[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: 只因当年这个石头，娲皇未用，自己却也落得逍遥自在，各处去游玩， 一日来到警幻仙子处，那仙子知他有些来历，因留他在赤霞宫中，名他为赤霞宫神瑛侍者。
English:

[Assistant] 'When this stone was left unused by the goddess, he found himself at a loose end and took to wandering about all over the place for want of better to do, until one day his wanderings took him to the place where the fairy Disenchantment lives. 'Now Disenchantment could tell that there was something unusual about this stone, so she kept him there in her Sunset Glow Palace and gave him the honorary title of Divine Luminescent Stone-in-Waiting in the Court of Sunset Glow.


[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: 我一把薅住他脚脖子，把他揪下来。
English:

[Assistant] I caught his ankle and pulled him back.


[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：……
English:

[Assistant] YE: ...


[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: 板儿一见就吵着要肉吃，刘姥姥打了他一巴掌。
English:

[Assistant] At the sight of it Ban-er set up a clamour for some meat and was silenced by Grannie Liu with a resounding slap.


[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: 他抬起头，看到了一个发着暗红色微光的天空，就这样，他看到了宇宙背景辐射，这红光来自于一百多亿年前，是大爆炸的延续，是创世纪的余温。
English:

[Assistant] He lifted his head and saw a sky glowing with a faint red light. Just like that, he was seeing the cosmic microwave background. The red light had come from more than ten billion years ago. It was the remnants of the big bang, the still-warm embers of Creation.


[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: 客厅里在放着迪斯科的音乐，他们跳的却是四步，把节奏放慢一倍的。
English:

[Assistant] Disco music was blaring in the living room, but they danced the four-step at half speed.


[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: 空气中腥甜的气息浓烈稠密，人血把我们村南这一片黑土地都给泡透了。
English:

[Assistant] A sweet odour grew heavy in the air; the dark soil of the southern edge of our village had been thoroughly soaked by human 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: 爷爷把方七放下，方七连声哀鸣着：“大哥…… 行行好……
English:

[Assistant] Granddad laid him back down on the ground. 'Elder brother,' Fang pleaded, 'put me out of my misery. . . .


[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: 当她们正说着闲话，会有来打针的人，严家师母就帮着端椅子，收钱接药，递这递那。
English:

[Assistant] If a patient came while they were talking, Madame Yan would help by bringing over a chair, getting the medicine out, and collecting the money.


[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: 我从队里出去，爬上十五队的后山，拿个镜片晃陈清扬的后窗。
English:

[Assistant] I left my team and climbed to the fifteenth team's mountainside, holding a small piece of mirror to reflect light on Chen Qingyang's back window.


[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: 人们常常是看不见她，也无余暇看她，但都知道，今夜有一位“上海小姐”到场。
English:

[Assistant] Barring the occasional glance, people didn't pay her any attention, but everyone was aware that there was a 'Miss Shanghai' in their presence.


[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: 花轿里破破烂烂，肮脏污浊。 它像具棺材，不知装过了多少个必定成为死尸的新娘。
English:

[Assistant] The inside of the sedan chair was badly worn and terribly dirty, like a coffin; it had already embraced countless other brides, now long dead.


[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: 宝玉道：“你只管坐着罢。
English:

[Assistant] 'Oh do sit down!' said Bao-yu.


[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: 黄色的潮湿沙土埋住了她的弹性丰富的年轻肉体，埋住了她的豆荚一样饱满的脸庞和死不瞑目的瓦蓝色的眼睛，遮断了她愤怒的、癫狂的、无法无天的、向肮脏的世界挑战的、也眷恋美好世界的、洋溢着强烈性意识的目光。
English:

[Assistant] Her rich, youthful, resilient flesh, her plump bean-pod face, and her deep-blue, seemingly deathless eyes were buried in the wet yellow earth, extinguishing for all time her angry, defiant gaze, which challenged the world of filth, adored the world of beauty, and brimmed over with an intense consciousness.


[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: 那时她哭了又哭，总是哭不醒。 而痛苦也没有一点减小的意思。
English:

[Assistant] She cried and cried, but couldn't awaken from crying, and the agony was undiminished.


[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: 只顾吃果子！”
English:

[Assistant] All you can do is sit there eating sweets!'


[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: 叶文洁细看大凤，油灯是一位卓越的画家，创作了这幅凝重色调中又带着明快的古典油画：
English:

[Assistant] Ye examined Feng. The kerosene lamp was a wonderful artist and created a classical painting with dignified colors and bright strokes:


[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: 辣块妈妈的，当…… 当然不是。”
English:

[Assistant] Hot-piece momma, of course he's 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: 死也要来的。”
English:

[Assistant] 'Whatever happens, I shall be there.'


[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: 这个人大概就是农场的军代表。
English:

[Assistant] This 'someone' might have been the military deputy on our farm.


[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: 夏禹王收九州之金，铸了九大鼎。
English:

[Assistant] 'King Yu of the Xia dynasty, the first dynasty that ever was, collected metal from all the nine provinces of the Empire and used it to cast nine great cauldrons with.


[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: “是否可以考虑米拉弗洛莱斯船闸外面的美洲大桥？
English:

[Assistant] 'What about the Bridge of the Americas, right outside the Miraflores Locks?


[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: 蒋丽莉说：有什么妥不妥的，有话快说。
English:

[Assistant] 'Whatever it is, let's hear 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: 假如不乐意可以早说，动手就打不够意思。
English:

[Assistant] If she didn't like the idea, she could have told me before. In any case, slapping me was unfair.


[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: 它们在弄堂这种地方，从一扇后门传进另一扇后门，转眼间便全世界皆知了。
English:

[Assistant] In places like the longtang, it travels from back door to back door, and in the blink of an eye the whole world knows all.


