原文 Original text
繁體 Traditional
Reader's edition
撒作聖水
Manufacturing “Holy Water”
那行者立將起來,掀著虎皮裙,撒了一花瓶臊溺。豬八戒見了,歡喜道:「哥啊,我和你做這幾年兄弟,只這些兒不曾弄過。我才吃了些東西,倒要幹這個事兒哩。」那行者立将起来,掀着虎皮裙,撒了一花瓶臊溺。猪八戒见了,欢喜道:「哥啊,我和你做这几年兄弟,只这些儿不曾弄过。我才吃了些东西,倒要干这个事儿哩。」
逐句解 Line by line
那行者立將起來,掀著虎皮裙,撒了一花瓶臊溺。
那行者立将起来,掀着虎皮裙,撒了一花瓶臊溺。
Pilgrim stood right up, lifted his tiger-skin kilt, and let fly a vase full of stinking piss.
Deictic 那行者: 那 = nà. Directional 立將起來: 將 = jiāng (aspectual coverb). 掀著: durative 著 = zhe. 臊溺 “rank urine.”
豬八戒見了,歡喜道:「哥啊,我和你做這幾年兄弟,只這些兒不曾弄過。
猪八戒见了,欢喜道:「哥啊,我和你做这几年兄弟,只这些儿不曾弄过。
Zhu Bajie, seeing it, said in delight, “Brother! All these years we've been sworn brothers, and this is the one bit of fun we've never had a hand in.
見了: 了 = le. 我和你: 和 = hé, “and.” 這些兒: suffixal 兒 = er, “these few things.” 不曾: 不 = bù before 曾 (2nd tone).
我才吃了些東西,倒要幹這個事兒哩。」
我才吃了些东西,倒要干这个事儿哩。」
I've only just eaten — in fact I'd rather like to have a go at this business myself.”
Adversative 倒 = dào, “rather, on the contrary.” 事兒: suffixal 兒 = er. Sentence-final 哩 = li.
總評 Commentary
The prank's payoff: what the immortals will drink as 聖水 is manufactured on the spot. The humour is broadened by Bajie's gleeful sense of a rare treat missed — he casts urination as a fraternal escapade he's been left out of — and his eagerness sets up the escalation of the next passage.