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

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

Chinese: 代儒也着了忙，各处请医疗治，皆不见效。
English:

[Assistant] His grandfather Dai-ru was in despair. Medical advice from every quarter had been taken and none of it had proved effective.


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

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

Chinese: 还不放下钱来呢。”
English:

[Assistant] Come on! Put your money 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: 只见门外铜钩上悬着大红洒花软帘，南窗下是炕，炕上大红条毡，靠东边板壁立着一个锁子锦的靠背和一个引枕，铺着金线闪的大坐褥，傍边有银唾盒。
English:

[Assistant] A dark-red patterned curtain hung from brass hooks over the doorway. Inside, under the window in the south wall, there was a kang covered with a dark-red carpet. At the east end of the kang, up against the wooden partition wall, were a backrest and bolster, both covered in gold brocade, and a large flat cushion for sitting on, also glittering with gold thread. Beside them stood a silver spittoon.


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

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

Chinese: 大史说着，向斯坦顿伸出另一只手。
English:

[Assistant] Da Shi extended a hand in front of Colonel Stanton.


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

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

Chinese: 这苦衷不是唐明皇对杨贵妃的那种，也不是楚霸王对虞姬的那种，它不是那种大起大落、可歌可泣、悲天恸地的苦衷，而是狗皮倒灶，牵丝攀藤，粒粒屑屑的。
English:

[Assistant] This bottled-up pain is different from what the Tang emperor felt at the death of Yang Guifei or the King of Chu for his beloved concubine. It is not the kind of grand and heroic suffering that moves heaven and earth, but base and lowly, like pebbles and dirt, or the tentacles of ivy creeping stealthily out of bounds.


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

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

Chinese: 这个地方，本也难站。
English:

[Assistant] 'Things are very difficult here at 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: 食之无味，弃之可惜，罗汉大爷就用快刀把螃蟹斩成碎块，放到豆腐磨里研碎，加盐，装缸，制成蟹酱，成年累月地吃，吃不完就臭，臭了就喂罂粟。
English:

[Assistant] But even though they lost their appetite for it, they couldn't bear to throw the uneaten ones away. So Uncle Arhat minced the leftovers and ground them under the bean-curd millstone, then salted the crab paste, which they ate daily, until it finally went bad and became mulch for the poppies.


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

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are 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，她去找我时，树林里飞舞着金蝇。
English:

[Assistant] Chen Qingyang said that when she went to look for me, golden flies danced in the woods.


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

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

Chinese: 站起身来，走向门口，道：“你跟我来。”
English:

[Assistant] He got up and strode towards the door. 'Come on,' he said. 'Follow 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: 聚会的组织者很快来了，汪淼见到他，心跳骤然加快，这人竟是潘寒，杀死申玉菲的头号嫌疑人。
English:

[Assistant] The meet-up organizer showed up not long after. Wang's heart began to beat faster as soon as he saw the man: it was Pan Han, prime suspect for the murder of Shen Yufei.


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

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

Chinese: 因此，这流言是不能小视的，它有着细密绵软的形态，很是纠缠的。
English:

[Assistant] Never underestimate these rumors: soft and fine as these raindrops may be, you will never struggle free 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: 须臾茶毕，早已设下杯盘，那美酒佳肴，自不必说。 二人归坐，先是款酌慢饮，渐次谈至兴浓，不觉飞觥献斝起来。
English:

[Assistant] Soon they had finished their tea. Wine and various choice dishes were brought in and placed on the table, already laid out with cups, plates, and so forth, and the two men took their places and began to drink. At first they were rather slow and ceremonious; but gradually, as the conversation grew more animated, their potations too became more reckless and uninhibited.


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

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

Chinese: 小红卫兵那茫然的思路立刻找到了立脚点，她举起紧握皮带的手指着叶哲泰，“你，是想说有上帝？！”
English:

[Assistant] The young Red Guard, confused by these new thoughts, finally found her footing. She raised her hand, still holding the belt, and pointed at Ye. 'You: you're trying to say that God exists?'


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

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

Chinese: 等到她进了那间草房，看见我的小和尚直挺挺，像一件丑恶的刑具。
English:

[Assistant] Then she entered the thatched hut and saw my little Buddha sticking up like an ugly instrument of torture.


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

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

Chinese: 要不是这样，我也不会来找她。
English:

[Assistant] If it hadn't been for that I wouldn't have gone to see 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: 这才忙着穿衣抬床， 代儒夫妇哭的死去活来，大骂道士：“是何妖道！” 遂命人架起火来烧那镜子。
English:

[Assistant] At once they lifted him from the bed and busied themselves with the laying-out, while old Dai-ru and his wife abandoned themselves to a paroxysm of grief. They cursed the Taoist for a necromancer and ordered the servants to heap up a fire and cast the mirror upon the flames.


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

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

Chinese: 忽然它受到惊动，飞快地出去，消失在门口的阳光里。
English:

[Assistant] Then suddenly startled, it fled quickly, disappearing into the sunshine outside the door.


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

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

Chinese: 他的派对就像一个小政协似的，许多旧闻和新闻在客厅上空交相流传，可真是热闹。
English:

[Assistant] This friend's parties were like small political meetings, where old stories and the latest gossip were passed around the living room, the whole place abuzz with excitement.


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

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

Chinese: 去找表哥的路上，她满心里都是对王琦瑶的感激，觉得她是太给自己面子了。
English:

[Assistant] On her way to her cousin's place, she was consumed with gratitude for Wang Qiyao; all she could think about was how much face Wang Qiyao had given her by agreeing to the invitation.


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

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

Chinese: 韦小宝见他一身新衣，甚是华丽，不禁颇有妒意，寻思：“待会我扯破你的新衣，叫你神气不得！”
English:

[Assistant] Trinket noticed at once that he was wearing a completely new outfit, and couldn't help feeling jealous. 'Huh!' he muttered to himself. 'Just you wait! You won't be so pleased when I've made a big rip in that smart gown of 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: 那会儿我醒了。
English:

[Assistant] I was already awake by that 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: 她抬起手，掀起红布——外祖母曾千叮咛万嘱咐，不许她自己揭动罩头红布——一只沉甸甸的绞丝银镯子滑到小臂上，奶奶看着镯子上的蛇形花纹，心里纷乱如麻。
English:

[Assistant] She reached out to lift it a crack – Great-Granddad had told her not to remove her red veil. A heavy bracelet of twisted silver slid down to her wrist, and as she looked at the coiled-snake design her thoughts grew chaotic and disoriented.