[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: 谁知此石自经锻炼之后，灵性已通，自去自来，可大可小。
English:

[Assistant] Now this block of stone, having undergone the melting and moulding of a goddess, possessed magic powers. It could move about at will and could grow or shrink to any size it wanted.


[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: 王琦瑶的呼吸屏住了，透不过气来，她听见开麦拉走片的机械声，这声音盖住了一切，她完全忘记了她该做什么了。
English:

[Assistant] Wang Qiyao's breathing stopped. She could not catch her breath. She could hear the film running through the camera, a mechanical sound that seemed to override everything. Her mind just went blank.


[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: 程先生说：我很明白。
English:

[Assistant] 'I think I know quite well what you meant,' insisted Mr. Cheng.


[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: 不过，对于宇宙3K背景辐射，您大概有个了解吧？”
English:

[Assistant] But you must have some basic understanding of the cosmic microwave background?'


[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: 她的友情化成虔诚的等待，她甚至没有去交新的女朋友，因不愿让别人侵占王琦瑶的位置。
English:

[Assistant] Her friendship changed into a kind of pious waiting; she did not even look for any new girlfriends, afraid that they might take Wang Qiyao'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: 三条曲线在同步波动，一模一样。
English:

[Assistant] Now three waveforms moved in sync across the three terminals, exactly alike.


[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: 心中到底不足，又翻过正面来，只见凤姐还招手叫他，他又进去：如此三四次。
English:

[Assistant] Yet still he was not satisfied, and turned the face of the mirror once more towards him. Xi-feng was there beckoning to him again and calling, and again he went in after her. He did this three or four times.


[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: 试镜头的经历就这样结束了，这是片厂里的小事一桩。
English:

[Assistant] And so that is how the screen test ended, just another trifling incident in the life of the film studio.


[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: “现有的数量够吗？”
English:

[Assistant] 'Do you have enough material?'


[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: 王琦瑶不出声地笑了：趴在桌上就睡着了，三个人一起把你抬到了沙发。
English:

[Assistant] Wang Qiyao responded with a silent laugh. 'You fell asleep with your head on the table. It took the three of us to get you onto the sofa.'


[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: “痒也别咳！
English:

[Assistant] 'So what?


[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: 韦小宝喜道：“那可好极了。”
English:

[Assistant] That would be terrific,' said Trinket delightedly.


[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: 就目前而言，只能是在技术上屏蔽干扰。
English:

[Assistant] Right now, our only choice is to find technical means to shield against interference.


[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：“哈，你还道这里是你沐王府，你奶奶的，你家里刘白方苏四大家将，有他妈的什么了不起，终有一日撞在老子手里，一个个都斩成了肉酱。”
English:

[Assistant] 'Huh! Think you're on your Mu Family estate still, do you?' said Trinket. Think you've got your tamardy Paladins to look after you? Grandmother's! What's so tamardy wonderful about them? I tell you this: if they ever come my way, I'll chop them into little bits, each one 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: 拐进高粱地后，雾更显凝滞，质量更大，流动感少，在人的身体与人负载的物体碰撞高粱秸秆后，随着高粱嚓嚓啦啦的幽怨鸣声，一大滴一大滴的沉重水珠扑簌簌落下。
English:

[Assistant] The surrounding mist grew more sluggish once they were in the sorghum field. The stalks screeched in secret resentment when the men and equipment bumped against them, sending large, mournful beads of water splashing 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: 可是谁也不敢肯定我的腰杆是断了还是没断，所以也不敢肯定我会不会一抬就死。
English:

[Assistant] However, since none of them was sure about whether or not my back was broken, they were all afraid to move 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: 一笑，表情舒展了，脂粉的颜色里有了活气，便生动起来。
English:

[Assistant] Once this happened, Wang Qiyao's expression relaxed, her powdered face lit up, and she came to life.


[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: 但是以前她不相信世界上还有这种东西。
English:

[Assistant] But before then she didn't believe there was such a thing in 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: 说毕，徉长而去。 众人苦留不住。
English:

[Assistant] With that he left, at a surprising speed, ignoring the earnest entreaties of those present that he should stay longer.


[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: “另一个方案就是神经毒气，但由于其在船内的释放和扩散有一个过程，也不可能达到将军所说的目标。” 一名北约军官说。
English:

[Assistant] 'Another thought was to use nerve gas,' a NATO officer said. 'But releasing it and having it spread throughout the ship would take time, so it still doesn't achieve General Chang's requirements.'


[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: 袭人便走上来，坐在床沿上推他，说道：“怎么又要睡觉?
English:

[Assistant] Aroma hurried over to him and, sitting on the edge of the bed, roused him with a shake: 'Come on! Surely you are not going to sleep 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: 海老公听出他言语中的喜悦之意，问道：“有什么开心？”
English:

[Assistant] 'What are you so happy about?' snapped the old eunuch.


[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: 随着“审判日”号与死亡之琴距离的缩短，汪淼的心跳骤然加速，呼吸也急促起来，他有一种立刻逃离的冲动，但一阵虚弱使他已无法控制自己的身体。
English:

[Assistant] As the distance between Judgment Day and the deadly zither closed, Wang's heart began to beat faster, and his breath became short. He had a desire to run away, but he felt so weak that he could no longer control his body.


[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: 凤姐故意抱怨他失信，贾瑞急的起誓。
English:

[Assistant] She deliberately reproached him for having failed her, thereby so exasperating him that he swore by the most terrible oaths that he had been faithful.


[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: 于是将“明史案”的前因后果，原本说出来。
English:

[Assistant] Gu went on to tell him the whole story.


[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: 那些小山上长满了草，草下是红土。
English:

[Assistant] Those hills were thick with grass, and under the grass lay red soil.


