[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 她领悟这一时刻的来临，心生畏惧，膝盖微微地打颤。
English:

[Assistant] She understood that her moment had come and fear welled up inside her as her knees began to tremble faintly.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 海老公低声道：“别作声！
English:

[Assistant] 'Don't make any noise,' the old eunuch hissed to Blossom.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 总算那海关大钟还在敲，是烟消云灭中的一个不灭，他听到的又是昔日的那一响。
English:

[Assistant] At least the clock in the Customs House was still ringing, in a world where everything else seemed to have vanished like clouds and mist, and the sound he heard was the very sound heard decades ago.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 它只有着作乱生事的本能，很茫然地生长和繁殖。
English:

[Assistant] All they have is the natural capacity to cause trouble and make mischief; they grow and reproduce in complete ignorance.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 趁此你我何不也下世度脱几个，岂不是一场功德？”
English:

[Assistant] Why shouldn't the two of us take advantage of this opportunity to go down into the world ourselves and save a few souls? It would be a work of merit.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 他背着一支长筒子鸟枪，枪托儿血红色。
English:

[Assistant] The butt of the long-barrelled fowling piece over his shoulder was the colour of blood.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 小说书上说‘逐鹿中原’，就是大家争着要作皇帝的意思。”
English:

[Assistant] 'In my story-books it says 'they chased the deer on the Central Plain'. That means they were all fighting each other to become Emperor.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 士隐不耐烦，便抱着女儿转身， 才要进去，那僧乃指着他大笑，口内念了四句言词，道是：
English:

[Assistant] Shi-yin was beginning to lose patience and clasping his little girl tightly to him, turned on his heel and was about to re-enter the house when the monk pointed his finger at him, roared with laughter, and then proceeded to intone the following verses:


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: “可能要等到凌晨一点。”
English:

[Assistant] 'I think it might happen around one o'clock A.M.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 他说这几个月来好像只在做一件事，就是排队。
English:

[Assistant] 'For the past few months, it feels like I have been doing only one thing—waiting in line.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 反正要交待问题，具体交待什么，你们自己去商量。
English:

[Assistant] Anyway, you have to confess something. As far as what specific problem you want to confess, that's up to you.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 她就站起来，脱了外衣，里面穿着大花的衬衫。
English:

[Assistant] So she got to her feet and took off her sweater—she had on a flowery shirt underneath.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 2．流言
English:

[Assistant] Gossip


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: “够了大史！”
English:

[Assistant] 'That's enough!'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: “‘审判日’号是巴拿马运河能通过的最大吨位的船只了，吃水很深，所以还要考虑纳米丝在水下的布设。”
English:

[Assistant] 'Judgment Day is at the upper limit in terms of tonnage that can pass through the Panama Canal. It has a deep draft, so we have to consider installing filaments below the waterline.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: ‘若共你多情小姐同鸳帐，怎舍得叫你叠被铺床？’”
English:

[Assistant] 'If with your amorous mistress I should wed, 'Tis you, sweet maid, must make our bridal bed.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 谁知这年冬底，林如海因为身染重疾，写书来特接黛玉回去。
English:

[Assistant] Towards the end of the year in which Jia Rui's troubles started Lin Ru-hai fell seriously ill and wrote a letter asking to see Dai-yu again.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 茅十八好生失望，问道：“陈总舵主不来了吗？”
English:

[Assistant] 'Isn't the Helmsman coming here then?' asked Whiskers, dreadfully disappointed.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 他上个月在舍间盘桓，一时兴到，画送了我，两位便题上几句如何？”
English:

[Assistant] He painted it for me on a sudden impulse when he was staying with me a month or so ago. Why don't you two write a few lines on it?'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 爬墙虎倒是正面的，却是时间的帷幕，遮着盖着什么。
English:

[Assistant] Now ivy grows out in the open, but it serves as Time's curtain and always has something to hide.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 潘寒站起来，围着网友们的背后踱步：
English:

[Assistant] Pan stood up and paced behind the players.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 在他所爱的人面前，兢兢业业，小心翼翼，而到了爱他的人面前，却无所顾忌，目中无人，有些像耍赖的小孩。
English:

[Assistant] They tiptoe around their loved ones, fearful of giving offense; but with the people who love them they are thoroughly inconsiderate and arrogant, behaving like spoiled brats.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 然后正着敦，说话方便。
English:

[Assistant] Then we did it from the front so we could keep talking.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 假如她想借我的身体练开膛，我准让她开。 所以我借她身体一用也没什么不可以。
English:

[Assistant] Because if she'd needed my body to practice vivisection, I would have lent it to her without giving it a second thought; likewise, if I needed to use her body for pleasure, it shouldn't be a problem either.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 王琦瑶等程先生来，等了几日，却等来蒋丽莉。
English:

[Assistant] Wang Qiyao waited for Mr. Cheng's return. She waited several days, but in the end it was Jiang Lili who came to visit.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 老子才不想见呢。”
English:

[Assistant] It's all the same to me whether I see you or not.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 就是我说错了，你到底也还坐坐儿，合别人说笑一会子啊？”
English:

[Assistant] Even if I've said anything wrong, you ought, out of simple courtesy, to sit and talk with the others for a bit!'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 只听道人问道：“你携了此物，意欲何往？”
English:

[Assistant] 'Where do you intend to take that thing you are carrying?' the Taoist was asking.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 过几天我去叫康明逊也来看你。
English:

[Assistant] I'm calling on Kang Mingxun in a few days and I'm going to see to it that he comes to see you.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 奶奶在唢呐声中停住哭，像聆听天籁一般，听着这似乎从天国传来的音乐。
English:

[Assistant] Grandma stopped crying at the sound of the woodwind, as though commanded from on high.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: “二号观察哨报告，目标前方已没有任何船只。”
English:

[Assistant] 'Second Observation Post reporting: There are no more ships in front of the target.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 他对付的法子是反问一句：“你说怎么办？”
English:

[Assistant] And so his invariable response to the invariable question was to turn it back on them: 'What do you think we ought to do?'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 奶奶心中亢奋，无畏地注视着黑色的风掀起的绿色的浪潮，云声像推磨一样旋转着过来，风向变幻不定，高粱四面摇摆，田野凌乱不堪。
English:

[Assistant] With growing excitement, Grandma stared fearlessly at the green waves raised by the black winds.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 方七的肠子已经塞进肚子，伤口处堵着一把高粱叶子。
English:

[Assistant] Fang Seven had stuffed his own intestines back into his abdomen and covered the gaping wound with sorghum leaves.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 士隐笑道：“今夜中秋，俗谓团圆之节，想尊兄旅寄僧房，不无寂寥之感， 故特具小酌邀兄到敝斋一饮，不知可纳芹意否？”
English:

[Assistant] 'Tonight is Mid Autumn night,'said Shi-yin. 'People call it the Festival of Reunion. It occurred to me that you might be feeling rather lonely here in your monkery, so I have arranged for the two of us to take a little wine together in my study. I hope you will not refuse to join me.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 导演不觉失望，他的失望还有一点为王琦瑶的意思，他想，她的美是要被埋没了。
English:

[Assistant] The director was disappointed, but his disappointment was partly for Wang Qiyao's sake. Her beauty will be buried and lost to the world, he said to himself.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 海老公道：“我再说一遍，你倘若再不记得，我杀了你。”
English:

[Assistant] 'I'm going to repeat it for you once more. Forget this time, and I shall kill you.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 凤姐悄悄的道：“放尊重些，别叫丫头们看见了。”
English:

[Assistant] 'Take care!' said Xi-feng in a low tone. 'The servants might see you!'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 余占鳌就是因为握了一下我奶奶的脚唤醒了他心中伟大的创造新生活的灵感，从此彻底改变了他的一生，也彻底改变了我奶奶的一生。
English:

[Assistant] The act of grasping Grandma's foot triggered a powerful drive in Yu Zhan'ao to forge a new life for himself, and constituted the turning point in his life – and the turning point in hers as well.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 原来当地卡宾枪老套筒都不希罕，就是没见过那玩意。
English:

[Assistant] It turned out that the locals didn't value carbines and rifles much, but the double-barreled shotgun was a rarity to them.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 刘姥姥说道：“谁叫你去打劫呢?
English:

[Assistant] 'No one's asking you to rob,' said Grannie Liu.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我装饭给你。”
English:

[Assistant] Let me serve you!'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 总舵主微笑道：“知道了就好，本会入会时有誓词三十六条，又有十禁十刑的严规。”
English:

[Assistant] The Helmsman smiled. 'Well, as long as you know. There are thirty-six rules that everyone joining the Society must swear to follow. The rules include ten absolute prohibitions, each with a very severe punishment laid down for anyone who breaks it.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 只见他人小身轻压不住对方，又给那男孩翻了上来压住。
English:

[Assistant] He was too light to maintain the upper hand for long, however, and soon the boy was back on top of him again.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 她说现在的生活很有趣。
English:

[Assistant] She said our current life was fun.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 凤姐因他自投罗网，少不的再寻别计令他知改，故又约他道：“今日晚上，你别在那里了，你在我这房后小过道儿里头那间空屋子里等我。
English:

[Assistant] Seeing him hurl himself so willingly into the net, Xi-feng decided that a further lesson would be needed to cure him of his folly and proposed another assignation. 'Only tonight,' she said, 'don't wait for me in that place again. Wait in the empty room in the little passage-way behind this apartment.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我睡去时，身上盖了几片芭蕉叶子，醒来时身上已经一无所有（叶子可能被牛吃了）。
English:

[Assistant] I remembered covering myself with a few banana leaves before I fell asleep, but by the time I woke up I found nothing on my body. (Perhaps the buffalo had eaten the leaves.)


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 最后她把衬衣也脱下来，还穿着裙子和皮靴。
English:

[Assistant] Finally, she took off her shirt, but still wore her skirt and leather boots.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 像凤凰展翅一样扑倒在河堤上的娘…… 拤饼…… 遍地打滚的拤饼…… 纷纷落地的红高粱…… 像英雄一样纷纷倒下的红高粱……
English:

[Assistant] Mother soaring to the top of the dike as though on the wings of a phoenix . . . the fistcakes . . . fistcakes rolling on the ground . . . stalks of sorghum falling all around . . . red sorghum crumpling like fallen heroes. . . .


