TFv05 CH 13 ger one scrawny (annotated)

Annotations for ger one scrawny of Redwood.

## Page 288

**ger**

girl

**quote**

from Gateless Gate a collection of 48 Chan (Zen) koans
compiled in the early 13th century by the Chinese Zen master Wumen Huikai (無門慧開;
Japanese: Mumon Ekai; 1183–1260)

Full quote:

CASE 14.

NANSEN CUTS THE CAT IN TWO

Nansen  saw  the
monks  of  the
eastern  and  western
halls

fighting over a baby cat. He seized the cat and said,
"If (any of)

you can say (a word of Zen), you can spare the cat.
Otherwise I

will kill it." No one could answer. So Nansen cut the
cat in two.

That  evening  Joshu
returned  and  Nansen
told  him  what
had

happened.  Joshu  thereupon
took  off  his
sandals  and,  placing

them  on  his
head,  walked  away.
Nansen  said,  "If
only  you  had

been there, you could have saved the cat."

Mumon's Comment:

Why  did  Joshu
put  his  sandals
on  his  head?
If  you  can
answer

this question with one word, you understand Nansen's
efforts. If

not, you are utterly in danger.

Had Joshu been there,

The opposite would have been done.

Joshu would have snatched the knife,

And Nansen would have begged for his life.

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**cheh**

scorn

**mong cha cha**

confused, disoriented

**lepak**

white

**no spee-yak**

dumbfounded or flabbergasted, has nothing to say

**bang**

Onomatopoeic term denoting exasperation or frustration.
Similar to "Pek Chek".

**pek chek**

denoting exasperation or frustration

**ai zai**

Be cool, calm down, don’t panic

**chio bu**

pretty woman

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**boh lang ai**

useless

**kum gong**

stupid

**petai**

bitter bean, twisted cluster bean, stink bean

**kuching**

cat

**kabut**

flee

**juang**

struggle

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**kan cheong**

nervous, strained

**tua**

big

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**blur**

confused

**ah nia**

beautiful

**hean toh**

flip the table, fight

**slaykay**

sloppy

**teruk**

severe, tough

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**lepaking**

aimlessly loitering or loafing around

**chor lor**

rough

**bag of balls**

unpleasant job or task

**chao kang**

mean, nasty

**ku**

?

**chia'h lui**

con man or cheat ("eating money“)

## Page 294

**siao**

crazy

**seow**

crazy

**siao liao**

(„already gone crazy“) Used whenever a
situation has gone badly wrong.

**ji siao**

ridicule, laugh at

**bodoh**

dumb

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**sui-sui**

neat

**behoon**

noodles

**mi siam**

Mee siam, Siamese noodle

## Page 296

**mati**

die, be doomed

**habis**

done, finished

**borak**

chatter

**suka**

likes

**tua**

big

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**kuat**

brave

**boh lum par chee**

no balls/guts

**gila**

mad

**juang lah**

whatever, anything

**tua liap**

big round ones

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**gin nah**

children

**kia**

person

**siao liao**

(„already gone crazy“) Used whenever a
situation has gone badly wrong.

**sala**

wrong

**gin nah**

children

**arrow**

be tasked
with something

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**kia si lang**

("to scare even the dead" or "to scare people to death") used when
one has been given a fright.

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**buay sai**

Impossible

## Page 313

**kia ka lau sai**

? probably something like scared shitless

**berak**

shit

**koro**

retract head into shell (like tortoise)

## Page 314

note the page number

**ger**

girl

**argly**

ugly

**kwai lan**

malicious, irritant

**chao**

smelly

**si bei kan cheong**

very
nervous

**banyak**

very

**bogay**

toothless

**kosong**

empty

**adoi**

disgust,
pain

**boh jude**

not pretty

**mangkuk**

stupid

**tua liap**

big round
ones

**chia bo liau**

cannot be completed, finished. Infinite

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**kelam kabut**

(„murky fog“) to rush into things in a disorganized and
foolhardy manner. The image is of a herd of people stumbling through a dense
fog.

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**kum pooi**

as if!

**bai**

racist for sikh

**boh**

not

**blur king**

slow

**kabelakang pusing**

turn around
and flee

**lembek**

weak at the
knees

**si peh takut**

very afraid

**lau sai pang jio**

shit and
piss oneself

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**boh chiak png**

physically
weak

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**kitchi**

small

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**ow bway ooh kwee**

"There's a ghost behind you." Often shouted when
playing football or hantam bola, to warn someone that an opposing team member
is behind them

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**garang**

courageous

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**chao kuan**

devious

## Page 328

**hor**

"Ohhhhh". Usually used when someone give you some
revelation, and it's just dawning on you

**sei yang gai**

street of the dead

**tua**

big

**tan ku ku**

forget
about it

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**yeow guai**

hungry
ghost

## Page 331

**chio bu**

pretty
woman

**no spee-yak**

dumbfounded or flabbergasted, has nothing to say

**suay**

catastrophe

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**buay zai**

buai tzai - not calm,
unsteady

**kin kin**

fast

**kalang kabut**

chaotic, confused

**karung guni**

a sack, torn or ragged clothes

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**char siew pau**

steamed buns

**chao**

smelly

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**boh**

no

## Page 341

**chinese**

blood tree?

**wah lan eh**

damn

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**pow ka leow**

all-encompassing

**heong**

strong

**ketuk**

knock, strike

**hantam**

hit

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**an'vd**

? unwinding?