[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: 适因小女啼哭，引他出来作耍。
English:

[Assistant] 'It just happened that my little girl was crying, so I brought her out here to amuse 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: 问她母亲上哪里去了，王琦瑶说是爹爹有些不舒服，她这里差几天就满月，劝母亲回去了。
English:

[Assistant] He asked where Mrs. Wang had gone. Wang Qiyao told him that her father was not feeling well and, since it was already almost a month since the birth, she had persuaded her mother to go home to look after 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: 更有一种风月笔墨，其淫秽污臭最易坏人子弟。
English:

[Assistant] Still worse is the 'erotic novel', by whose filthy obscenities our young folk are all too easily corrupted.


[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: 那一天我二十一岁，在我一生的黄金时代， 我有好多奢望。 我想爱，想吃，还想在一瞬间变成天上半明半暗的云。
English:

[Assistant] That day I was twentyone, and in the golden age of my life. I had so many desires; I wanted to love, to eat, and to be turned in a flash into the halfbright and half-dark cloud in the sky.


[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: 要是不下来，现在也是万元户。
English:

[Assistant] If I hadn't come down, I'd be a millionaire by 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: 到了那一天，去往片厂的时候，吴佩珍的兴奋要远超过王琦瑶，几乎按捺不住的。
English:

[Assistant] When the day finally arrived, Wu Peizhen's excitement far surpassed that of Wang Qiyao; she could barely contain 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: 在这位英气逼人的总舵主面前，韦小宝只觉说谎十分辛苦，还是说真话舒服得多，这种情形那可是从所未有，当下便将如何毒瞎海老公、如何杀死小桂子、如何冒充他做小太监等情形说了。
English:

[Assistant] In the presence of this heroic individual Trinket found it harder to tell his habitual lies than to tell the truth—a sensation he had never experienced before. He now found himself telling the Helmsman how the massive dose of medicine he had put in the old eunuch's cup had caused him to go blind and how he had killed the little eunuch Laurie and taken his 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: 他们甚至也没有名字，叫他们“老克腊”只是一两个过来人的发明，也流传不开。
English:

[Assistant] They didn't even have a name. The term 'Old Colour' was given to them by the few who remembered the old days, but it never gained wide circulation.


[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: 父亲听着河声，想着从前的秋天夜晚，跟着我家的老伙计刘罗汉大爷去河边捉螃蟹的情景。
English:

[Assistant] The sound of the river reminded Father of an autumn night during his childhood, when the foreman of our family business, Arhat Liu, named after Buddhist saints, took him crabbing on the riverbank.


[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: 彼时黛玉宝钗等也过来劝道：“妈妈，你老人家担待他们些就完了。”
English:

[Assistant] By this time Dai-yu and Bao-chai had also arrived on the scene and did their best to calm her: 'Come, Nannie! Be a bit more forbearing with them! Try to forget about 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: 落于何方？”
English:

[Assistant] And where are the souls to be reborn?'


[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: 斯坦顿似乎没有听到步话机中的声音，仍在滔滔不绝地说着：“自从得知外星人的舰队正在向地球飞来后，我就得了失忆症。
English:

[Assistant] Stanton seemed to not have heard the voice from the walkie-talkie. He continued, 'After learning that the alien fleet is coming toward the Earth, I've been suffering from amnesia.


[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: 画将皋羽西台泪， 研入丹青提笔泚。
English:

[Assistant] Methinks the painter used poor Gaoyu's tears To mix his colours and his brush to wet.


[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: 陈清扬告诉我这件事以后，火车就开走了。
English:

[Assistant] After Chen Qingyang told me this, the train roared 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: 那是l922年11月l3日上午，他陪爱因斯坦到南京路散步，同行的好像还有上海大学校长于右任、《大公报》经理曹谷冰等人，经过一个路基维修点，爱因斯坦在一名砸石子的小工身旁停下，默默看着这个在寒风中衣衫破烂、手脸污黑的男孩子，问你父亲：他一天挣多少钱？
English:

[Assistant] The morning of November 13, 1922, he accompanied Einstein on a walk along Nanjing Road. Others who went on the walk included Yu Youren, president of Shanghai University, and Cao Gubing, general manager of the newspaper Ta Kung Pao. When they passed a maintenance site in the road bed, Einstein stopped next to a worker who was smashing stones and silently observed this boy with torn clothes and dirty face and hands. He asked your father how much the boy earned each 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: 我把手伸进去，有很优美的浑圆的感觉。
English:

[Assistant] I reached in, feeling the beautiful curves.


[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: 大凤对这回答已经很满意，又埋头做起针线活儿来。
English:

[Assistant] Feng was satisfied with this answer, and went back to her needlework.


[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: 所以我保持沉默。
English:

[Assistant] So I kept quiet.


[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: 王琦瑶这种简单的近于苦行的日子，有着淡泊和安宁，使人想起闺阁的生活，那已是多么遥远的了。
English:

[Assistant] Wang Qiyao's near-ascetic lifestyle reminded Madame Yan of her own simple, quiet life before marriage, which seemed so long 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: 不是北京城里的大妓院？
English:

[Assistant] 'Have I been wrong all this time, about it being the number one whore-house in Peking?


[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：“我叫小桂子，你呢？”
English:

[Assistant] 'Laurel,' replied Trinket. 'And yours?'


[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: 我说你原本就是小气鬼。
English:

[Assistant] I said, You're a small-minded person anyway.


[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: 就是说：‘我该死，将我在鼎里烧死了罢！’”
English:

[Assistant] What he meant was, 'I deserve to die. Put me in the cauldron and boil 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: 他双手捂着脸哭了起来。
English:

[Assistant] He covered his eyes and began to cry.


[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: 我走进荒山，陈清扬没有去看我。
English:

[Assistant] After I got to the desolate mountainside, Chen Qingyang didn't come to see me right 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: 钱老板道：“是啊。
English:

[Assistant] 'Right first time, Master, ' said the butcher.


