Little Panda
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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 10: Days of Cultivating in the Republic of China The Doorbell Ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong ding-dong Given this game's piss-like natureHanzi: 尿性. Pinyin: niàoxìng. Explanation: A popular internet slang term, literally meaning "piss nature." It's used to describe something as being annoying, crappy, or following a predictably unpleasant pattern., Shen Maomao felt that no matter which side they were on, they couldn't escape the fate of being thrown into the…
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Volume 9: The Days Can't Be Lived Anymore Exit? Run back! “What time is it now, you don’t care about your own life anymore?” Shen Maomao asked in a high voice. Boss Huo’s tears fell like rain: “Dongdong is someone I’ve watched grow up since he was little. I personally watched him grow from such a tiny little ball小团子 (xiǎo tuánzi): Literally "little ball" or "little dumpling." A colloquial and affectionate term used to describe a small, chubby baby or young child. into what…
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Volume 9: The Days Can't Be Lived Anymore Shang Zhou商舟 | Shāng Zhōu | A Chinese name. 商 (Shāng) is a surname. 舟 (Zhōu) means “boat”. What to do? Seems like he's already thoroughly dead. The three people present had faces full of question marks. Only Huo Dongdong, lying on his father's back, asked naively, “How terrible will it sound?” Ren Yue smiled, “The kind that might give you nightmares at night.” Huo Dongdong's eyes widened in surprise, as if he couldn't imagine…
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Volume 9: The Days Can't Be Lived Anymore The Death of Ren Yue She only had you as a friend, could I trouble you to come and see her off? Lou Jingmo flexed her wrists, her tone exceptionally gentle: "Answer it." Shen Maomao pursed her lips. "I have a feeling it's nothing good." Lou Jingmo said, "You'll know once you answer. Let's see what she wants to say." So, Shen Maomao paused the movie, tapped to accept the call, then brought the phone to her ear and opened her mouth with, "You still…
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Volume 8: The Days of the Ghost Marriage Pincer Attack She must be the first woman in the instance dungeon to gain insights from kiting a boss! Ten minutes, to say it's long it's not long, to say it's short it's not short说长不长，说短不短 | shuō cháng bù cháng, shuō duǎn bù duǎn | A common Chinese turn of phrase that literally means "to say it's long, it's not long; to say it's short, it's not short." It is used to describe a duration of time that feels ambiguous—neither…
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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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Volume 10: Days of Cultivating in the Republic of China Gathering Information The Second Victim Mingyue was dead. Her body was split in two. One half was at the bottom of the stairs, while the other was being held in An Jing's arms. The trail of blood stretched for a long distance, enough for them to imagine how Mingyue must have dragged her upper body, arduously crawling from the bottom of the stairs to the very top. Shen Maomao hadn't expected Mingyue's death. Compared to the quiet and…
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Volume 8: The Days of the Ghost Marriage Cooperation So you're actually a chuuni sadist? Shen Maomao was like a hooligan who made a living by robbing, and Potato Chip was the pitiful passerby whose home was beaten and house was plundered打家劫舍 | dǎ jiā jié shè | A four-character idiom (chengyu). Literally "beat homes, plunder houses." It means to engage in robbery and looting, to plunder. by her. "Doing this… aren't you afraid of retribution?!" Potato Chip said, choking back…
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