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| Processed by: | ycandau (2011-11-20 18:30:11 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 36809 - submitted by 'alanwatson' >> 魯迅's 風波 has 閨女生了一個夜叉之類 which is translated as virgin gives birth to a demon. English wikipedia defines Yaksha as "a broad class of nature-spirits, usually benevolent" but this seems not to be the meaning in Chinese, even if the word is derived from the Sanskrit. I have tried to translate the meanings from MoE. Editor: the aim of C-Cedict is not provide an English copy of MoE. Here MoE is imaginative: 紅樓夢˙第六十五回：「可是扯謊！這樣一個夜叉，怎麼反怕屋裡的人呢？」Here the word still means "demon", even if applied to a woman. Does the sentence translate as "this kind of wife" or as "a demon of this sort"? Do English dicts say: "witch: wife" ? |
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- 夜叉 夜叉 [ye4 cha4] /yaksha (nature spirits)/ # + 夜叉 夜叉 [ye4 cha4] /yaksha (transliteration from Sanskrit)/malevolent spirit/ferocious-looking person/wife/ + 夜叉 夜叉 [ye4 cha4] /yaksha (malevolent spirit)/ferocious-looking person/ |