[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: 不能吐，不能吐！ 奶奶命令着自己，不能吐啊，凤莲，人家说吐在轿里是最大的不吉利，吐了轿子一辈子没好运……
English:

[Assistant] Don't throw up, don't let yourself throw up! she commanded herself. You mustn't let yourself throw up, Fenglian. They say throwing up in the bridal chair means a lifetime of bad luck. . . .


[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: 她最后发现自己来到了阮雯的家门前。
English:

[Assistant] Finally, she found herself at the door of Professor Ruan Wen.


[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: 秋风起，天气凉，一群群大雁往南飞，一会儿排成个“一”字，一会儿排成个“人”字，等等。
English:

[Assistant] Autumn winds brought cool air, and wild geese flew through the sky heading south, their formation changing from a straight line one minute to a V the next.


[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: 当时她脱了衣服，坐在我的身边，看着我的小和尚，只见它的颜色就像烧伤的疤痕。
English:

[Assistant] Yet at the time she just took off her white smock, sat beside me, and stared at my little Buddha, thinking he was the color of a burn scar.


[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: 它们表面上是袒露的，实际上却神秘莫测，有着曲折的内心。
English:

[Assistant] On the surface they appear entirely exposed, but in reality they conceal a complex inner soul that remains mysterious, unfathomable.


[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: 在特别关键的时刻，父亲总是比爷爷要清醒一些，他的思想可能总是浮在现象的表面，深入不够，所以便于游击吧！
English:

[Assistant] During the most critical moments, Father was always slightly more alert than Granddad, perhaps because he concentrated on surface phenomena; superficial thought seems ideally suited to guerrilla fighting.


[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: 它是有体积的，而点和线却是浮在面上的，是为划分这个体积而存在的，是文章里标点一类的东西，断行断句的。
English:

[Assistant] It has volume, whereas all those lines and dots float on the surface—they are there only to differentiate the areas of this dark mass, like punctuation marks whose job it is to break up an essay into sentences and paragraphs.


[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: 王琦瑶母亲一路无言，看程先生忙着，忽然间说了一句：程先生要是孩子的爸爸就好了。
English:

[Assistant] Mrs. Wang was silent the whole time, but, as Mr. Cheng busied himself with the household chores, she blurted out, 'If only you had been the child's father . . .'


[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: 那个老红卫兵最后的一句话在她脑海中不停地回响着……
English:

[Assistant] The old Red Guard's final remark echoed endlessly in her 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: 或可得见否？”
English:

[Assistant] Is it possible that I might be allowed to see 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: 我也说不准夜里这片山上有人没人，因为到处是银灰色的一片。
English:

[Assistant] I couldn't tell whether there were people around or not in the evening, because it was silver-gray everywhere.


[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: 山的阴面就有这么潮。
English:

[Assistant] The shady side of the mountain could be that damp.


[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: 我想历来野史的朝代，无非假借汉、唐的名色；莫如我这石头所记，不借此套，只按自己的事体情理，反倒新鲜别致。
English:

[Assistant] All the romances ever written have an artificial period setting—Han or Tang for the most part. In refusing to make use of that stale old convention and telling my Story of the Stone exactly as it occurred, it seems to me that, far from depriving it of anything, I have given it a freshness these other books do not have.


[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: 他在恍惚中，看到那只红毛狐狸从芦苇里走出来，围着他的身体转了一圈，然后蹲在他的身前，同情地看着他。
English:

[Assistant] In his semiconscious state he saw the furry red fox emerge from the clump of reeds and circle round him once, then crouch down and gaze sympathetically.


[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: 他没有对汪淼解释什么，两眼死盯着屏幕上的浏览器，汪淼能听到他急促的呼吸声：
English:

[Assistant] He didn't explain to Wang what he was doing, his eyes locked onto the browser window on the notebook. Wang could hear his rapid breathing.


[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: 老耿闻到了它的气味，看到密集的芦苇棵子像舒缓的波浪一样慢慢漾动着，很快又合拢。
English:

[Assistant] Old Geng picked up the odour and saw a tight cluster of reeds part slowly like an undulating wave, then close up quickly.


[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: 程先生也不去搭电车，臂上搭着秋大衣，信步走着。
English:

[Assistant] Instead of taking the trolley, Mr. Cheng draped his fall coat over his arm and walked home.


[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: 余司令说：“屁，蚊子咬了一口也不过这样，忘了你那三个儿子啦吧！”
English:

[Assistant] 'Bullshit!' Commander Yu exclaimed. 'It's no worse than a mosquito bite. You haven't forgotten your three sons, have 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: “下轿，跟我走！” 他说。
English:

[Assistant] 'Climb down and come with me!' he ordered 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: “哦，不能……”
English:

[Assistant] 'Ah, no...'


[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: 下一处地方是拍打耳光的，在一个也是三面墙的饭店，全是西装革履的，却冲进一个穷汉，进来就对那做东的打耳光。
English:

[Assistant] Their next stop was a three-walled hotel lobby where a fight scene was being shot. All of the actors, in suits and leather dress shoes, were standing around when suddenly a poor fellow in tattered clothes walked onto the set and slapped the hotel manager across the face.


[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: 那人把钱串子用脚踢拢成堆，眼睛死死地盯着坐在花轿里的我奶奶。
English:

[Assistant] As he dragged the strings of coins into a pile with his foot, his eyes were fixed on Grandma.


[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: 吕留良心怀故国，不肯在清朝做官。 当地大吏仰慕他声名，保荐他为“山林隐逸”，应征赴朝为官，吕留良誓死相拒，大吏不敢再逼。
English:

[Assistant] In spite of Lü Liuliang's patriotic unwillingness to serve, a local official, impressed by what he had heard of Lü's reputation, had once sought to recommend him as a 'hidden talent' meriting a summons to the Manchu Court for suitable employment; but Lü had made it clear that he would die rather than accept such a tones, recited summons, and the matter had been dropped.