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

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

Chinese: 案发前的情况就是这样的。
English:

[Assistant] That was the situation prior to the offense.


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

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

Chinese: 他说他其实早就明白这个道理，并且想好就做个知己知彼的朋友，也不枉为一世人生；可这人和人在一起，就有些像古话说的“逆水行舟，不进则退”的道理，要说没有进一步的愿望是不真实的，要进又进不了的时候，看来就只得退了。
English:

[Assistant] He explained how he had long ago come to understand this principle. So long as they could be close friends, confidants, he thought, his life would not have been in vain. But once people are together, it is as the saying goes: 'A boat sailing against the current must forge ahead or else be driven back.' 'I would be lying if I said that I didn't have the desire to forge ahead . . . but when the boat won't go forward anymore . . . all I can do is turn 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: 哈哈，辣块妈妈，又甜又香的牛粪你吃过没有？
English:

[Assistant] 'Hot-piece tamardy, this is really nice! Have you ever eaten a piece of cow-pat?


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

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

Chinese: 宝玉笑道：“要像只管这么闹，我还怕死吗?
English:

[Assistant] 'Do you think I'm afraid of dying when all you will do is quarrel?


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

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

Chinese: 雨季过去后，我们化装成老傣，到清平赶街。
English:

[Assistant] When the rainy season passed, we dressed like Thais and went to Qingping market.


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

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

Chinese: 这一点阳光反给它罩上一层暧昧的色彩，墙是黄黄的，面上的粗砺都凸现起来，沙沙的一层。
English:

[Assistant] But this little bit of sunlight envelops the back alleys in a blanket of warm color. The walls turn a brilliant yellow, highlighting the unevenness of the rough whetstone and giving it the texture of coarse sand.


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

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

Chinese: 荣府贾赦赠银二十两，贾政也是二十两，宁府贾珍亦有二十两，其馀族中人贫富不一，或一二两、三四两不等。
English:

[Assistant] From the Rong-guo side Jia She and Jia Zheng each gave twenty taels of silver and from the Ning-guo side Cousin Zhen also gave twenty taels. The other members of the clan gave amounts varying from one to four taels according to their means.


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

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are 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：“我不服气，明儿再跟他斗过，就不知能不能赢。”
English:

[Assistant] 'I won't let him get away with it! I'm going to fight him tomorrow! But I just wonder if I can beat 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: 删除这些信息极其容易，敌人在紧急时刻不太可能进行常规删除，因为以目前的技术很容易恢复，但只需对服务器硬盘或其他存贮装置打上一梭子，一切就都完了，这前后在十秒钟内就能完成。
English:

[Assistant] Destroying the data would be very easy. The enemy would not use conventional methods to erase the data during an attack, because it's easy to recover the data using known technology. But if they just emptied a cartridge clip at the server hard drive or other storage media, it would all be over, and doing so would take no more than ten seconds.


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

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

Chinese: 没有钱，宇宙奥秘算个球！
English:

[Assistant] Without money, the secrets of the universe are worth shit.


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

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

Chinese: 然后又出去。
English:

[Assistant] Then he went out 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: 接着来。
English:

[Assistant] Keep going.


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

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

Chinese: 王琦瑶让他自己泡茶，问他这些日子做什么，打不打桥牌，有没有分配工作的消息。
English:

[Assistant] Wang Qiyao had Kang Mingxun make himself some tea and, as he busied himself, she asked him what he had been doing of late—did he still play bridge? Was there any news on the job front?


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

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

Chinese: 你怎么见了他倒不会说话了呢? 开口就是‘你侄儿’。
English:

[Assistant] First, when you met her, you couldn't get a word out; then, when you did start talking, it was all 'your nephew' this and 'your nephew' that!


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

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

Chinese: 奶奶欠起身，大大方方地跨过轿杆，站在烂漫的矢车菊里。
English:

[Assistant] She rose from the seat, stepped grandly onto the pole, and alit in a tuft of cornflowers.


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

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

Chinese: 我当胸推了他一把，推了他一个屁股蹲儿。
English:

[Assistant] I shoved him right in the chest, pushing him down on his butt.


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

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

Chinese: 说着，一径去了。
English:

[Assistant] With that she darted off once more.


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

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

Chinese: 我过二十一岁生日那天，打算在晚上引诱陈清扬，因为陈清扬是我的朋友，而且胸部很丰满，腰很细，屁股浑圆。 除此之外，她的脖子端正修长，脸也很漂亮。
English:

[Assistant] I had planned to seduce Chen Qingyang on my twenty-first birthday, because she was my friend; and she had a full bosom, a slender waist, and shapely buttocks; besides, her neck was long and graceful and her face was pretty, 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: 但叶哲泰仍昂着头，用瘦弱的脖颈支撑着那束沉重的钢铁。
English:

[Assistant] But Ye refused and held his head high, supporting the heavy weight with his thin neck.


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

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

Chinese: 我身上带有很多伟大友谊，要送给一切人。
English:

[Assistant] I always had a lot of friendship, and would have liked to share it with everyone.


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

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

Chinese: 韦小宝突然伸足绊去，小玄子斜身欲跌，韦小宝顺手出拳，正中他腰间。
English:

[Assistant] As Trinket got up, he suddenly shot out one of his feet. Misty toppled over, and Trinket punched him in the small of the 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: 我倒没见过。
English:

[Assistant] 'I've never seen 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: 人们都在忙着置办音响的时候，那个在听老唱片的；人们时兴“尼康”“美能达”电脑调焦照相机的时候，那个在摆弄“罗莱克斯”一二零的；手上戴机械表，喝小壶煮咖啡，用剃须膏刮脸，玩老式幻灯机，穿船形牛皮鞋的，千真万确，就是他。
English:

[Assistant] These Old Colours—when everyone was out buying a stereo, they were listening to old phonographs. When Nikon and Minolta cameras equipped with auto-focus features were all the rage, they were busy fiddling with their vintage Rolleiflex 120s. They sported wind-up watches, drank coffee brewed in small pots, shaved with old-fashioned razor blades and shaving cream, took great delight in antique slide projectors, and wore large leather shoes shaped like boats. When you saw these markings, you could be certain that you had found 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: 只将些渣末凑了几钱，命人送去，只说：“太太叫送来的，再也没了。”
English:

[Assistant] She merely scraped a few drams of broken bits together and sent them to Dai-ru with a message that 'Lady Wang had instructed her to send this, and it was all they had.'