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 那里就开阔多了，也自由多了，连鸽子也栖了，让出了它们的领空。
English:

[Assistant] There everything is wide open; even the knowing pigeons are bedded down for the evening, leaving the sky empty of their flight.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 过了很久，程先生以为王琦瑶睡着了，不料却听她叫了声程先生。
English:

[Assistant] Quite some time passed, and he was certain that Wang Qiyao must have long fallen asleep, when she suddenly called out his name. He was surprised to hear her call him.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 轿夫们慢慢吞吞地走到轿后。
English:

[Assistant] The bearers moved slowly behind the sedan chair.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 林姑娘生的弱，时常他吃药，你就和他要些来吃，也是一样。”
English:

[Assistant] 'Miss Lin's very weakly. She's always taking medicine. Why don't you ask her to give you some of hers? It would probably do just as well.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 青年农夫把草鱼提起来向围子上的人炫耀。 草鱼有半截人高，腮上流着血，圆张着嘴，用呆滞的眼睛悲哀地看着我父亲……
English:

[Assistant] The farmer proudly held it up to show the people on the wall; it was nearly half as tall as he was. Blood oozed from its gills, and its mouth was open as it looked at my father with dull, sorrowful eyes.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 那时雨季刚过，云从四面八方升起来。
English:

[Assistant] At the time, the rainy season had just passed, and clouds rose up from every direction.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 宝玉点头叹道：“这又不知是那里的帐，只拣软的欺负!
English:

[Assistant] But Bao-yu shook his head and sighed: 'I wonder what had really upset her. Obviously she only picked on Aroma because she is weak and can't defend herself.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 大正月里，‘死’了‘活’了的。”
English:

[Assistant] Here we are in the middle of the New Year holiday, and you have to start talking about death!'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 世上百姓都温顺善良，只有给人欺压残害的份儿。
English:

[Assistant] The common people, who are the subjects of Empire, are gentle and obedient. Like the deer's, it is their lot to be cruelly treated and oppressed.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 陈清扬到山里找我的事又可以简述如下：我进山后两个星期，她到山里找我。
English:

[Assistant] Chen Qingyang's search for me could be summed up as follows: Two weeks after I went into the mountains, she went up the mountains to look for me.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我和陈清扬在饭店里做案之前聊了好半天。
English:

[Assistant] Chen Qingyang and I chatted for a long time before we committed our crime in the hotel room.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 沙瑞山焦躁地来回踱步，不时在汪淼身后停下来看看他正在写出的那一串数字。
English:

[Assistant] Sha paced back and forth anxiously, pausing from time to time to look at the sequence of numbers Wang was writing down.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 他把粪筐放下，提着铁铲，站在村南土围子上，呼吸着又甜又凉的空气，嗓子眼里痒痒的。
English:

[Assistant] He laid it down, stood on the southern edge of the village wall, and breathed in the cool, sweet morning air, until his throat itched.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 你带我去见她。”
English:

[Assistant] 'Take me to her!'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 喝着喝着，程先生与康明逊的目光又碰在一起，相互看了一眼，虽没看明白什么的，可心里却都种下了疑窦。
English:

[Assistant] Mr. Cheng's eyes met Kang Mingxun's once again. They stared mutely at each other, neither fully understanding the circumstances. But the seeds of suspicion had been planted.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 爷爷想了一会，说：“掺吧。”
English:

[Assistant] Granddad thought for a moment. 'Sure, why not?'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 他要走开时，见王琦瑶抬起了眼睛，扫了一下又低下了。
English:

[Assistant] Just as he was about to walk away, he saw Wang Qiyao look up and scan the room before lowering her head again.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 一来二去的，两人便成了最贴心的朋友。
English:

[Assistant] Basking in each other's company, they became the best of friends.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我赶紧扔下他去穿裤子。
English:

[Assistant] I immediately dropped him to put on my pants.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 螃蟹爬到灯光里就停下来，首尾相衔，把地皮都盖住了。
English:

[Assistant] The crabs stopped as soon as they entered the ring of lamplight, and lined up head to tail, blotting out the ground.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 她说她不愿被人看成小气鬼。
English:

[Assistant] She said she didn't want to be considered small-minded.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 韦小宝极是滑溜，放开男孩双腿，钻到他身后，大力一脚踢中他屁股。
English:

[Assistant] Ever a crafty fighter, Trinket now let go of the boy's legs, got behind him, and landed him a good kick on the backside.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我们这里都是各一样儿： 我们男的只管春秋两季地租子，闲了时带着小爷们出门就完了；我只管跟太太奶奶们出门的事。
English:

[Assistant] You see, we each have our own jobs here. My man's is collecting the half-yearly rents in the spring and autumn; and when he's not doing that, he takes the young masters out when they go on visits. That's all he ever does. Now my job is to attend to their ladyships and the young mistresses when they go out.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 到他最后来放开我们的时候，陈清扬活动一下手指，整理好头发，把身上的灰土掸干净，我们俩回招待所去。
English:

[Assistant] When he finally came to set us free, Chen Qingyang wiggled her fingers, smoothed her hair, and brushed the dust from her clothes. Then we returned to our hotel room.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 又见坠儿追索，心中早得了主意，便向袖内将自己的一块取出来，向坠儿笑道：“我给是给你，你要得了他的谢礼，可不许瞒着我。”
English:

[Assistant] Trinket's request now gave him just the opening he required. He drew a handkerchief of his own from inside his sleeve and held it up in front of her with a smile: 'I'll give it to you on one condition. If she lets you have this reward you were speaking of; you've got to let me know. No cheating, mind!'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 又拿起烟灰缸放到两条线之间，“这是‘审判日’号。”
English:

[Assistant] He put the ashtray between the two lines. 'This is Judgment Day.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 勒都（就是那另一个孩子）也附合我。
English:

[Assistant] Le Du (the other boy) also chimed in.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 忽听‘咯噔’一声，东边的门也关上了。
English:

[Assistant] Suddenly there was a loud slam and the gate at the east end, too, banged shut.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 其他人则都坐着等待聚会组织者的到来，他们都来得早了。
English:

[Assistant] The others sat silently, waiting for the meet-up organizer to show up. They had all come early.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 海老公又叹了口气，说道：“你年纪小小，就这样坏，嘿，到底是像你爹呢，还是像你妈？”
English:

[Assistant] There was another sigh from the old eunuch. 'So young and yet so wicked! I wonder where you get it from. Who do you most resemble, your father or your mother?'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我指出个人来，你敢挑他，我就服你。”
English:

[Assistant] But I can show you thomeone you won't dare to find fault with. I shall certainly think you a wonder if you do.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: “我知道是什么，不过你问吧。”
English:

[Assistant] 'I know what it is. But you might as well ask.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 儿子在阁楼上放的老音乐，在他们听来是有些耳熟，更使他们认定儿子是个老实的孩子。
English:

[Assistant] The music their son played up in the tingzijian had a familiar sound, which tended to confirm their opinions that he was steady.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 说着士隐已出前厅去了。
English:

[Assistant] But by the time he had finished saying this, Shi-yin was already out of the study and on his way to the guest-room.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 那东西太丑，简直不配出现在梦幻里。
English:

[Assistant] That thing was too ugly to appear in her musing.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: “我对现实世界真有些厌倦了，《三体》已成为我的第二现实。” 年轻的记者说。
English:

[Assistant] 'I'm a bit sick of the real world,' the young reporter said. 'Three Body is already my second reality.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 等到罗小四离开，陈清扬就开始糊涂了。
English:

[Assistant] By the time Luo Xiaosi left, Chen Qingyang was confused.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 他跌倒了，坐起来，看着奶奶那个像香瓜一样垂着的乳房上一滴滴下落的艳红的血珍珠，眼中无泪，干嚎了几声。
English:

[Assistant] He fell to the ground, his eyes on the drops of fresh red blood dripping from the tip of Grandma's pendulous breast. He whimpered, but his eyes were dry.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 上海东区的新式里弄是放下架子的，门是楼空雕花的矮铁门，楼上有探身的窗还不够，还要做出站脚的阳台，为的是好看街市的风景。
English:

[Assistant] The trendy longtang neighborhoods in the eastern district of Shanghai have done away with such haughty airs. They greet you with low wrought-iron gates of floral design. For them a small window overlooking a side street is not enough; they all have to have walk-out balconies, the better to enjoy the street scenery.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 其时，康明逊和萨沙都销声匿迹了似的，一个闭门不出，一个远走高飞，倒是半路里杀出个程先生，一日三回地来。
English:

[Assistant] Kang Mingxun and Sasha had by this time long vanished from the scene, one hiding out at home while the other fled far away. Then, out of nowhere, appeared this Mr. Cheng, who suddenly started coming by at least three times a day.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 看交待材料的人都心硬如铁，水平无比之高，能叫人家看了受不住，那还好得了？
English:

[Assistant] Those who read our confessions were people with stone hearts and high political consciousness. If they couldn't bear reading it, it had to be pretty bad.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 正是相思尚且难禁，况又添了债务，日间工课又紧；他二十来岁的人，尚未娶亲，想着凤姐不得到手，自不免有些“指头儿告了消乏”；更兼两回冻恼奔波：因此三五下里夹攻，不觉就得了一病：
English:

[Assistant] Unable, even now, to overcome his longing for Xi-feng, saddled with a heavy burden of debt, harassed during the day time by the schoolwork set him by his exacting grandfather, worn-out during the nights by the excessive hand-pumping inevitable in an unmarried man of twenty whose mistress was both unattainable and constantly in his thoughts, twice frozen, tormented and forced to flee --- what constitution could withstand so many shocks and strains without succumbing in the end to illness?


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 紫鹃道：“我们那里有好的?
English:

[Assistant] 'Excellent tea?' said Nightingale. 'There's nothing very special about the tea we drink here.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我那一份已经晒成了鱼干，在他姐姐手里。
English:

[Assistant] My share had been dried into stockfish and stored at his sister's place.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 他听说书先生说英雄故事，听得多了，时时幻想自己也是个大英雄、大豪杰，既与人订下比武之约，岂可不到？
English:

[Assistant] How many times Trinket had sat listening to the storytellers' tales, and how many times he'd dreamed of one day being a hero himself—Trinket the Brave Man and True! Now, he'd said he would fight, and there could be no going back! He had pledged his word!


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 咱们青木堂在京里有多少兄弟？
English:

[Assistant] How many Triads have we got altogether in the Green Wood Lodge?


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 王琦瑶说程先生不仅会照相，还会烹饪啊！
English:

[Assistant] Wang Qiyao declared, 'Mr. Cheng, you're not only a great photographer, but you can cook too!'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我把这些事写进了交待材料，领导上让我交待：1. 谁是“郭伦”；2. 什么叫“郭郭”伟大友谊；3 .什么叫正着郭，什么叫反着郭。
English:

[Assistant] I wrote all these things in my confessions, but the leaders wanted me to confess in response to the following: 1. Who is Comrade Strain-thing Eh-thics? 2. What does 'strengthening the great friendship' mean? 3. What is strengthening it from the back? And what is strengthening it from the front?


