Standing up high,gazing out at the rolling dunes…One cannot know what freedom truly means without first losing it.
The Golden Slumber truly lives up to its name as a dreamland.Though desert sands exist there too,no mirage,no matter how glorious,can compare to true beauty.
What are the many disasters that this world faces but the sum of all irresolvable questions?
except; apart from
We’ve had nothing but trouble with this car.The problemk is anything but easy.
Who but Rosa could think of something like that?
除了罗莎，谁会想得到那种事？
Everyone was there but him.I came last but one in the race (= I wasn’t last but next to last).
Take the first turning but one (= not the first one but the one after it).
I must not fail.And so,the question I am most curious about now is whether the path to victory will be an arduous one.
What we declare to be a young sapling we may,in fact,find to be a towering tree,if we would only cast aside our ignorance and look beyond the veil of time to see her true form.
We may find [what we declare to be a young sapling] to be a towering tree.
towering: extremely tall or high and therefore impressive 高大的；高耸的；屹立的
towering cliffs
高耸的悬崖
As long as the transplant and merge operation succeeds,Aaru should theoretically work on a scale greater than the Akasha,and approximately equal to Irminsul.It will become the largest active computing device in all of Teyvat
In the pursuit of greater knowledge,some scholars have attempted to connect their consciousness to Irminsul through the use of terminals, incense,and meditation.
When we evacuated the city,we brought all the important assets from the House of Daena in case we ended up needing them.Fortunately,this included the Akasha System’s main terminal.
er,I assume you have that chess set with you
In other words,the chess set is an extension of the chessboard.In the past, moving a chess piece was a sacred and momentous act.
Weighing profit against loss is a necessary part of life.But to tell the truth,I have been operating at a loss since this all began…since many centuries-ago, in fact.
Regrator: The Ninth of the ELEVEN Fatui Harbingers
For instance,why would a banker act as the executor of a will?If you hadn’t deposited your personal belongings at Northland Bank,I would have no reason to be here right now.
Dottore,I’ve placed your final data backup into the Ley Lines as per our contract.I trust we are now square for the safe deposit fees you paid.
(informal) if two people are square, neither of them owes money to the other 彼此无欠账的；两清的；结清账的
Here’s the £10 I owe you—now we’re square.
这是我欠你的 10 英镑，这下我们两清了。
Is it not a little petty to split hairs like this,given our amicable relationship?
I consider sound bookkeeping a matter of principle.
Why,that’s hardly a fair assessment.I will concede that my survival was perhaps at your whim,but I became a Harbinger on my own merits.
Well?I presume you have no sense of fragmentation while talking with me
Though I must say,your disdain for the other Segmentsis quite amusing. landik is you,and you are Zandik.Zandik created the Segments -yet you,a Segment yourself,reject him.
But as constructive as it sounds,it erases my uniqueness.If each Segment is equally me,then by the same token,none of them are truly me.
You too might ask yourself,which stage of your life you want to be preserved at?The day your business failed?Or the day you were framed by gang and sold off to a medical lab as a test subject?
[usually passive] ~ sb (for sth)to produce false evidence against an innocent person so that people think he or she is guilty 作伪证陷害 SYN fit up
He says he was framed.
..We needn’t dredge up the past.
This undesirable plan was eventually scrapped.Lesser Lord Kusanali was quite right…I needed an opportunity to eliminate myself.
scrapped:
[T, often passive] ~ sthto cancel or get rid of sth that is no longer practical or useful 废弃；取消；抛弃；报废
They had been forced to scrap plans for a new school building.
他们已被迫撤销了建筑新校舍的计划。
The oldest of the aircraft were scrapped.
最老的飞机报废了。
once thought your ultimate goal was to ascend to godhood.But as it turns out,that was merely one of your experiments
A suspiciously vacant seat,a new face…I trust you can put two and two together?The reason it doesn’t exist is because someone tampered with the record
Almost everyone faces the prospect of death.But not a single person has ever been able to experiment unrestrained in the afterlife through sheer force of will
Could I call myself a venture capitalist without a suitably ambitious plan to invest in?Yours happened to fit the bill quite perfectly
Showing up in the name of the original antagonist gives you the recognition you rightly deserve,while also being sensitive to Snezhnaya’s predicament.It was an easy win
Of course not,my dear friend.And as I’ve said before,mutual interest is the foundation for the most reliable of relationships.You can attest to that.
They’re coming. They’ll breach the city gates any moment now.
What do you need me to do?Stall them?