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

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

Chinese: 我说腰杆好像没断，你们快把我抬走。
English:

[Assistant] I said, My back seems OK and you guys can just carry 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: 案发时的情形是这样：陈清扬骑在我身上，一起一落，她背后的天上是白茫茫的雾气。
English:

[Assistant] The offense went as follows: Chen Qingyang rode my body, up and down; behind her back was a broad expanse of white fog.


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

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

Chinese: 一片青色的蟹壳闪亮，一对对圆杆状的眼睛从凹陷的眼窝里打出来。
English:

[Assistant] A greenish glint issued from their shells, as countless pairs of button eyes popped from deep sockets on little stems.


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

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

Chinese: 我过二十一岁生日那天，正在河边放牛。
English:

[Assistant] On my twenty-first birthday, I was herding buffalo at the riverside.


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

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

Chinese: 生活也安定，所以温饱生淫欲。
English:

[Assistant] So our life was relatively easy there. And since we didn't have to worry about food and shelter, we thought more about sex.


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

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

Chinese: 所以起码有二十个铁匠提出过，让我们搬过去，他打刀刃我刻花纹，我们搭一伙。
English:

[Assistant] So, at least twenty blacksmiths invited us to move in with them. Each suggested that he would forge the blades and I would etch the designs, and we would make a good team.


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

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

Chinese: 上海的弄堂是藏不住大苦衷的。
English:

[Assistant] The longtang of Shanghai are incapable of harboring the kind of suffering that inspires legends.


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

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are 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：“皇太后住在哪里？
English:

[Assistant] 'Where are the Empress Dowager's rooms?' 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: 我又没有收税的亲戚、做官的朋友，有什么法子可想的?
English:

[Assistant] There are no tax-collectors in my family and no mandarins among my friends. What way could there be of laying my hands on some 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: 但是司务长又说，军代表随时会回来。
English:

[Assistant] But he also said the military deputy might return any minute.


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

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

Chinese: 只要他发点好心，拔根寒毛，比咱们的腰还壮呢！”
English:

[Assistant] She only has to feel well disposed and a hair off her arm would be thicker than a man's waist to poor folks like us!'


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

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

Chinese: 凤姐啐道：“亏了你还是个爷，输了一二百钱就这么着！”
English:

[Assistant] 'All this fuss about one or two hundred cash! And you one of the masters!'


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

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

Chinese: 咕咚一声巨响，使父亲大吃一惊，抬头看，见爆炸后破碎的汽车轮胎像黑蝴蝶一样在河道上飘飘下落，被震扬起的黑黑白白的东洋大米也唰唰啦啦地洒在板块般的河面上。
English:

[Assistant] A loud bang made Father jump. He looked up, just in time to see exploded bits of truck tyres settling slowly into the river like black butterflies, and countless kernels of Japanese rice – some black, some white – soaring upward, then raining down on the still surface of 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: “韦小宝道：“ 是！”
English:

[Assistant] 'Yes, Goong-goong!'


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

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

Chinese: 爷爷猛一别脸，枪口迸出一团火光，照明了方七青溜溜的头皮。
English:

[Assistant] Granddad spun his face away, and a burst of flame leaped out of the muzzle, lighting up Fang Seven's greenish scalp.


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

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

Chinese: 爷爷说：“兄弟，我背你回去。”
English:

[Assistant] 'I'll carry you back, little brother,' Granddad said.


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

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

Chinese: 凤姐早已明白了，听他不会说话，因笑道：“不必说了，我知道了。”
English:

[Assistant] It was abundantly clear to Xi-feng that the old lady was too embarrassed to go on, and she put her out of her misery with a gracious smile. 'It's quite all right. There is no need to tell me. I quite understand.'


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

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

Chinese: 大路上铺着一层粗沙，没有牛马脚踪，更无人的脚印。 相对着路两侧茂密的高粱，公路荒凉，荒唐，令人感到不祥。
English:

[Assistant] There were neither animal nor human footprints in the gravel, and the dense walls of sorghum on the deserted highway made the men feel that something ominous was in the air.


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

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

Chinese: 王琦瑶炒了热菜上来，重又入座。
English:

[Assistant] Wang Qiyao returned to the table with the new dish she had just whipped 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: 他恍惚记起，三天前抬着那女子进村时，见村头三间草屋檐下，有一面破烂酒旗儿在狂风暴雨中招飐，腹中的饥饿使他坐不住，站不稳，一壮胆，出了高粱地，大踏步向那酒店走去。
English:

[Assistant] He dimly recalled the three shacks at the head of the village where he had carried the woman in the sedan chair three days ago, and the tattered tavern flag snapping and fluttering in the raging winds of the rainstorm. So hungry he could neither sit still nor stand straight, he strode towards the tavern.


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

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are 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，司令。” 王文义答应着，又有一阵咳嗽冲口而出。
English:

[Assistant] 'Yes, sir,' Wang replied, as another coughing spell erupted.


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

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

Chinese: 假如世界上只有她一个人，那实在是太寂寞了。
English:

[Assistant] If there were only one person—only her—in this world, she would feel too lonely.


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

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

Chinese: 汪淼平静地说，在这样的事情面前，他已经初步学会了控制自己。
English:

[Assistant] Wang's tone was exceedingly calm. He had learned to control himself when faced with such sights.


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

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

Chinese: 爷爷叹了一口气，把土枪从那个队员口里拔出来，把尖刀从那个队员胸口里撕出来。
English:

[Assistant] Granddad sighed as he withdrew the shotgun from the one soldier's mouth and pulled the bayonet from the other's chest.


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

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

Chinese: 方七点点头，闭上眼睛。
English:

[Assistant] Fang Seven nodded and closed his eyes.


