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悄悄幹事 “Keep Quiet, I'll See to It”
豬八戒口裡作念道：「不好了，不好了，這道士果然有本事。令牌響了一下，果然就刮風。」行者道：「兄弟悄悄的，你們再莫與我說話，只管護持師父，等我幹事去來。」猪八戒口里作念道：「不好了，不好了，这道士果然有本事。令牌响了一下，果然就刮风。」行者道：「兄弟悄悄的，你们再莫与我说话，只管护持师父，等我干事去来。」
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豬八戒口裡作念道：「不好了，不好了，這道士果然有本事。
猪八戒口里作念道：「不好了，不好了，这道士果然有本事。
Zhu Bajie muttered to himself, “This is bad, this is bad — this Daoist really does have the power.
作念 “to mutter to oneself.” 不好了: 不 = bù before 好 (3rd tone). 果然有本事 “really does have the skill.”
令牌響了一下，果然就刮風。」
令牌响了一下，果然就刮风。」
One crack of the tablet, and sure enough the wind is up.”
響了一下: 一 = yí before 下 (4th tone). 刮風 “the wind blows.”
行者道：「兄弟悄悄的，你們再莫與我說話，只管護持師父，等我幹事去來。」
行者道：「兄弟悄悄的，你们再莫与我说话，只管护持师父，等我干事去来。」
Pilgrim said, “Brothers, keep quiet; the rest of you say nothing more to me, only guard our master well, and wait while I go and see to the business.”
行者: 行 = xíng. 悄悄的 “quietly.” 只管護持 “just keep guarding.” 幹事去來 “go off to do the deed.”
Bajie's dismay measures how convincing the immortal's magic looks from below — and sets up the comic reversal, for the reader is about to learn that the wind is not the Daoist's at all. Wukong's terse instruction to hush and hold position marks his shift from courtroom advocate to covert operator: the contest will be won not on the altar but in the air above it.