[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: 我只好说，鱼还在河里。
English:

[Assistant] I had to admit that the fish were still in the river.


[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: 陈清扬站起来，整理好头发，把衬衣领子折起来，然后背过手去。
English:

[Assistant] Chen Qingyang rose to her feet, smoothed out her hair, straightened the collar of her shirt, and then turned around, putting her hands behind her back.


[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: 刘姥姥只屏声侧耳默候， 只听远远有人笑声，约有一二十个妇人，衣裙窸窣，渐入堂屋，往那边屋内去了。
English:

[Assistant] As Grannie Liu sat in silence, waiting with bated breath and head cocked to one side for her summons, she heard a far-off sound of laughter, followed presently by a sound of rustling dresses as between ten and twenty women entered the reception room and passed from it into the room beyond.


[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: 许久，才融入黑夜。
English:

[Assistant] It was some time before the last of the light was absorbed into the blackness.


[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，那也是她的黄金时代。
English:

[Assistant] Chen Qingyang said that was also her golden age.


[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: 虽然随时都可以跑掉，但是没有跑。
English:

[Assistant] Even though we could have run away at any minute, we never did.


[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: 我们和好多别的人站到台上去。
English:

[Assistant] We stood on the stage with many others.


[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: 爷爷胳膊上的老伤口累发了，疮面迸裂，流了那么多乌黑的花白的腥臭脓血。
English:

[Assistant] The wound on Granddad's arm had turned worse, the scabs cracking and releasing a rotting, oozing mixture of dark blood and white pus.


[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: 下午我躺在草地上睡着了。
English:

[Assistant] In the afternoon I fell asleep on the grass.


[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: 韦小宝大喜，立即扑翻在地，连连磕头，口称：“师父！”
English:

[Assistant] What happiness! Trinket fell at once to his knees and began kowtowing. 'Shifu!'


[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: 贾瑞道：“必来，必来!
English:

[Assistant] 'I'll come! I'll come!' said Jia Rui.


[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: 回到母校一段时间后，叶文洁带着冬冬去了母亲绍琳那里。
English:

[Assistant] After she had been back at Tsinghua for a while, Ye took Dong Dong to see her grandmother, Shao Lin.


[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: 木料在炭化过程中爆豆般响着，失去支撑的房屋顶盖塌下，砸起冲天的尘烟和灰烬。
English:

[Assistant] Roofs of houses, their supports burned out beneath them, had collapsed in mountains of smoke, dust, and cinders.


[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: 再晚些，桂花糖粥的香味也飘上来了，都是旧相识。 窗帘也是旧窗帘，遮着熟知的夜晚。 这熟知里却是有点隔，要悉心去连上，续上，有些拼接的痕迹。
English:

[Assistant] Later in the night would come the scent of rice gruel flavored with osmanthus blossoms. The smells were familiar, the curtains were familiar, and the evening outside was familiar, but Wang Qiyao felt strange. She needed to reattach herself to life here; fortunately for her, the lines where attachments could be made were clearly marked on the fabric.


[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: 我们有一模一样的交待材料。
English:

[Assistant] We used exactly the same confessions.


[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: 等那哈欠过去，人渐渐醒了，胸中那股潮热劲平息下去，便有了些好的心情。
English:

[Assistant] Then, having thrown off their afternoon sluggishness and cooled off, they would perk up.


[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: 两行泪水在爷爷脸上流，一串喀噜喀噜地响声在爷爷喉咙里滚。
English:

[Assistant] Tears were running down Granddad's face. He was sobbing.


[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: 他把身体紧缩成一团，眼泪、鼻涕、大便、小便几乎是一齐冒出来。
English:

[Assistant] He doubled over, all the foul liquids in his body seeming to pour out at once.


[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: 抬头看时，见远处的河堤上，蜿蜒着一条火的长龙。
English:

[Assistant] When he raised his head he spotted a long fiery dragon wriggling its way along the top of the dike.


[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: 韦小宝笑道：“公公，你试我武功么？
English:

[Assistant] 'Is this to test my reactions, Goong-goong?' he said, forcing a laugh.


[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: 一个吹鼓手挥动起大喇叭，在劫路者的当头心儿里猛劈了一下，喇叭的圆刃劈进颅骨里去，费了好大劲才拔出。
English:

[Assistant] One of the musicians raised his trumpet and brought it down hard on the highwayman's skull, burying the curved edge so deeply he had to strain to free 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: 韦小宝勉力站起，身子摇摇摆摆，说道：“明儿…… 明儿再来打过，非…… 非叫你投降不可。”
English:

[Assistant] Trinket staggered to his feet and took a few tottering steps across the room. 'Tomorrow . . . tomorrow I'll take you on again . . . and I'll beat you for sure!'


[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：“我也想不是的。
English:

[Assistant] 'I didn't think he was,' said the old eunuch.


[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: 这次会议本来没安排你参加，是我坚决要求请你来的，嘿，我保准咱哥俩这次准能出风头的。”
English:

[Assistant] They didn't originally think you needed to attend this meeting, but I insisted. Heh. I bet the two of us are going to be important this time.'


[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: 海老公不答，只叹了口气，过了半晌，说道：“你的京片子学得也差不多了。
English:

[Assistant] The old eunuch ignored his question and heaved a sigh. After a pause he said: 'Your Peking accent is almost perfect 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: 不过用我一句话，又费不着我什么事。”
English:

[Assistant] It's only a question of saying a few words. No trouble at all.'


[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: 这时军代表从场部回来，看见我手里有枪，很吃了一惊。
English:

[Assistant] The military deputy happened to return from the farm headquarters right then and was shocked to see my shotgun.