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

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

Chinese: 如今，什么都好像旧了似的，一点一点露出了真迹。
English:

[Assistant] Today, everything looks worn out, exposing bit by bit what lies underneath.


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

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

Chinese: 后来她说，她觉得自己罪孽深重，早晚要遭报应。
English:

[Assistant] Afterward, she said she had fallen deep into sin and karma would catch up with her sooner or later.


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

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

Chinese: 他们是真讲究，虽不作什么宣言，也不论什么理，却是脚踏实地，一步一个脚印，自己做，让别人说。
English:

[Assistant] They were the only ones paying attention to the things that mattered; though they never advertised themselves or talked about what they were doing, they had their feet firmly planted on the ground. They took things one step at a time; men of action, they let others do the talking.


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

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

Chinese: 因为我干那事时，她一声也不吭，头枕双臂，若有所思地看着我，所以从始至终就是我一个人在表演。
English:

[Assistant] That was because when I was doing it, she didn't make a sound; she simply put her arms under her head and looked at me in a very thoughtful way. So from beginning to end it was just my solo performance.


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

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

Chinese: 有人问表哥她们是谁，表哥说了，又问她们在哪个学校读书，表哥说不上来，吴佩珍自己说了，那人就朝她们笑，一口白牙齿在暗中亮了一下。
English:

[Assistant] Someone asked the cousin who his guests were and he told him. But when the man asked where they went to school, the cousin was stumped and Wu Peizhen had to answer for herself. The man flashed them a smile, revealing a set of white teeth that shimmered in the darkness of the 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: 宝玉笑道：“我何尝说什么？”
English:

[Assistant] He laughed: 'I didn't say anything.'


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

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

Chinese: 在人保组里，人家把各种交待材料拿给她看，就是想让她明白，谁也不这么写交待。
English:

[Assistant] When she was in the public security office, they showed her all kinds of confessions, just to let her know what she couldn't write in her confession.


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

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

Chinese: 筒裙就像个布筒子，下口只有一尺宽。
English:

[Assistant] A Thai skirt is like a cloth sheath. The hem is only about a foot 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: 巨轮发动机的轰鸣声已经可以听到，还有一阵轰轰的水声，那是它浑圆的船首推起的浪排冲击运河两岸发出的。
English:

[Assistant] They heard the roar from the ship's engines, accompanied by the churning sound of waves that had been generated by the round prow slapping against the shores of the canal.


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

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are 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：“好！” 当即取下画来，平铺于桌。 黄宗羲研起了墨。
English:

[Assistant] 'Very well,' said Lü Liuliang, and he took the huge scroll carefully down from the wall and spread it out on the desk, while Huang Zongxi set about grinding him some ink.


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

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

Chinese: 爷爷踉踉跄跄地在路西边的高粱地里穿行着，父亲紧跟着爷爷走。
English:

[Assistant] Granddad staggered down the road, weaving in and out of the sorghum field on the western edge, Father right on his heels.


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

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

Chinese: 实际上我什么都不能证明，除了那些不需证明的东西。
English:

[Assistant] The truth was I couldn't prove anything, except things that didn't need proving.


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

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

Chinese: 队长不告诉我这件事，是因为他以为我已经知道了。
English:

[Assistant] The team leader didn't tell me because he thought I knew already.


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

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

Chinese: 一句未完，晴雯在旁说道：“谁又没疯了，得罪他做什么?
English:

[Assistant] He was interrupted by Skybright: 'Why should any of us want to upset her? Do you think we're mad ?


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

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

Chinese: “你说什么！”
English:

[Assistant] '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: “吐啦吐啦，颠呀！” 轿夫们狂喊着，“颠呀，早晚颠得她开口说话。”
English:

[Assistant] 'Puke-ah, puke-ah. Keep rocking!' one of the bearers roared. 'Keep rocking. Sooner or later she'll have to say something.'


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

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

Chinese: 他跟天地会的人相处的时候虽暂，却已摸到了他们的脾气。
English:

[Assistant] He hadn't been with the Triads very long, but long enough by now to know the drill.


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

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

Chinese: 她说，她之所以要把这事最后写出来，是因为它比她干过的一切事都坏。
English:

[Assistant] She said that the reason that she wanted to write about it was because it was worse than anything else she had done.


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

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

Chinese: 陈清扬开导我说：这世界上有多少人，每天要干多少这种事，又有几个有资格成为案子。
English:

[Assistant] Chen Qingyang tried to help me understand: How many people are there in the world? How many times do people do it every day? And how many of them are important enough to be called cases?


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

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

Chinese: “和尚说，贾爷今日五鼓已进京去了，也曾留下话与和尚转达老爷，说：‘读书人不在黄道黑道，总以事理为要，不及面辞了。’”
English:

[Assistant] 'The monk says that Mr Jia set out for the capital at five o'clock this morning, sir. He says he left a message to pass on to you. He said to tell you, 'A scholar should not concern himself with almanacs, but should act as the situation demands,' and he said there wasn't time to say good-bye.'


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

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

Chinese: 她坐起来，心窝里噗噗通通乱跳一阵，想了好久，也没弄清楚是村外发生了什么事情了呢，还是梦中的幻觉。
English:

[Assistant] She sat up, her heart thumping wildly, and, try as she might, she couldn't decide if the noise had just been part of the dream.


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

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

Chinese: 只见这人身体瘦小，一头长发，却是个十四五岁的少女，身上穿了薄薄的单衫，双目紧闭，一动也不动，只是胸口微微起伏。
English:

[Assistant] It was small and slight with an abundance of hair. To his astonishment Trinket found himself looking down at a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old girl. She was dressed in the flimsiest of summer garments, her eyes were tightly closed, and her body was completely motionless except for the gentle rise and fall of her 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: 一面说，一面都去了。
English:

[Assistant] Having shouted for Nightingale, the three guardians of morality retired.


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

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

Chinese: 初冬深秋，高密东北乡的麻雀都结成庞大的密集团体，成千只麻雀汇集成一团褐色的破云，贴着苍莽的大地疾速地翻滚。
English:

[Assistant] In the late autumn and early winter, enormous flocks of sparrows flew over Northeast Gaomi Township, a shifting brown cloud that rolled and tumbled above the boundless land.