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 流言其实都是沉底的东西，不是手淘万洗，百炼千锤的，而是本来就有，后来也有，洗不净，炼不精的，是做人的一点韧，打断骨头连着筋，打碎牙齿咽下肚，死皮赖脸的那点韧。
English:

[Assistant] Gossip always sinks to the lowest place. There is no need to go looking for it, it is already there—and it will always be there. It cannot be purified by fire or washed clean with water. It has the tenacity for holding onto life that keeps the muscles intact when the bones are shattered, that enables one to swallow the teeth broken in one's mouth—a brazen-faced tenacity.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我点了一支烟，抽着了给她。
English:

[Assistant] So I lit a cigarette, took a drag, and handed it to her.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 烧得它们一条条发软起泡。
English:

[Assistant] They turned soft and blistery in the fire.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 无论是经典的传教士式，后进式，侧进式，女上位，我都能一丝不苟地完成。
English:

[Assistant] Whether it was the classical missionary position, or man-from-behind position, man-from-side position, or woman-on-top position, I performed them in sober earnest.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 她说，以前她的头发好，舍不得烫。
English:

[Assistant] She said she used to have excellent hair and didn't want to perm it.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 刹那之间，心中转过了无数念头，含含糊糊的道：“这个…… 这个…… 你问这个干么？”
English:

[Assistant] Some seconds elapsed while his brain raced through a number of possibilities. His final response was a lame one. 'I... I—why do you ask?'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 茅十八挣扎着想起来，说道：“我这么去见陈总舵主，实在，实在…… 哎唷……” 终于支撑不住，又躺倒在担架上。
English:

[Assistant] Whiskers struggled to get up. 'I can't see the Helmsman like this. It's too . . . it's too . . .' but the effort to raise himself once more ended in a groan.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 李力世道：“茅爷身上有伤，不必多礼。”
English:

[Assistant] 'You're a wounded man,' said Brother Li. 'You don't need to stand on ceremony.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: “倒计时的尽头是什么？” 汪淼无力地问。
English:

[Assistant] 'What happens at the end of the countdown?' Wang asked.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 事毕我既愤怒又沮丧。
English:

[Assistant] After that I was angry and upset.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 哨兵看出了叶文洁的疑惑，告诉她刚接到命令，红岸基地的保密级别降低了，当地人只要不进入基地，就可以上雷达峰来，昨天已经来过几个当地农民，是来送菜的。
English:

[Assistant] The guard saw that Ye was puzzled and explained that they had just received orders that Red Coast Base's security rating had been reduced. The locals were allowed onto Radar Peak as long as they stayed outside the base. Several local peasants had already come yesterday to bring vegetables.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 士隐接了看时，原来是块鲜明美玉，上面字迹分明，镌着“通灵宝玉”四字。
English:

[Assistant] Shi-yin took the object from him and saw that it was a clear, beautiful jade on one side of which were carved the words 'Magic Jade'.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 心想明日要来，今晚须得回到海老公处，于是顺着原路，慢慢觅到适才赌钱之处。 先前向着右首走，以致越走越远，这次折而向左，走过两道回廊，依稀记得庭园中的花木曾经见过，一路寻将过去，终于回到海老公的住所。
English:

[Assistant] And if he was to be a man of his word, he would have to forget about escape—at least for the time being. He would have to go back to the old eunuch that evening. He therefore decided to retrace his steps to the room where they had been gambling earlier in the day — and from there he took a direction opposite to the one he had taken earlier (which had led him deeper and deeper into the mansion), followed two covered walkways, vaguely remembered one or two shrubs he had passed by in the courtyards on the way, and somehow, by hook or by crook, navigated his way back to the old eunuch's quarters.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 后来我才知道，生活就是个缓慢受锤的过程，人一天天老下去，奢望也一天天消失，最后变得像挨了锤的牛一样。
English:

[Assistant] Only much later did I realize that life is a slow process of being hammered. People grow old day after day, their desire disappears little by little, and finally they become like those hammered bulls.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 她母亲一听这话倒笑了，转过脸对了他道：先生你算是明白人，知道王琦瑶老实，她确实是老实，她也只好老实，她倘若要不老实呢？ 又怎么样？
English:

[Assistant] His words made Mrs. Wang laugh. She turned to him, 'Mister, you are very perceptive. Wang Qiyao does indeed have a good heart. She has no choice. Where would she be if she didn't have a good heart?'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 他姐姐和我也很熟，是个微黑俏丽的小姑娘。
English:

[Assistant] I knew his sister very well; she was a dark, pretty girl.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 坠儿笑道：“他就叫小红。
English:

[Assistant] Trinket laughed: 'Yes.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 总舵主这次不再相扶，由他磕了十几个头，道：“够了！”
English:

[Assistant] This time the Helmsman made no effort to raise him up, but let him knock his head a dozen or more times on the floor before he stopped him. 'All right, that's enough.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 床上的被子是七成新的，烟灰缸里留有半截烟头的，床头柜上的手绢是用过的，揉成了一团，就像是正过着日子，却被拆去了一堵墙，揪出来示众一般。
English:

[Assistant] The comforter showed signs of wear, old cigarette butts were left in the ashtray, even the handkerchief on the nightstand beside the bed had been used, crumpled up into a ball—as if someone had removed a wall in a home where real people were living to display what went on within.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 前者该当出斗争差，后者就该五马分尸千刀万剐。
English:

[Assistant] The former warranted going on denouncement trips; and the latter warranted being torn apart by five running horses or being minced by thousands of knives.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 父亲听到爷爷嗓音沙哑；父亲看到两颗相当出色的眼泪，蹦出了爷爷的眼睛。
English:

[Assistant] Father heard the hoarseness in Granddad's voice and saw two remarkable tears leap out of his eyes.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 你说可气不可气？”
English:

[Assistant] Doesn't it make you angry?'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 再歇了中觉，越发没时候了。”
English:

[Assistant] And once she goes off for her afternoon nap, we've really lost her!'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 所以我没有继续交待下去。
English:

[Assistant] So I didn't finish my confession.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 一名男红卫兵试图转移话题。
English:

[Assistant] One of the male Red Guards spoke up, trying to change the subject.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 围在短墙外看光景的孩子们都哈哈大笑。
English:

[Assistant] Some kids sprawled atop the wall hooted gleefully.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 茅十八道：“久仰陈总舵主大名，当真如雷贯耳，今日得能拜见，就算…… 就算即刻便死，那…… 那也是不枉了。”
English:

[Assistant] 'Just hearing about the Helmsman has always been an inspiration to me,' said Whiskers. 'Now that there's a chance to actually see him, I wouldn't miss it for the world.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: “骂你？
English:

[Assistant] 'Curse you?


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 雾奇浓，活泼多变。
English:

[Assistant] The heavy mist was strangely animated, kaleidoscopic.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我什么也没说。
English:

[Assistant] I didn't say anything.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我和那些人熟得很，他们都佩服我的技术。
English:

[Assistant] I knew those people very well; they all admired my skill.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 鸽群在笼中叽叽哝哝的，好像也在说着私语。
English:

[Assistant] Pigeons coo in their cages, talking their language of secret whispers.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 终有一日驱除胡虏，还我大汉河山，比之徒抒悲愤，更加令人气壮。”
English:

[Assistant] 'When we do eventually rid our country of this foreign scum, the feeling of relief will be infinitely greater than the somewhat arid satisfaction we get from occasionally uncorking our feelings as we do now.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 黛玉叹道：“回来伤了风，又该讹着吵吃的了。”
English:

[Assistant] 'Next thing you'll be catching a cold,' said Dai-yu with a sigh, 'and then Heaven knows what grumblings and scoldings there will be!'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 她并没有抱多大希望，几乎肯定她们是不会来的，但在约定的时间，三个老红卫兵来了。
English:

[Assistant] She didn't have much hope, and was almost certain that they wouldn't show up. But at the time of the appointment, the three old Red Guards came.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 收拾好了3K眼镜的箱子，那人又盯着汪淼看了几秒钟，提着箱子快步走了回去。
English:

[Assistant] He packed up the 3K glasses, stared at Wang for a few seconds, and quickly left with the suitcase.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 陈清扬说，这样的事不会发生，因为它没有发生，实际发生的是，我们回了农场，写交待材料出斗争差。
English:

[Assistant] Chen Qingyang said such things wouldn't happen because they didn't happen. What really happened was that we returned to the farm, wrote confessions, and went on denouncement trips.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 秋虫在水草根下的潮湿泥土中哀鸣。
English:

[Assistant] Autumn insects hidden in the damp mud beneath the water plants set up a mournful chirping.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 于是刘姥姥带了板儿，进城至宁荣街来。
English:

[Assistant] That done, she set off on her journey, and in due course made her way to Two Dukes Street.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 叶文洁多方查访当年打死父亲的那四个红卫兵，居然查到了她们中的三个。
English:

[Assistant] Ye searched and searched for information about the four female Red Guards who had killed her father, and eventually managed to locate three of them.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 这些声色难免有些夸张，带着点负气和炫耀，气势很大的，将东升的日头都遮暗了。
English:

[Assistant] Every action, every gesture comes across to the onlooker as a boastful swagger or perhaps an exaggerated fit of pique; why, the collective provocation would be enough to darken the rising sun.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 一阵怪笑声打破了寂静，这声音是精神已彻底崩溃的绍琳发出的，听起来十分恐怖。 人们开始离去，最后发展成一场大溃逃，每个人想都尽快逃离这个地方。
English:

[Assistant] A cackling laugh broke the silence. The sound came from Shao Lin, whose mind had finally broken. The laughter frightened the attendees, who began to leave the struggle session, first in trickles, and then in a flood.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 韦小宝道：“是啊。
English:

[Assistant] 'Yes,' said Trinket.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我爬起来看牛，发现它们都卧在远处的河岔里静静地嚼草。
English:

[Assistant] I got up to check on my buffalo, only to find them all crouching at the far fork of the rivers, chewing grass quietly.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 陈近南又向他端相半晌，缓缓说道：“你我既成师徒，相互间什么都不隐瞒。
English:

[Assistant] The Helmsman contemplated his new disciple for some moments in silence. 'Now that we are Shifu and apprentice, ' he said gravely 'we have to be completely open with each other.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 具体地说，到了章风寨南面的草地上，再走就是森林。
English:

[Assistant] To be more specific, we arrived at the grassland to the south of Zhang Feng village and the forest wasn't far off.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: “老天爷，保佑我吧！”
English:

[Assistant] 'Old Man in heaven, protect me!'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 王琦瑶一举一动，一衣一食，都在告诉她隐情，这隐情是繁华场上的。
English:

[Assistant] Her clothes, the way she ate, her every move and gesture, hinted of a splendid past.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 这男孩身材比韦小宝高大，立即以手肘逼住韦小宝后颈。
English:

[Assistant] He was quite a bit bigger than Trinket, and had soon succeeded in throttling him again and pinning him to the ground.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 在人类历史上，全世界的武装力量第一次面对共同的敌人。
English:

[Assistant] For the first time in human history, the armed forces of the world's nations faced the same enemy.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 韦小宝吃完饭，心想我先睡一会，到三更时分再去和那小宫女说话玩儿，见海老公呆呆的坐着不动，便和衣上床而睡。
English:

[Assistant] When he had finished his own meal, Trinket decided to get a little sleep in before going to his midnight assignation with the maid-in-waiting. Not wishing to disturb the old eunuch, who was still sitting motionless in his chair, he slipped over to his bed, lay down on it fully clothed, and was soon asleep.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 它们难免有着荒诞不经的面目，这荒诞也是女人家短见识的荒诞，带着些少见多怪，还有些幻觉的。
English:

[Assistant] That gossip should put on an absurd face is unavoidable; this absurdity is the incredulity born of girlish inexperience, and is at least in part an illusion.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 父亲想起王文义在演练场上挨打时，那颗大头颠成那般可怜模样。
English:

[Assistant] Father thought back to when Wang was whipped on the parade ground, and how pitiful he had looked.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 才在院子里洗东西，宝玉叫往林姑娘那里送茶叶，花大姐姐交给我送去。
English:

[Assistant] 'I was washing some things in the yard when Bao-yu asked for some tea to be taken round to Miss Lin's for him and Miss Aroma gave me the job of taking it.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 陈清扬说，到那时她还相信自己是无辜的。 甚至直到她和我逃进深山里去，几乎每天都敦伟大友谊。
English:

[Assistant] Chen Qingyang said until then she still believed she was innocent, even after she ran away into the heart of the mountains and strengthened our great friendship almost every day.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 这也是王琦瑶她们原先的想法，可一旦走到了那一步，情形便不是旧时旧地，人也不是旧人，是付出过代价的，有些损失的。
English:

[Assistant] This was also what Wang Qiyao thought at first, but once she reached that stage everything changed. Suddenly, a price had been exacted and loss was imminent.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我须得立即逃出宫去。
English:

[Assistant] I have to get out of this Palace as quickly as possible.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我听了这话，觉得很奇怪。
English:

[Assistant] I felt very strange after I heard her words.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 最后终于躺定了，再不动了，灯光再次暗下来。
English:

[Assistant] In the end, the woman in bed stopped moving and stayed still in the same position for quite some time before the lights once again dimmed.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我到那里不但治不好病，还可能染上麻风。
English:

[Assistant] If I went there, not only wouldn't it cure the pain in my lower back, but worse, I might get leprosy.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 因他自幼姐妹丛中长大，亲姊妹有元春探春，叔伯的有迎春惜春，亲戚中又有湘云、黛玉、宝钗等人，他便料定天地间灵淑之气，只钟于女子，男儿们不过是些渣滓浊沫而已。
English:

[Assistant] Bao-yu had from early youth grown up among girls. There were his sisters Yuan-chun and Tan-chun, his cousins of the same surname Ying-chun and Xi-chun, and his distaff-cousins Shi Xiang-yun, Lin Dai-yu and Xue Bao-chai. As a result of this upbringing, he had come to the conclusion that the pure essence of humanity was all concentrated in the female of the species and that males were its mere dregs and off-scourings.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 奶奶受闷不过，悄悄地伸出笋尖状的脚，把轿帘顶开一条缝。 偷偷地往外看。
English:

[Assistant] Succumbing to the oppressiveness in the carriage, Grandma eased one of her bamboo-shoot toes under the curtain and lifted it a crack to sneak a look outside.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 这是因为我前些日子在放牛，早出晚归，而且名声不好，谁也不告诉我，后来住了院，也没人来看找。
English:

[Assistant] That was because lately I had been off herding buffalo, which required going out early in the morning and coming back late at night; besides that, I had a bad reputation and no one bothered to tell me. Later, when I was in the hospital, nobody came to see me either.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我和陈清扬在饭店里又做了一回案。
English:

[Assistant] Chen Qingyang and I committed the crime one more time in the hotel.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 爷爷腾地跳起，咆哮三声，半像恸哭半像狂笑。
English:

[Assistant] Granddad sprang to his feet and bellowed three times – half wail, half crazed laughter.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我，特别是刘老爹，人家不会抢，恐怕要把陈清扬抢走。
English:

[Assistant] Nobody wanted to rob me or Grandpa Liu, but they might want to take Chen Qingyang away.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 这时候，便由王琦瑶做了介绍，算是认识了。
English:

[Assistant] Wang Qiyao made the introductions and they proceeded with dinner as if they were all acquainted.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我还说，我可以把你扛到清平去，再扛回来，比你扭扭捏捏地走更快。
English:

[Assistant] I said, I could carry you to Qingping and back, faster than your swishy walking.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 王琦瑶却转过脸，说：你怎么能这样不懂道理，人家是一片诚心。
English:

[Assistant] Wang Qiyao rounded on her. 'How could you do that? He is trying to be nice to us!'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 韦小宝愤然道：“是极，是极！
English:

[Assistant] 'I should say it could!' said Trinket indignantly.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 日本兵叫了一声，把刺刀往下一摆，他的棉衣哗然一声裂开，破烂棉絮绽出，沿着棉衣的破缝，他的胸肋间爆发了一阵肌肉破裂的痛苦。
English:

[Assistant] The Japanese soldier shouted something and swung the bayonet, slicing Pocky Cheng's padded jacket down the middle and freeing the cotton wadding inside. The sharp pain of parted skin and sliced muscles leaped from his rib cage.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 它是这社会的旁枝错节般的东西，它引不起社会的警惕心，因此，它的暗中作祟往往能够得逞。
English:

[Assistant] As far as society is concerned, these are small and inconsequential things, like twigs and knots on a tree. And precisely because society never takes these things seriously, they are able to maneuver unseen through the darkness and have their way.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 韦小宝吃了一惊，便欲伸手去夺，但想对方既已看到自己真面目，再加遮掩也是无用，笑道：“包住了脸，免得进来偷食时给人认了出来。”
English:

[Assistant] Trinket was about to snatch the bandages back, when he reflected that the boy had already seen most of his face and that it would achieve nothing. 'I didn't want anyone to recognize me taking the cake.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 却是贾蓉。
English:

[Assistant] It was Jia Rong!