He pleaded with the gods,begging them to grant him one final request:the chance to finish confessing his sins before he was sentenced
Does everyone have to chime in?Can’t we just fight
What an amusing comment,my dear lady.Yet humans often alleviate tension via small talk,do they not
You wish for your gauntlet to speak?Why,certainty
As you can see,our people came raring to go
~ to do sth(informal) very enthusiastic about starting to do sth 热切；渴望
The new recruits arrived early, all dressed up and raring to go (= to start).
新兵早早地就到了，都穿得整整齐齐，盼着出发。
She is raring to get back to work after her operation.
动完了手术，她渴望回到工作岗位上去。
Enter the Sanctuary of Surathana by stealth
(Everything about this guy feels too deliberate.Ihighly doubt he’s just a subordinate of Dottore’s,and he’s no mere sergeant..Whatever his rank is, it’s high.Much higher than we thought.)
Very clever,General Mahamatra Cyno.I know you’re the one in charge of this siege,and I look forward to making a deal with you.
Historically,yes,but things can always change.We have quite a sizable force with us,you know.For instance…
There’s a Fatui ambush at the north gate!
Yes,I’mquite sure both sides can hold their ground for the time being.The battle has not yet reached its climax.
hold/stand your ˈground
to continue with your opinions or intentions when sb is opposing you and wants you to change 坚持主张；坚持意图；坚持立场；不让步
Don’t let him persuade you—stand your ground.
别听他的，坚持自己的主张吧。to face a situation and refuse to run away 坚守阵地；不撤退；不退却
It is not easy to hold your ground in front of someone with a gun.
面对持枪者而不退缩并不容易。
But what happens next?Do you enjoy watching bloodshed?Surely,some of those here are people you count as friends?
Curses.He was never there to begin with.That was just a shadow,projected
there to lure us in.
As an interjection, curses is a mild, often humorous or theatrical exclamation used to express disappointment, frustration, or dismay.
Your illusion held them up for a time just fine.But now that they have seen through it,they will realize you were just a decoy.
Decoy or not,what matters now is that they will be heading your way imminently.
Wait,the stakes are way higher this time,right?Maybe Paimon should stay outside and help the others.Then you can focus on the fight without having to worry about Paimon
high stakes:
a. if the stakes are high when you are trying to do something, you risk losing a lot or it will be dangerous if you fail
高风险，很大的危险性:
Climbing is a dangerous sport and the stakes are high .
爬山是一项危险的运动，风险很大。
b. if the stakes are high when you are doing something such as playing a card game, you risk losing a lot of money
〔打扑克等的〕很高的赌注:
We’re playing for high stakes here.
我们这里玩起来赌注都很大
Initiating connection!
I indulged your presumption that I was unable to track your movements, played along with your clever little plan…
You made a bold series of moves in deciding to erase yourself,and with the
power of this great chronicling device called Irminsul,you were able to
achieve something quite remarkable.
Once most people form an opinion about someone,it tends to imprison their mind.Yet you managed to erase every trace of your existence.A novel take on death indeed
take: ~ on sth(informal) the particular opinion or idea that sb has about sth 看法；意见
What’s his take on the plan?
他对这项计划有什么意见？
a new take on the Romeo and Juliet story (= a way of presenting it)
对《罗密欧与朱丽叶》故事的重新演绎
However,this meant that you stood out to me all the more when I saw you in Nod-Krai.I didn’t even have to go looking for you-just the sight of you was enough for me to intuit the truth
That would hardly be necessary.Besides,isn’t there something that concerns you more right now?Something that fills you with dread?
I doubt that the prospect of losing your current life is all that frightening to you.Because in your case…Hehe…
Irminsul is the original tree of Teyvat.It is the means by which the Heavenly Principles maintains fate itself.The Seven Archons should honor and revere it,for their authority was bestowed upon them by the Heavenly Principles.
In Snezhnaya,we light fires to ward off the cold.Fire,it seems,is antithetical to ideas such as cold,frozen,and unchanging
Whereas you,I’m sure,must know the feeling quite well indeed.I remember when we first discussed the elixir of immortality,you claimed that extending your lifespan was about buying more time.But was that really the truth
After I die,there willbe no one to make the elixir of immortality,and your emaining stock will only last a few more years.How then will you prove that you didn’t perish in this incident alongside everyone else?
You make yourself sound so magnanimous
I can see it…The experiment in blasphemy that I’ve been performing all this time..
“Experiment”…It sounds like you’re trying to outdo me in my own field.
Wisdom is conveying information in terms that people can clearly understand.You know exactly what I mean.
Hah…You have a formidable mind,and you are braver than I thought.Setting fire to the very thing your survival depends on…Your previous threat was empty,but this time,it is real.
When necessary,wisdom can be as fierce as an inferno.Some of the flames that incinerate you come from within yourself
…It seems I have unwittingly been your arch-enemy all along.But now,it’s all over.