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要晴就晴 Clearing at Will
就是我國師求雨雖靈，若要晴，細雨兒還下半日，便不清爽。怎麼這和尚要晴就晴，頃刻間杲杲日出，萬里就無雲也？」就是我国师求雨虽灵，若要晴，细雨儿还下半日，便不清爽。怎么这和尚要晴就晴，顷刻间杲杲日出，万里就无云也？」
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就是我國師求雨雖靈，若要晴，細雨兒還下半日，便不清爽。
就是我国师求雨虽灵，若要晴，细雨儿还下半日，便不清爽。
“Even when our own Preceptors' rain-praying works, if they want clear weather, the fine rain still falls half a day and it never quite clears;
求雨雖靈 “though the rain-prayer is efficacious.” 細雨兒: suffixal 兒 = er. 還下半日: 還 = hái. 清爽 “clear and crisp.”
怎麼這和尚要晴就晴，頃刻間杲杲日出，萬里就無雲也？」
怎么这和尚要晴就晴，顷刻间杲杲日出，万里就无云也？」
how is it this monk, wanting clear weather, has it clear at once — in a moment the bright sun comes out and for ten thousand li there is no cloud at all?”
要晴就晴 “wants it clear, and clear it is.” 杲杲日出 (gǎogǎo) “the bright sun emerges.” 萬里就無雲 “not a cloud for ten thousand li.”
The king marvels at the completeness of the control: not just rain on demand but instant, total clearing — something his own Preceptors, he admits, could never manage. His wonder is the contest's verdict spoken aloud, and it is exactly this admission of the monk's superiority that goads the immortals, in the next passage, to dispute the credit rather than concede the loss.