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

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

Chinese: 我只和你到老太太、太太跟前去讲讲：把你奶了这么大，到如今吃不着奶了，把我扔在一边儿，逞着丫头们要我的强！”
English:

[Assistant] Well, you can come along with me to see Her Old Ladyship and Her Ladyship about this. Let them hear how you have cast me off – me that reared you at my own breast – now that you don't need my milk any more, and how you encourage a pack of snotty-nosed little maidservants to amuse themselves at my expense!'


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

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

Chinese: 她有时望着酒精灯蓝色的火苗，会望见斑斓的景象，里面有一个小世界，小世界里的歌舞永恒不止，是天上的歌舞。
English:

[Assistant] At times she stared into the blue flames of the alcohol burner and saw a resplendent world in which people sang and danced for all eternity.


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

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

Chinese: “您没资格谈我的父亲，”叶文洁气愤地说，“这是我和母亲间的事，与别人无关。”
English:

[Assistant] 'You have no right to speak of my father,' Ye said, anger suffusing her voice. 'This is between my mother and me. It has nothing to do with 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: 贾蓉笑道：“只求婶娘开恩罢！”
English:

[Assistant] Jia Rong's smile flashed again. 'Please, Auntie! Be merciful!'


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

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

Chinese: “你真是个魔鬼。” 一位联合国女官员对大史说。
English:

[Assistant] 'You're truly a demon,' a female UN official said to Da Shi.


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

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

Chinese: 在新区的夜空底下，这幢侨汇房十三楼里的欢声笑语，一下子就消散了，音乐声也消散了。
English:

[Assistant] Under the sky of the new district, the joyful laughter coming from the thirteenth floor of this joint-venture construction suddenly dissipates and the music fades 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: 是咸水口子吗？”
English:

[Assistant] Is it Saltwater Gap?'


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

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

Chinese: 旱季里浩浩荡荡的风刮个不停，整个草房都在晃动。
English:

[Assistant] The strong wind of the dry season blew endlessly, shaking the thatched hut.


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

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

Chinese: 他若下世为人，我也同去走一遭，但把我一生所有的眼泪还他，也还得过了。’
English:

[Assistant] 'The only way in which I could perhaps repay him would be with the tears shed during the whole of a mortal lifetime if he and I were ever to be reborn as humans in the world below.'


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

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

Chinese: 因为她像苏格拉底，对一切都一无所知。
English:

[Assistant] Because she was like Socrates, ignorant of everything.


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

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

Chinese: 吴佩珍有几次上她家找她玩，她也让娘姨说不在家推了。
English:

[Assistant] Several times Wu Peizhen even went to Wang Qiyao's apartment to look for her, but each time Wang Qiyao had the maidservant say that she was not 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: 王琦瑶是糊涂一半，清楚一半，糊涂的那半供过，清楚的一半是供想。
English:

[Assistant] Wang Qiyao was rather muddleheaded about some things, while she couldn't have been more clear-sighted about others; the former concerned issues of daily living, while the latter were reserved for her private thoughts.


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

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

Chinese: 我醒过来时，罗小四领了一伙人呐喊着要放火烧牛圈，还说要三闷儿的娘抵命。
English:

[Assistant] By the time I came around, Luo Xiaosi had gathered a group of city students and was threatening to burn the cattle pen. He also said he'd make Shan Men Er's mother pay with her 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: 假如我死，或是瘫掉，就是应该的事，可是我在医院里只住了一个星期就跑出来。
English:

[Assistant] If I'd died, or become paralyzed, it would have then been morally justified. But I had only stayed in the hospital for a week and then run 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: 说罢就去收拾东西要走，这两人都不敢劝她，怔怔地看她收拾好东西，再将一个红纸包放在婴儿胸前，出了门去，然后下楼，便听后门一声响，走了。
English:

[Assistant] Even as she spoke, she began to gather up her personal effects. Neither Wang Qiyao nor Kang Mingxun dared say a word to persuade her to stay. They watched in shock as she packed her things and placed a red envelope on the baby's chest. She went out the door and down the stairs; then they heard the sound of the downstairs door closing, and she was gone.


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

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

Chinese: 那就是说，秦朝失了天下，群雄并起，大家争夺，最后汉高祖打败了楚霸王，就得了这只又肥又大的鹿。”
English:

[Assistant] That means that when the Qin Emperor lost control of the Empire, ambitious men rose up everywhere and fought each other to possess it. In the end it was the first Han Emperor who got this big, fat deer by defeating the Tyrant King of Chu.'


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

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

Chinese: 放学吴佩珍约她去哪里，十有九次她找理由拒绝。
English:

[Assistant] Whenever Wu Peizhen invited her out after school, Wang Qiyao would almost always find some excuse not to 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: 黑皮肤女人特有的像紫红色葡萄一样的丰满嘴唇使二奶奶恋儿魅力无穷。
English:

[Assistant] FULL PURPLE LIPS, like ripe grapes, gave Second Grandma – Passion – her extraordinary appeal.


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

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

Chinese: 轿夫们沉默无言，步履沉重。
English:

[Assistant] The bearers fell silent and their footsteps grew heavy.


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

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

Chinese: 红卫兵们让他负担的东西确实很重，但不是十字架。
English:

[Assistant] The Red Guards did indeed have him carry a burden, but it wasn't a cross.


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

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

Chinese: 你在墨水河永不欢乐的呜咽声中，去聆听天国传来的警悟执迷灵魂的音乐吧！
English:

[Assistant] Amid the perennially mournful sobs of the Black Water River you listen for a lost soul drifting down from that kingdom.


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

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

Chinese: 原来大汉奸吴三桂的大儿子吴应熊，来到了京城。”
English:

[Assistant] It's because the traitor Wu Sangui's son, Wu Yingxiong, is in town.'


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

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

Chinese: 奶奶猜想着轿夫粗壮的上身，忍不住把脚尖上移，身体前倾。
English:

[Assistant] Impatiently trying to conjure up an image of their firm, muscular chests, Grandma raised the toe of her shoe and leaned forward.


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

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

Chinese: ——正是无聊的很， 贾兄来得正好，请入小斋，彼此俱可消此永昼。”
English:

[Assistant] Your coming is most opportune, dear boy. I was beginning to feel most dreadfully bored. Won't you come into my little den, and we can help each other to while away this tedious hot 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: 那好，我带您去参观一下吧。”
English:

[Assistant] Good, then I'll take you on a tour.'


