Stars Of Chaos 杀破狼
Stars of Chaos 杀破狼
Vol 2, Notes 4, pages 90 - 144.
Ten more pictures with notes about the novel! More text that may have been edited out of the print version!
Half of the sentence is gone!!!!!
"...and Chang Geng at that time had not even known what luxury and riches were, but had unexpectedly and resolutely left the marquis's residence; he would rather wander the wide 江湖 Jiang Hu than return to being a 'frog in a well' rich prince."
"Frog in a well" is 井底之蛙, which means "very limited worldview" since frogs in wells can't see more than their tiny patch of sky.
There is no mention of bloodlust in the version I read. It was just "In previous years, Gu Yun still frequently muttered about beating up this person or beating up that person..."
Yah. Priest has LOTS of plot. Constant bouncing between what happens in the imperial court vs in the outside-the-official-government world.
"粘". Priest even put that word in " ". It can mean sticky, adhesive. Not like a clingy girlfriend, more like magnets or glue.
It's very romantic right here, anyway. :)
Text, plus my bad handwriting: "Who knows what my brothers and comrades will think when they hear the news! What do you think, Marshal!?" meaning "What do you feel in your heart?! Do you really think this is fair?"
停 can mean "parked" or "landed," which I think makes more sense here since "stored" has the implication that the hawks are packed away, but, in this case, the hawks were flying just a little bit ago and now they are "landed," or "parked."
There some additional sentences in the version used for translation, I guess.
The Chinese from the version I read: 我若说出傅志诚私运紫流金谋反一事...
My bad translation: If I speak about Fu Zhicheng's smuggling Violet Gold conspiracy this one matter...
My interpretation: "the treason of smuggling violet gold," since he is referring to one matter, not two.
But it would not be weird if Priest later edited it into two matters of treason, one of smuggling and another of rebellion.
Chang Geng is elegant and graceful. He does not hunker. He settles.
炼丹 ”Make pills of immortality"
This "alchemy", Chinese version, is not to turn whatever into gold, but instead to find ways to extend your life; like how my mom puts turmeric in absolutely everything and reminds me to eat more blueberries and tomatoes and goji berries and...
OK! That's it for these ten photos! More later :)
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Stars of Chaos 杀破狼 Vol 1, Notes 7
By Priest, English translation by 7 Seas
Pages 415 - end. (Last 3 little notes!)
Last two under the cut.
殃及池鱼 is the idiom she’s building on. Priest is so funny.
皇叔 = 😁😍🥰。
王国舅 = …well, he’s not Gu Yun.
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MDZS Vol 2 Annotations, part 3
Here is Part 3 of my annotations of MDZS Volume 2, pages 163 - 198.
MDZS Volume 4 Annotations
Part 4, pages 152 - 174
More notes on MDZS vol 4! A few anti-slang, and then a lot of clarifications of sentences or words that I felt were strange or misleading or not as precise as they could be.
More below the cut!
CLADISTICS ruined my life
MDZS Vol 2 Annotations, part 6
Here is Part 6 of my annotations of MDZS Volume 2, pages 321 - 351.
Thanks for reading! Let me know if any of my notes are too fuzzy or squiggly to read, and I'll let you know what I meant to write.
Chinese 🤦🏻♀️
Just this once, I wish they had not simplified a character. I keep mixing up the words for “old friend” vs “enemy”.
Like, really? One stroke difference?
Friends are old 古 but you want to…lick your enemy 舌?
Xiao Zhan performances 2/12.
All linked to We*bo. for my reference to watch later.
1. BTV spring Festival Gala - to all those people who know my name
2. BTV spring festival gala midnight dream Full fancam
3. BTV Group perf - Meet in Beijing
4. Dragon TV performance 1
5. Dragon TV perf - Running to you with all I have ( AKA my favorite)
It’s Zhou Shen 周深 Fashion Appreciation Time!
I desperately want to talk about Zhou Shen’s recent stage outfits. (I pulled all these photos from his official Weibo, link below.)
To begin: Zhou Shen is an angel. Witness!
He frequently wears white or pale pastels.
We often see him in fancy jackets with slacks for formal events …
(And those shoes!)
Though he’ll wear t-shirts and other casual outfits that make us smile and feel all the more that he’s an absolute sweetheart.
Sometimes he'll wear dark colors, too.
Anyway, I don’t usually see more than his head, his arms below the elbow, and maybe some lower leg. Very conservative dress. He is a Proper Chinese Idol for All Ages. A veritable Prince 😍
Which, of course, means I get all the more excited when I see, say, a V-Neck?!?!?
And let’s not forget how good Zhou Shen looks in black:
Hot 🔥 😍
Next, let’s talk about the outfits he’s been wearing for Melody Journey 《音乐缘计划》.
It’s nothing overly dramatic, but he’s been singing some rock- and party- songs, darker songs, and so he’s been dressing appropriately in darker colors,…
Here, he still has a black tie Over His Bare Skin to cover the deep V-neck to preserve his modesty. This is OK. (This was his outfit for 《颠倒之间》.)
And then they put him in a black tank top overlayed with a silky wine-red blouse that Does Not Fully Cover his arms and shoulders...
This shouldn't be such a big deal, but paired with all the buckles and the long red ribbon tied around his forearm, I feel a little bit scandalized. In a good way. (This was his outfit for 《MINE》.)
For 《蜂》, I thought that they had put him back in super-modest full-body coverings, ... and then I saw the inside of this knee. And his upper thigh. Wait -- those jeans aren't fully stitched! Every time he takes a step, some part of his thighs are exposed! Wha?!!?
And then No Sleeves at all! We can see his arms! All of his arms! And parts of his sides! And is he wearing ... a collar?!?! I’m clutching at my pearls now!
Zhou Shen singing 《荒芜之地》.
Needless to say, I am fully enjoying Melody Journey 《音乐缘计划》, and constantly laughing at myself that, in an age where so many pop singers wear, effectively, just lingerie; I am getting excited from seeing my favorite singer expose his arms.
Credit: all these pictures are all from https://m.weibo.cn/u/7478855230?jumpfrom=weibocom
when i watch old movies i’m constantly surprised by how much acting has improved. not that the acting in the classics is bad, it’s just often kind of artificial? it’s acting-y. it’s like stage acting.
it took some decades for the arts of acting and filmmaking to catch up to the potential that was in movies all along; stuff like microexpressions and silences and eyes, oh man people are SO much better at acting with their eyes than they were in the 40′s, or even the 70′s.
the performances we take for granted in adventure movies and comedies now would’ve blown the critics’ socks off in the days of ‘casablanca’.
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