釘鞋踏水爛泥
English translation: like a muddy ground after stamping with a pair of spikes
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| 16:46 Jul 5, 2004 |
| Chinese to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / novel | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Wenjer Leuschel (X) Taiwan Local time: 22:37 | ||||||
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| 4 | just a Chinese saying |
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| 釘鞋踏水爛泥 s.u. Explanation: The face looks like a muddy ground after stamping with a pair of 釘鞋. |
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| 釘鞋踏水爛泥 just a Chinese saying Explanation: Wow, you're translating 笑傲江湖。It's a great job. It should be 釘鞋踏爛泥 followed by 翻转石榴皮. No story behind it, just a Chinese saying. 釘鞋踏爛泥 literally means "spiked shoes stamp the mud" with a result of, in this case, making a dotted face. Here, in the novel, it describes the pockmarked face of the girl. |
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