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

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

Chinese: 交杯盏儿还没吃，就上了头了！”
English:

[Assistant] Doing her hair already – before you've even drunk the marriage-cup!'


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

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

Chinese: 说着，一齐下了炕，整顿衣服，又教了板儿几句话，跟着周瑞家的，逶迤往贾琏的住宅来。
English:

[Assistant] Grannie Liu got off the kang, adjusted her clothing, conducted Ban-er through a rapid revision of his little stock of phrases and followed Zhou Rui's wife through various twists and turns to Jia Lian's quarters.


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

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

Chinese: 引着刘姥姥进了后院，到一个院子墙边，指道：“这就是他家。”
English:

[Assistant] He led Grannie Liu into a rear courtyard. 'That's where she lives,' he said, pointing in the direction of a side wall.


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

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

Chinese: 程先生被她问住了，虽然被泼了冷水，心里却只有对她的可怜。
English:

[Assistant] Mr. Cheng did not know how to answer. Although she had been the one to crush his excitement, he pitied 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: 严师母也脸热心跳地有了几分醉意。
English:

[Assistant] By then even Madame Yan, whose cheeks were red, was getting a bit tipsy.


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

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

Chinese: 因见众石俱得补天，独自己无才不得入选，遂自怨自愧，日夜悲哀。
English:

[Assistant] Observing that all the other blocks had been used for celestial repairs and that it was the only one to have been rejected as unworthy, it became filled with shame and resentment and passed its days in sorrow and lamentation.


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

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

Chinese: 其实，我们是可以把他们叫做“怀旧”这两个字的，虽然他们都是新人，无旧可念，可他们去过外滩呀，摆渡到江心再蓦然回首，便看见那屏障般的乔治式建筑，还有歌特式的尖顶钟塔，窗洞里全是森严的注视，全是穿越时间隧道的。
English:

[Assistant] We could, if we chose, refer to them as nostalgic 'lovers of the past,' although they were all young and didn't have a past to love per se. But they had all been to the Bund and seen, riding on the ferry, what it looked like from out on the water: there they saw the ramparts formed by the Georgian buildings, the Gothic bell tower with its pointed steeple, and the dark forbidding windows staring back at them—all of which sent them down the tunnel of 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: 房中本来有大床、小床各一，海大富死后，韦小宝已叫人将小床抬了出去。
English:

[Assistant] There was just the one large bed there. Previously there had been a smaller one as well in which Trinket used to sleep, but after the death of Old Hai, he had had it moved 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: 在基地会议上，领导终于称她为叶文洁同志了。
English:

[Assistant] Finally, at base meetings, her supervisors could call her comrade.


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

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

Chinese: 那一刻她也不能自持。 但是她还是假装睡着，看我还要干什么。
English:

[Assistant] For a moment she could hardly restrain herself, but she still pretended to sleep, waiting to see what else I would 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: 原来是此地将从国营农场改做军垦兵团。 军代表可能要当个团长。
English:

[Assistant] It turned out that our state-run farm had been changed into an Army Production Corps, and the military deputy might be promoted to Regimental Commander.


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

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

Chinese: 她不愿错过了机会，让我也变成敌人。
English:

[Assistant] She didn't want to risk turning me into an enemy also.


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

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

Chinese: 第二件，你先来，咱们两个一桌吃，一床睡，从小儿一处长大的，他是才来的，岂有个为他远你的呢？”
English:

[Assistant] And as for length of acquaintance: it was you who came here first. You and I have practically grown up together – eaten at the same table, even slept in the same bed. Compared with you she's practially a new arrival. Why should I ever be any less close to you because of 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: 狗儿听了道：“你老只会在炕头上坐着混说，难道叫我打劫去不成？”
English:

[Assistant] 'It's easy for you to sit on your backside and talk,' said Gou-er rudely, 'but what do you expect me to do? Go out and rob?'


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

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

Chinese: 奶奶痛苦地抽搐着，眼泪乱纷纷溢出。
English:

[Assistant] Grandma, on the other hand, was crying bitterly, her shoulders heaving, her face bathed in tears.


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

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are 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：“孩子，你家里还有些什么人？”
English:

[Assistant] Tell me, boy,' said the old eunuch, 'who else is there besides you in your family?'


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

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

Chinese: 余占鳌闪进那挂着破酒旗的草屋，屋子里一贯通，没有隔墙，一道泥坯垒成的柜台把房子分成两半，里边一铺大炕，一个锅灶，一口大缸。
English:

[Assistant] Yu Zhan'ao darted into the doorway beneath the tattered tavern flag. No inner walls separated the shacks, and a bar made of adobe bricks divided the room in two, the inner half of which was furnished with a brick kang, a stove, and a large vat.


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

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

Chinese: 于是离开了那个地方，再没回去过。
English:

[Assistant] We left that place and never went 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: 一宿无话。
English:

[Assistant] And that ends our account of that 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: 绍琳迫不及待地要继续下去了，她必须不停顿地说下去，以维持自己那摇摇欲坠的精神免于彻底垮掉。
English:

[Assistant] Shao was happy to oblige. She had to keep on talking, otherwise her fragile mind, already hanging on only by a thin thread, would collapse completely.


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

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

Chinese: 正值黛玉在旁，因问宝玉：“打那里来？”
English:

[Assistant] Dai-yu was there too. 'Where have you been?' she asked 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: 袭人一面哭，一面拉着宝玉道：“为我得罪了一个老奶奶，你这会子又为我得罪这些人，这还不够我受的，还只是拉扯人！”
English:

[Assistant] Aroma grasped Bao-yu's hand and wept: 'Because I offended one old nurse, you have to go offending a whole roomful of people. Don't you think there's been enough trouble already without dragging other people into 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: 他们欠了你钱，不敢不依，如果推三阻四，你就说我会去跟上书房总管乌老公算帐。
English:

[Assistant] They'll have to say yes, if they owe you money. If they try to fob you off, you tell them that I'll report them to the Chief Librarian;


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

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

Chinese: 我们算年纪小，上不去，我也不抱怨；像你怎么也不算在里头?
English:

[Assistant] Well now, I can understand the very young ones like me not being included, but why should they leave you 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: 如今，课余的生活又回复到老样子，而老样子里面又是有一点新的被剥夺，心都是有点受伤的，伤在哪里，且不明白的。
English:

[Assistant] Their after-school lives gradually returned to normal; but things were not really the same—something had been snatched away. They were hurt, but neither could say where the pain was.


