Wednesday, March 07, 2007

降龙十八掌

降龙十八掌 (降龍十八掌 in Traditional Chinese, Xianglong Shiba Zhang in Hanyu Pinying and Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms in English) is the famous and fearsomely powerful martial art of the Beggars' Sect. It is a set of eighteen palm techniques that rely on overwhelming force and the maneuvers involved allow a response to attacks from any quarter. This technique is the single most powerful external style martial art in the world, being unmatched in its ferocity, meticulosity, and sheer power.

1. 亢龙有悔
kàng lóng yǒu huǐ
The haughty dragon repents
2. 飞龙在天
fēi lóng zài tiān
The dragon flying in the skies
3. 龙战于野
lóng zhàn yú yě
The dragon fighting in the wilds
4. 潜龙勿用
qián lóng wì yòng
The hidden dragon is not used - Has untapped potential
5. 利涉大川
lì shè dà chuān
The advantage fords the huge rivers
6. 鸿渐于陆
hóng jiān yú lù
Greatness flows into the land
7. 突如其来
tū rú qí lái
Arise suddenly
8. 震惊百里
zhèn jīng bǎi lǐ
The quake shocks through fifty kilometres
9. 或跃在渊
huò yuè zài yuān
One jumps deep into
10. 神龙摆尾
shén lóng bǎi wěi
The divine dragon sways its tails
11. 见龙在田
jiàn lóng zài tián
Catches sight of the dragon on the field
12. 双龙取水
shuāng lóng qǔ shuǐ
Dual dragons fetch water
13. 鱼跃于渊
yú yuè yú yuān
Fish leaps into the deep
14. 时乘六龙
shí chéng liù lóng
Time rides on six dragons
15. 密云不雨
mì yún bù yǔ
Dense clouds but no rain - Trouble is brewing
16. 损则有孚
sǔn zé yǒu fú
Confidence is inspired by decreasing standards
17. 履霜冰至
lǚ shuāng bīng zhì
Tread on frosted ice to the end
18. 羝羊触藩
dī yáng chù fān
The billy goat touches the border

Translated with my shitty Chinese, hence most of them don't make a shitty sense. Don't mind if I'm wrong, haha.

Thanks to Angeline for helping me with one or two, haha.

My comments: Those freaking phrases of four letters are confusing like hell, man! I prefer these phrases of four letters, all from Bleach. :)

天锁斩月 [name of Ichigo's Bankai]
Heavenly Chains Moon Cutter
月牙天冲 [name of Ichigo's attack]
Heaven Piercing Moon Fang
流刃若火 [name of Yamamoto's zanpakutou]
Flowing Blade Like Flame
镜花水月 [name of Aizen's zanpakutou]
Mirror Flower Water Moon
狒牙绝咬 [name of Renji's attack]
Broken Baboon's Fang
狒骨大炮 [name of Renji's attack]
Baboon Bone Cannon
花天狂骨 [name of Kyouraku's zanpakutou]
Flower Heaven Crazy Bone
阎魔蟋蟀 [name of Tousen's Bankai]
Enma Cricket
疋杀地藏 [name of Kurotsuchi's zanpakutou]
Ksitigarbha's Killer Head
双鱼之理 [name of Ukitake's zanpakutou]
Truth of Pisces
袖之白雪 [name of Rukia's zanpakutou]
Sleeve of White Snow

XD

Maybe he is correct... Maybe crushes are named 'crushes' just because you will get crushed. Sigh...

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