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 王琦瑶说没什么菜好留客的。
English:

[Assistant] 'We really don't have anything special to entertain a guest... so I thought it would be rude to invite him,' she explained.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 这东方巴黎的璀璨，是以那暗作底铺陈开，一铺便是几十年。
English:

[Assistant] Against this decades-old backdrop of darkness, the Paris of the Orient unfolds her splendor.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 一摸怀中那只纸盒，早已压得一塌胡涂，心道：“我还是拿去给她看看，免她等得心焦。
English:

[Assistant] Fishing it out from inside his gown, he found that the box of honey-cakes had, as he feared, been squashed completely flat. 'Better take this as evidence, in case she's feeling cross because I've kept her waiting so long, ' he thought.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 你老实说了出来，我立刻给你解药。”
English:

[Assistant] If you will give me an honest answer to that question, I promise to give you the antidote this minute. '


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 真的收到过外星文明的信息吗？
English:

[Assistant] Did she really receive a message from the stars?


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 总舵主微笑道：“不是笑你！
English:

[Assistant] 'I wasn't laughing at you,' said the Helmsman.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: “教授，一切都会过去的。”
English:

[Assistant] 'Professor, all this will pass.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 多么热闹的夜晚啊！
English:

[Assistant] How exciting the night is!


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 凤姐点头，刘姥姥已在炕沿上坐下了。
English:

[Assistant] Xi-feng nodded, and Grannie Liu sat herself down on the edge of the kang.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: “豆官，你是豆官吧，你看看大叔的头还在脖子上长着吗？”
English:

[Assistant] 'Douguan, is that you? Tell your old uncle if his head's still on his neck.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 但是那里人过的多，怎么好躲呢？”
English:

[Assistant] 'A lot of people must go through that way. How should we avoid being seen?'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 我已经和陈清扬做过爱，不再是童男子了。
English:

[Assistant] Having made love to Chen Qingyang, I was no longer a virgin.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 一个日本兵端着滴血的刺刀，对着他的胸膛和他的脸晃动，刀尖上的寒气刺激着他的眼睛和肚腹，他听到自己的肚子里呼噜噜响着，肠子频频抽动，更加强烈的排泄快感使他手舞足蹈起来。
English:

[Assistant] A Japanese soldier waved a bloodstained bayonet in front of Pocky Cheng's chest and face. He heard his stomach growl and felt his intestines writhe and twist slowly; at any other moment, he would have welcomed the intensely pleasant sensation of a bowel movement.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 爷爷这种毛病或特点，在十几年后，发展得更加严重。
English:

[Assistant] This problem – or characteristic – of his would grow more pronounced over the coming decade.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 又写了“逐鹿”两字，说道：“因此古人常常拿鹿来比喻天下。
English:

[Assistant] He wrote the characters for 'chasing the deer' on the sheet of paper. 'That's why in ancient times they often used the deer as a symbol of Empire.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 可不还有个蒋丽莉活着吗？
English:

[Assistant] Don't tell me that I'm the only one left?


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 二人说着，又到周瑞家坐了片刻。
English:

[Assistant] Back in Zhou Rui's quarters the two women sat talking for a while.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 程先生轻声说：要不想也不得怎么办呢？
English:

[Assistant] Mr. Cheng asked softly, 'And what if one gives up on something but it still remains elusive?'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 她真的把太阳作为天线，向宇宙中发射过人类文明的信息吗？
English:

[Assistant] Did she really use it as an antenna to send a message about human civilization into the universe?


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 不管腰疼真不真，光那些窟窿也能成为看医生的理由。
English:

[Assistant] Whether my back really hurt or not, those holes alone would justify my visit to the doctor.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 只见海老公僵立当地，似在倾听动静，过了一会，才慢慢向前走去。
English:

[Assistant] Old Hai had now straightened himself up and was standing rather stiffly with his head cocked to one side as if listening for something. After a while he began, very slowly, to move forwards.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 汪淼盯着钢柱之间的空间看，那里看上去一无所有，但死亡之琴已经就位。
English:

[Assistant] Wang gazed at the space between the pillars. There seemed to be nothing there, but the deadly zither was already in place.


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 可惜都是聋子的耳朵。”
English:

[Assistant] It's too bad that they are all like the ears of a deaf man.'


[System] You are a helpful assistant that translates Chinese to English.

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are unsure about the meaning, simply copy the input text as your output. Do not output any additional sentence such as explanation or reasoning.

Chinese: 为你这不尊贵，你哥哥恨得牙痒痒，不是我拦着，窝心脚把你的肠子还窝出来呢！”
English:

[Assistant] It sets your Cousin Lian's teeth on edge to see you so wanting in self-respect. He'd have disembowelled you by now I shouldn't wonder, if I hadn't kept his hands off you!