[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: 枪托子猛力后座，震得他半个肩膀麻酥酥的。 狐狸像一团火，滚进了芦苇丛。 他站起来，提着枪，看着深绿的硝烟在清清的空气中扩散着。 他知道它正在芦苇丛里仇恨地盯着自己。 他的身体立在银子般的天光下，显得又长又大。
English:

[Assistant] Old Geng, his shoulder numb from the recoil, stood up under a silvery sky, looking bigger and taller than usual.


[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: “我很高兴，”年轻的记者首先打破沉默说，“这些年看到的事，让我对人类已经失望了，人类社会已经无力进行自我完善，需要一个外部力量的介入。”
English:

[Assistant] 'I would be happy.' The young reporter was the first to break the silence. 'I've lost hope in the human race after what I've seen in recent years. Human society is incapable of self-improvement, and we need the intervention of an outside force.'


[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: 怎么没把牛车赶来？”
English:

[Assistant] Why didn't you bring the oxcart?'


[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: 由这谦虚出发，她就总无意地放大别人的优点，很忠实地崇拜，随时准备奉献她的热诚。
English:

[Assistant] In her modesty, she tended to exaggerate other people's strengths, place them on a pedestal, and offer them her devotion.


[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: 好在女人和女人是不怕种下芥蒂的，女人间的友谊其实是用芥蒂结成的，越是有芥蒂，友情越是深。
English:

[Assistant] Fortunately, grudges are no impediment to friendships between women. The friendships of women are made of grudges: the deeper the grudge, the deeper the friendship.


[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: 经过调查，发现整个农场只有陈清扬知道人身上还有前列腺。
English:

[Assistant] Through the investigation, they found that Chen Qingyang was the only one on our entire farm who knew there was such a thing as a prostate gland in a human.


[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: 奶奶按着出嫁的传统，大热的天气，也穿着三表新的棉袄棉裤。
English:

[Assistant] She was following local wedding customs, which dictated that a bride wear three layers of new clothes, top and bottom, no matter how hot the 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: 那天下午我从井坎回队的路上，涉水从田里经过，曾经在稻棵里站了一会。
English:

[Assistant] On the way back from Jingkan that afternoon, I waded through the paddy field and stood among the rice seedlings 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: 小玄子翻身跳起，道：“原来你也会这招‘羚羊挂角’。”
English:

[Assistant] He leapt to his feet again, crying: 'So you know the Bucking Antelope 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: 我知道这一切都是幻象，我知道二奶奶是被故乡的黑土掩埋的。 在她的坟墓周围只有壁立的红色高粱，站在她的坟墓前——如果不是万木肃杀的冬天或熏风解愠的阳春——你连地平线也看不到，高密东北乡梦魇般的高粱遮挡着你，使你鼠目寸光。
English:

[Assistant] I knew it was an illusion, that Second Grandma was buried beneath the black earth of her hometown, and that only red sorghum grew around her gravesite. Standing at the head of her grave – as long as it isn't during the winter, when the plants are dead and frozen, or on a spring day, when cool southerly breezes blow – you can't even see the horizon for the nightmarishly dense screen of Northeast Gaomi sorghum.


[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: 康明逊还问为什么，王琦瑶就说因为不是他的孩子。
English:

[Assistant] Kang Mingxun pressed for an explanation. Wang Qiyao said that it wasn't his baby.


[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: 程先生就笑，说不是藏着，而是没地方拿出来。
English:

[Assistant] 'It's not that I was trying to hide it.... I just never get the chance to show it 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: 凤姐笑道：“你该去了。”
English:

[Assistant] Xi-feng laughed. 'You had better go!'


[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: 走近后，她发现这很可能就是她们当年在批判会上穿的那身衣服，衣服都已洗得发白，有显眼的补丁。
English:

[Assistant] When they came closer, she realized that the uniforms were likely the same ones they had worn at that mass struggle session. The clothes had been laundered until their color had faded, and they had been conspicuously patched.


[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: 小郡主双眼闭得更紧。
English:

[Assistant] But the Little Countess closed her eyes even tighter.


[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: 宇宙整体的微波背景辐射频谱非常精确地符合温度为2.726K的黑体辐射谱，具有高度各向同性，但在不同局部也存在大约百万分之五涨落的幅度。
English:

[Assistant] Cosmic microwave background radiation very precisely matched the thermal black body spectrum at a temperature of 2.7255 K and was highly isotropic—meaning nearly uniform in every direction—with only tiny temperature fluctuations at the parts per million range.


[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: 黄顾两人都是当世大儒，明亡之后，心伤国变，隐居不仕，这日连袂来到崇德。
English:

[Assistant] Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu were two of the foremost scholars of their day. Both of them, from patriotic motives, had gone into retirement when the Ming Empire collapsed, being unwilling to take office under a foreign power.


[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: 吕留良道：“这诗殊无含蓄，算不得好，也只是将二瞻先生之原意写了出来，好教观画之人得知。”
English:

[Assistant] 'It lacks subtlety, ' said Lü. 'In no way could you call it a good poem. I merely wanted to put Erzhan's original idea into writing so that anyone looking at the picture in days to come will know what it is about.'


[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: 响起了零星的几声笑，重压下的人们感到了一丝带着血腥味的轻松。
English:

[Assistant] A few scattered laughs. The attendees, all under heavy stress, felt a bit of release tinged with the smell 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: 奶奶在一转念间，感到什么事情也不可怕了，死都不怕，还怕什么？
English:

[Assistant] The thought flashed through Grandma's mind that there was nothing to be afraid of: if death couldn't frighten her, nothing could.


[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: 尤其在她们那个年龄，有些虚实不分，真伪不辨； 又尤其是在那样的时代，电影已成为我们生活的一个重要部分。
English:

[Assistant] This is especially true for the young, who cannot yet completely distinguish truth from fiction and the real from the make-believe, and especially during that era—when movies had already become an important part of our everyday lives.


