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Volume 8: The Days of the Ghost Marriage The Story of Baozhu In the end, Shen Maomao's hands never managed to touch the cold water. Baozhu and Feicui constantly revolved around her, making her begin to suspect if she was some kind of royal relative皇親國戚 | huáng qīn guó qī | Literally "emperor's relatives and country's kin." A four-character idiom (chengyu) referring to relatives of the emperor or the imperial family. It is used to describe people of high status and nobility, and in this…-
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Volume 10: Days of Cultivating in the Republic of China Water Cute Girl, Golden Retriever Although she was very unwilling to believe it, sometimes, the thing you believe the least is often the most likely to be the truth. No matter how she looked at them, this group of people who had stated their names didn't seem like Golden Retriever. That only left this last person. Shen Maomao was a little silent, mainly because she didn't know what she could possibly say in this situation. She stared…
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Volume 9: The Days Can't Be Lived Anymore Lead the Disaster Water East祸水东引 (Huò shuǐ dōng yǐn): A chengyu (four-character idiom). Literally "Lead the disaster water east". It means to divert trouble onto someone else or to shift blame or disaster to another party. The idiom originates from a story about the legendary Emperor Yu the Great (大禹, Dà Yǔ) taming the great flood by dredging rivers and guiding the floodwaters eastward into the sea. Other Challengers Ren Yue said,…
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Volume 9: The Days Can't Be Lived Anymore Golden Thread RabbitHanzi: 金丝兔 (Jīnsī tù). Explanation: Literally "Golden Thread/Silk Rabbit." This is likely a playful variation on the term 金丝雀 (jīnsīquè), "Golden Silk Canary," a common metaphor for a pampered mistress or a "kept woman." By changing "canary" to "rabbit," a softer and cuter animal, the term is made more affectionate and less transactional. Eating Hot Pot Shen Maomao froze for a second before she caught up with her…
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Volume 9: The Days Can't Be Lived Anymore Deadlock死局 (sǐjú): Literally “dead game” or “dead situation.” It refers to a deadlock, a hopeless situation, or an inescapable trap, like a checkmate position in a game of chess. Still alive? Reason told her that she should let go, but her emotions told her——if all of them let go, then that Da xiongdi would be cold凉了 (liáng le): Literally “has gotten cold.” A common internet slang term meaning that a situation is hopeless, or…
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Volume 9: The Days Can't Be Lived Anymore Dyeing Hair Change your hair, change your mood. "Me?" Shen Maomao was a little surprised. "What about me? Why are you targeting me?" Lou Jingmo said, "It just suddenly occurred to me. We're inside a game, and everything we do is probably being recorded. In that case, the people behind the game obviously know about the contract between us. They would also know that if something were to happen to me, the one who dies would be you." Shen Maomao said,…
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Volume 10: Days of Cultivating in the Republic of China The River Earl Takes a BrideHanzi: 河伯娶亲. Pinyin: Hébó qǔqīn. Explanation: Hebo, the "River Earl" or "Count of the River," is the deity of the Yellow River in Chinese mythology. "Taking a bride" refers to a historical ritual where a young woman was sacrificed to the river god, supposedly to prevent floods. This practice was famously abolished by the official Ximen Bao during the Warring States period. Shen Maomao walked in front,…
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Volume 8: The Days of the Ghost Marriage A New Path The Gate to a New World Now that I think back on that sentence, "They are a team," it turns out this "pair" was not that "team," they're really a fucking couple此“對”非彼“隊” | cǐ “duì” fēi bǐ “duì” | This is a pun based on two words with the same pronunciation, "duì". The first word, 隊 (duì), means "team" or "squad". The second word, 對 (duì), means "a pair" or "a couple". The original sentence plays on this…
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Volume 9: The Days Can't Be Lived Anymore I'll Do It Kill me… Just at this moment of a thousand jun hanging by a hair千鈞一發 (qiān jūn yī fà): An idiom. Literally “a thousand jun (an ancient unit of weight, approx. 15 kg) hanging by a single hair.” It describes an extremely critical and perilous situation., Shang Zhou in the wardrobe suddenly rushed out, holding a coat high and pouncing down from above. He covered Da xiongdi’s head with the clothes, then his whole person clung to…
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Volume 9: The Days Can't Be Lived Anymore Shen Maomao Maomao returns! For Ren Yue, to be able to die at Xiao Lou’s hands was a kind of fortune, but for Xiao Lou, this was undoubtedly a bit too cruel. She, trembling and intermittently, repeated all the information she had heard from the red eyes, and at the end, requested: “Let… let him do it, okay?” Lou Jingmo didn’t refuse, but she didn’t agree either. She raised her hand and gently brushed Ren Yue’s soft, long hair, then held…
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