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

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

Chinese: 我并不想胡说八道，你却说我胡说八道，那岂不冤枉么？”
English:

[Assistant] 'I never mean to talk nonsense. So when you tell me I'm talking nonsense, it seems 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: 赶着这盘正该自己掷骰子，若掷个七点便赢了，若掷个六点，下该莺儿掷个三点就赢了。
English:

[Assistant] It was now his turn to throw the dice. He needed seven to win, and if he threw anything less than seven, the dice would go next to Oriole, who needed only three.


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

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

Chinese: 然后他再把我捆起来，让我们在两张椅子上背靠背坐好，用绳子拦腰捆上一道，然后他锁上门，也去赶集。
English:

[Assistant] Then he tied me up, sat us back-to-back in two separate chairs, and roped the whole thing together. He locked the door and went to the market.


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

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

Chinese: 斯坦顿放下步话机，又继续刚才的话题，“我第二次来巴拿马是1999年，参加过运河主权交接的仪式，很奇怪，当我们来到管理局大楼前时，看到星条旗已经降下了，据说是应美国政府要求提前一天降下的，以避免在众人面前降旗的尴尬场面出现……
English:

[Assistant] Stanton put the walkie-talkie down. He continued the conversation with Wang. 'The second time I came to Panama was in 1999, to attend the ceremony for the handover of the canal to Panama. Oddly, by the time we got to the Authority's building, the Stars and Stripes were already gone. Supposedly the U.S. government had requested that the flag be lowered a day early to avoid the embarrassment of lowering the flag in front of a crowd....


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

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

Chinese: 只蹲着，别哼一声。
English:

[Assistant] Crouch down there, and don't make a sound!


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

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

Chinese: 那里玩不得? 谁叫你跑了去讨这没意思？”
English:

[Assistant] Who asked you to go playing with that lot? You could have gone anywhere else to play. Asking for trouble!'


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

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

Chinese: 他试探着坐起来，把手伸进裤裆间一摸。
English:

[Assistant] He sat up and stuck his hand down his pants.


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

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

Chinese: 原来你早知道我不是小桂子，想了这个法子来折磨我，哈哈，哈哈，你这可上了我的大当啦！ 哈哈，哈哈！”
English:

[Assistant] So you knew all along that I wasn't Laurie and you thought this trick up to make me suffer? Well—ha ha ha!— you're the one who's been tricked. Ha ha ha! You've been had good and proper.'


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

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

Chinese: 走近了几步。
English:

[Assistant] Trinket walked a few steps closer.


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

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

Chinese: 在这几年里，使爷爷长久烦恼的，是奶奶与二奶奶的争风吃醋。
English:

[Assistant] They were troubling years, thanks to the rivalry between Grandma and Second 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: 自从奶奶被单廷秀看中后，不知有多少人向外曾祖父和外曾祖母道过喜。
English:

[Assistant] After Shan Tingxiu had spotted Grandma, a stream of people came to congratulate Great-Granddad and Great-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: 携到何方?
English:

[Assistant] Where is this place you will take me to?


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

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

Chinese: 宝玉听说，只得依他，看着他去了簪环躺下，才去上屋里跟着贾母吃饭。
English:

[Assistant] Bao-yu thought he had better do as she said, and after waiting until she had taken off her ornaments and was lying tucked up in bed, he went to the front apartment and took his dinner with Grandmother Jia.


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

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

Chinese: 没两盏茶时，宝玉仍来了。
English:

[Assistant] After about as long as it would take to drink two cups of tea, Bao-yu came back 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: 况且那野史中，或讪谤君相，或贬人妻女，奸淫凶恶，不可胜数；
English:

[Assistant] 'Your so-called 'historical romances', consisting, as they do, of scandalous anecdotes about statesmen and emperors of bygone days and scabrous attacks on the reputations of long-dead gentlewomen, contain more wickedness and immorality than I care to mention.


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

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

Chinese: 内中有个年老的说道：“何苦误他的事呢？” 因向刘姥姥道：“周大爷往南边去了。 他在后一带住着，他们奶奶儿倒在家呢。
English:

[Assistant] But a more elderly man among them protested that it was 'a shame to send her on a fool's errand', and turning to Grannie Liu he said, 'Old Zhou is away in the South at the moment, but his missus is still at home. She lives round at the 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: 香色呢礼帽用稍微和善一点的口气问。
English:

[Assistant] Chestnut Wool Cap softened his tone a little.


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

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

Chinese: 冷支队长开恩扔下的那挺日本机枪像一匹老狼，踞伏在爷爷脚前，喇叭状的枪口，像放大了的狗眼。
English:

[Assistant] The Japanese machine gun that Detachment Leader Leng had so magnanimously left behind sat at his feet like a crouching wolf, its muzzle gaping.


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

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

Chinese: 这雨也不是什么倾盆的雨，而是那黄梅天里的雨，虽然不暴烈，却是连空气都湿透的。
English:

[Assistant] The rain comes down not in a torrent but as a hazy springtime drizzle. Although not violent, it drenches the air with an inescapable humidity.


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

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

Chinese: 所以我也没管那些蚂蝗。
English:

[Assistant] So I ignored the leeches.


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

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

Chinese: 大喜的日子里碰上女人哭亡夫，奶奶感到这是不祥之兆，已经沉重的心情更加沉重。
English:

[Assistant] Meeting up with a woman lamenting the death of her husband seemed to Grandma to be a stroke of bad luck on her wedding day, and she grew even more dejected.


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

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

Chinese: 汪淼起身要走，一阵从教堂传出的圣乐留住了他。
English:

[Assistant] As Wang got up to leave, he was held back by a snippet of hymnal music.


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

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

Chinese: 我也像那些草莽英雄，什么都不信，唯一不能违背的就是义气。
English:

[Assistant] Like them, I believed in nothing but brotherhood.