[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: 父亲记得罗汉大爷把奶奶推到一边，晃晃荡荡走进骡棚，给骡子拌料去了。 我家养着两头大黑骡子，开着烧高粱酒的作坊，是村子里的首富。
English:

[Assistant] Father watched him push her away and swagger into the shed to mix fodder for the two large black mules who, when we opened our distillery, made us the richest family in the village.


[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: 《三体》网友的聚会地点是一处僻静的小咖啡厅。
English:

[Assistant] The location for the Three Body players' meet-up was a small, out-of-the-way coffee shop.


[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: “打倒一切反动学说！！” ……
English:

[Assistant] 'Down with all reactionary doctrines!'


[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: 上了正房台阶，小丫头打起猩红毡帘，才入堂屋，只闻一阵香扑了脸来，竟不知是何气味，身子就像在云端里一般。
English:

[Assistant] As they ascended the steps to the main reception room, a little maid lifted up the red carpet which served as a portiere for them to enter. A strange, delicious fragrance seemed to reach forward and enfold them as they entered, producing in Grannie Liu the momentary sensation that she had been transported bodily to one of the celestial paradises.


[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: 笑道：“你这计策很好，我将小郡主藏在这里好了。”
English:

[Assistant] He gave the man a smile. 'It's a very good idea,' he said. 'We'll hide her here then.'


[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: “那告诉你我的资格：二十多年前，我所在的侦察排，穿插到越军纵深几十公里，占领了那里的一座严密设防的水电站，阻止了越南人炸坝阻断我军进攻道路的计划。
English:

[Assistant] 'Then let me tell you who I am. More than thirty years ago, my reconnaissance squad managed to sneak dozens of kilometers behind Vietnamese lines and capture a hydroelectric station under heavy guard. We prevented the Vietnamese plan to demolish the dam with explosives, which would have flooded the attack route for our army.


[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: 走进理发店，那洗发水和头油的气味，夹着头发的焦糊味，扑鼻而来，真是熟得不能再熟。 一个女人正烘着头发，一手拿本连环画看，另一手伸给理发师修剪的样子，也是熟进心里去的。
English:

[Assistant] The smell of shampoo, lotion, and burning hair was intimately familiar to Wang Qiyao, as was the image of a woman sitting under the hair dryer, one hand holding a magazine, the other extended to be pampered by a manicurist.


[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: 程先生的眼睛几乎湿润了，心里有一种美妙的悸动，是他长久没体验过的。
English:

[Assistant] Mr. Cheng's eyes grew moist and a strange excitement welled up in his heart, the like of which he had not experienced in a long time.


[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：“天地会反清复明，帮汉人，杀鞑子。”
English:

[Assistant] 'The Triad Society wants to drive out the Qing and restore the Ming,' said Trinket. 'It's for helping the Chinese and killing Tartars.'


[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: 我要在你脸蛋上用尖刀子雕些花样，左边脸上刻只小乌龟，右边脸上刻一堆牛粪。
English:

[Assistant] I'll cut a little turtle on your left cheek and a cow-pat on the right one.


[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: 老克腊来到时，已不知是第十几批了。
English:

[Assistant] More than a dozen groups of guests had already arrived by the time Old Colour got to the party.


[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: 那书生笑道：“这位小兄弟擒杀满洲第一勇士鳌拜，为我无数死在鳌拜手里的汉人同胞报仇雪恨，数日之间，名震天下。
English:

[Assistant] 'By arresting and killing Oboi, the Manchu Champion,' said the scholar, speaking to the four older men but keeping his eyes on Trinket, 'our young hero here has avenged the deaths of countless numbers of our fellow-countrymen. In the course of a few days his name has become a household 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: 奶奶坐在憋闷的花轿里，头晕眼眩。 罩头的红布把她的双眼遮住，红布上散着一股强烈的霉馊味。
English:

[Assistant] Grandma was lightheaded and dizzy inside the stuffy sedan chair, her view blocked by a red curtain that gave off a pungent mildewy odour.


[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，问道：“孩子，你今年几岁啦？”
English:

[Assistant] The old eunuch heaved another sigh. 'How old are you, child?'


[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: 父亲在这些杂乱的音响和纷繁的色彩中谛视着，看到了也听到了日本兵鼻尖上的血滴在钢盔里激起的层层涟漪和清脆如敲石磬的响声。
English:

[Assistant] Father's attention was riveted by the sight and sound of blood dripping from the Japanese soldier's nose into the steel helmet, each drop splashing crisply and sending out rings of concentric circles in the deepening pool.


[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: 虽然相差有近十岁的年纪，可一个浅了几岁，另一个深了几岁，正好走在了一起。
English:

[Assistant] Although there was a ten-year difference between them, Madame Yan acted a bit young for her age and Wang Qiyao was more mature, so they were well-suited.


[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: 韦小宝左手一探，已按住了她的嘴唇，出力奇重，竟不让她发出半点声音，跟着右手急摇，示意不可作声。
English:

[Assistant] The next moment Trinket had his hand over her mouth, holding it perhaps rather tighter than was necessary for fear she might cry out. At the same time he signalled to her with his other hand to keep quiet.


[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: 几个月之前，倘若就会说这样的话，不带丝毫扬州腔调，倒也不容易发觉。”
English:

[Assistant] If your voice had sounded like this a few months ago, without a trace of the Yangzhou twang in it, I might have been taken 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: 好好儿的，射他做什么？”
English:

[Assistant] 'What do you want to go shooting them for, poor little things?'


[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: 来到慈宁宫外，见宫门紧闭，心想：“糟糕，可没想到这门会关着，那怎么进去？”
English:

[Assistant] When he reached his goal, however, he found the gate tightly closed. 'Damn!' he thought. 'I didn't think this one would be shut. Now how the devil am I going to get inside?'


