the strength and lets them be tired, and the word it uses for what they remain is the ordinary Buddhist term for a person who has not woken up yet.