| 释义 |
心到神知xīn dào shén zhīit is the thought thatcounts and not the ceremony; know by divineintuition what sb has just said
❍ 凤姐儿说： “大老爷原是好养静的，已修炼成了，也算得是神仙了。太太们这么一说，就叫做 ‘～’ 了。”《红楼梦》129)❶ ‘Yes’，saidXifeng.‘After all these years of spiritual self-improvement,Uncle must by now be practically anImmortal. And with Immortals,as we all know，“it’sthe thought that counts and not the ceremony”.’
❷“The Elder Master is fond of retirement，” saidXifeng. “He’s lived so long as an ascetic,we canalready consider him as immortal. So he’ll know bydivine intuition what you’ve just said.” |