[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: 陈清扬来找我时，乘着白色的风。
English:

[Assistant] Chen Qingyang came riding on a white wind 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: 他悄悄掏出手机，在桌下给大史发短信。
English:

[Assistant] He took out his phone when no one was looking and texted Shi Qiang.


[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: 韦小宝扑了个空，本已收脚不住，再给他顺力推出，登时砰的一声，重重摔倒。
English:

[Assistant] Trinket was unable to rein himself in, and went crashing 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: 他为日本人不理解他的顺民态度感到委屈。
English:

[Assistant] The fact that the Japanese didn't appreciate his good-citizen attitude frustrated 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: 黄宗羲慢慢将画卷了起来，说道：“这画是挂不得了，晚村兄得须妥为收藏才是。
English:

[Assistant] Huang carefully rolled up the painting. 'You won't be able to hang this up any more now, Liuliang, ' he said. 'You'd better put it away somewhere safe.


[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: 夜里边，万家万户灭了灯，有一扇门缝里露出的一线光，那就是流言；床前月亮地里的一双绣花拖鞋，也是流言；老妈子托着梳头匣子，说是梳头去，其实是传播流言去；少奶奶们洗牌的哗哗声，是流言在作响；连冬天没有人的午后，天井里一跳一跳的麻雀，都在说着鸟语的流言。
English:

[Assistant] Deep in the night, after everyone has turned out their lights, there is a narrow patch of light peeking out through the crack under someone's door—that is gossip. The pair of embroidered shoes in the moonlight beside the bed—that too is gossip. When the old amah, carrying her box of toiletries, says she is going out to comb her hair, she is actually off to spread gossip. The clatter of young wives shuffling mahjong tiles—that is the sound of gossip. Sparrows hopping around deserted courtyards on winter afternoons chirp about 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: 海老公哼了一声，道：“这叫做‘瓮中抓鳖’，手到擒来。
English:

[Assistant] 'Catching a Turtle in a Jar, ' said the old eunuch.


[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: 他却不说，一直卖着关子，只说些没要紧的话，到了队里以后才说，晚上你来听会吧，会上我会宣布的。
English:

[Assistant] However, he went on talking nonsense to keep me guessing. Not until we reached our team did he say, Come to the meeting tonight. I'll announce the news at the meeting.


[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: 老克腊没走开，有什么拖住了他的脚步。
English:

[Assistant] Something halted his steps and Old Colour couldn't bring himself to walk 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: 既然不能证明她不是破鞋，她就乐于成为真正的破鞋。 就像那些被当场捉了奸的女人一样，被人叫上台去交待那些偷情的细节。
English:

[Assistant] Since she couldn't prove she wasn't damaged goods, she consented to becoming damaged goods, like the women caught in the act and summoned on stage to confess the details of their adultery.


[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…… 你又说喝了汤，会…… 会…… 咳…… 咳嗽……”
English:

[Assistant] 'You said it made you cough.'


[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: 也许是因为到处都没人。
English:

[Assistant] Perhaps because there was no one around.


[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: “胡说！”
English:

[Assistant] 'Lies!'


[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: 会穿的人在里面可以干各种事，包括在大街上撒尿，不用蹲下来。
English:

[Assistant] People who know how to wear them can do all kinds of things with them on, including peeing on the street without squatting 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: 说毕，拉着贾瑞，仍息了灯，出至院外，摸着大台阶底下，说道：“这窝儿里好。
English:

[Assistant] He took Jia Rui by the arm, and having first blown the candle out, led him into the courtyard and groped his way round to the underside of the steps which led up to the terrace of the central building. 'This hollow under the steps will 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: 又骂莺儿。
English:

[Assistant] Once more she rebuked Oriole.


[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: 等到她想叫我来掸时，我已经一步跨出门去。
English:

[Assistant] By the time she wanted to ask me to help her, I had already strode out of the 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: 我还存了当年交待材料的副本，有一回拿给一位搞英美文学的朋友看，他说很好，有维多利亚时期地下小说的韵味。
English:

[Assistant] I still keep the duplicates of my confessions from back then. Once, I showed them to a friend who majored in English and American literature. He said they were all very good, with the charm of Victorian underground novels.


[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: 现今宝钗生怕宝玉教训他，倒没意思，便连忙替贾环掩饰。
English:

[Assistant] But Bao-chai was ignorant of all this; and fearing that Bao-yu might embarrass them all by delivering a big brother's telling-off, she hastened to Jia Huan's defence.


[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: 她觉得难以忍受，立刻大哭起来，企图在一张小床上哭醒。
English:

[Assistant] She couldn't bear it and wept, as if she were in her little bed trying to cry herself awake.


[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: 隐秘的地方往往是流言丛生的地方，隐私的空气特别利于流言的生长。
English:

[Assistant] It thrives in the most secret of places: a clandestine atmosphere is particularly beneficial to its development.


[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: 不过她说，早晚要一塌糊涂，没有别的出路。
English:

[Assistant] But she said, They will be that bad sooner or later. There's no way 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: 那…… 那便如何是好？
English:

[Assistant] Oh help! What am I going 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: 后来他感到了狐狸的温暖的皮毛凑近了自己的身体，他等待着它的尖利牙齿的撕咬。
English:

[Assistant] After a while, Old Geng felt warm fur rubbing against his body, and he lay there waiting for the razor-sharp teeth to begin ripping him apart.


[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: 她一路聒噪，引得许多路人回头侧目，王琦瑶告诫几次没告诫住，最后只得停住脚步，说不去了，片厂没到，洋相倒先出够了。
English:

[Assistant] The whole way there Wu Peizhen couldn't stop jabbering, attracting curious glances from people on the street. Wang Qiyao warned her several times to get hold of herself. Finally she had to stop in her tracks and declare she wasn't going any further—they had not even set foot in the studio and Wu Peizhen had already embarrassed her enough.