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

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

Chinese: 后来月光移走了，我点了一根烟，抽到一半她拿走了，接着吸了几口。
English:

[Assistant] After a while the moonlight moved away. I lit a cigarette, but she took it from me after I finished half of it, taking several drags.


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

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

Chinese: 这事经过如下：农忙时队长不叫我犁田，而是叫我去插秧，这样我的腰就不能经常直立。
English:

[Assistant] The whole thing unfolded as follows: During the farm's busy season our team leader would not assign me to plow fields. Instead he made me plant rice seedlings so that I could not stand straight most of the 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: 我已在他的书房的墙壁上提诗一首，他若归家，自然明白，知所趋避，怕的是不知讯息，在外露面，给公人拿住，那可糟了。”
English:

[Assistant] 'I left a poem for him on his study wall. If he goes back home, he will understand when he reads the poem that he is to go and hide. What I'm afraid of, though, is that he may not have heard the news yet and may expose himself unnecessarily outside and get himself arrested. That would be terrible, '


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

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

Chinese: 王琦瑶看不清这女人的长相，只看见她乱蓬蓬的一头鬈发，全堆在床脚头，因她是倒过来脚顶床头，头抵床脚地躺着，拖鞋是东一只，西一只。
English:

[Assistant] She could not make out the woman's features; all she could see was her head of disheveled hair strewn out along the foot of the bed. The woman's feet faced the headboard and her head lay propped against the foot of the bed, her slippers scattered on opposite sides 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: 每到跨沟越坎之处，她就找个树墩子，姿仪万方地站上去，让我扛她。
English:

[Assistant] So whenever we needed to jump over a ditch or cross a ridge, she would find a stump, gracefully mount it, and let me carry 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: “大叔，”父亲说，“大叔，你挂彩了。”
English:

[Assistant] 'Uncle,' Father said, 'you're wounded.'


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

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

Chinese: 越发的该死了。”
English:

[Assistant] 'Worse and worse!'


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

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

Chinese: 汪淼感觉到上校拍了拍他的手。
English:

[Assistant] Wang felt the colonel's hand on his 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: 所以人家说，这样的交待材料不可信。
English:

[Assistant] So, they said my confessions were unconvincing.


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

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

Chinese: 它即便是悲，即便是恸，也是悲在肚子里，恸在肚子里，说不上戏台子去供人观赏，也编不成词曲供人唱的，那是怎么来怎么去都只有自己知道，苦来苦去只苦自己，这也就是那个“私”字的意思，其实也是真正的苦衷的意思。
English:

[Assistant] Even when they suffer deep sorrow, its inhabitants keep it down inside their bellies; they do not put it on stage for people to admire, nor do they make it into lyrics to be sung by others. Only they themselves know where it comes from and whither it goes. They alone carry its burden. This is also where the word 'self' comes into play, and herein, incidentally, lies the true meaning of sorrow.


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

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

Chinese: 贾瑞便打定是凤姐，不管青红皂白，那人刚到面前，便如饿虎扑食、猫儿捕鼠的一般抱住，叫道：“亲嫂子，等死我了！” 说着，抱到屋里炕上就亲嘴扯裤子，满口里“亲爹”“亲娘”的乱叫起来。
English:

[Assistant] Certain that it must be Xi-feng, Jia Rui cast all caution to the winds and, when the figure approached him, threw himself upon it like a hungry tiger seizing its prey or a cat pouncing on a harmless mouse. 'My darling, how I have waited for you!' he exclaimed, enfolding his beloved in his arms; and carrying her to the kang, he laid her down and began kissing her and tugging at her trousers, murmuring 'my sweetest darling' and 'my honey love' and other such endearments in between kisses.


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

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

Chinese: 潘寒站起来，郑重地说：“三体世界是真实存在的。”
English:

[Assistant] Pan stood up and said solemnly, 'The world of Three Body, or Trisolaris, really does exist.'


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

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

Chinese: ‘未知鹿死谁手’，就是不知哪一个做成了皇帝。”
English:

[Assistant] 'And 'not knowing who will kill the deer' means not knowing who is going to be Emperor.'


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

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

Chinese: 我想的是不能教会了别人。
English:

[Assistant] What I had in my mind was that I shouldn't be an instigator.


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

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

Chinese: 至于我，总是光膀子，已经黑得像鬼一样。
English:

[Assistant] As for me, working bare to the waist, I had turned as black as a devil.


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

[User]
You will be given a Chinese sentence to translate. If it is an incomplete sentence, or if you are 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：“怎么会不知道？ 只不过那时我可还不知他是皇上，小玄子叫我不动声色，留神提防，喝汤之时只喝入口中，随后都吐在碗里，反正你又瞧不见。”
English:

[Assistant] 'Of course he did, ' said Trinket, '—though I didn't realize at the time that he was the Emperor. Misty advised me not to let on that I knew. He said pretend to drink the soup but don't swallow it; then afterwards you can spit it back in the bowl. So that's what I did. It wasn't very difficult to fool you because you couldn't see.'


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

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

Chinese: 韦小宝于是拉开架式，将海老公所教的小半套“大慈大悲千叶手”使了一遍，其中有些忘了，有些也还记得。
English:

[Assistant] So Trinket struck up an attitude and began to go through the motions of the Merciful Guanyin repertoire—the rather limited parts of it, that is, that the old eunuch had taught him. He had already forgotten some bits of it, but could remember enough to put on some sort of performance.


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

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

Chinese: 风过耳就风过耳，它也不在乎，它本是四海为家的，没有创业的观念。
English:

[Assistant] They care not that they are mere whispers in people's ears; they'll make their home wherever their wanderings take them, having no conception of what it means to build an enterprise.


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

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

Chinese: 话说到这样，王琦瑶的眼泪倒干了，她给孩子换好尿布，又喂给她奶吃，然后说：妈，你说我不懂规矩，可你自己不也是不懂规矩？
English:

[Assistant] Those words brought an abrupt end to Wang Qiyao's tears. When she had finished changing and feeding the baby, she said, 'Mom, you said I lack tact; but what about you?


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

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

Chinese: 她们两人被甩在后头，互相拉着手，努力地加快步子。
English:

[Assistant] The two girls were left straggling behind, holding hands, trying their best to keep up.