Informal story texts: Tufei Bandits in Longshan County(Part 2)

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Lu Bangzhen, Tasha Rural Township, Longshan County
recorded on 30 January 2003

This text concludes the story, begun in the previous text, of 'No.3 Platoon Leader', a notorious tufei bandit.

01	ai¹ la² nie¹, suo¹ pai³zang³ gai¹ guo² bang¹huan³ ong³-duo³, ge⁴ guo² za⁴-duo³liao³ le jiu¹ yan³leng³ xian² bang¹huan³ wo²tu¹ la³-liao³. And so came the day when No.3 Platoon Leader was destined to go to jail. They caught him and locked him up in the Yuanling County jail.
02	yan³leng³ xian² bang¹huan³ la³-nie³ qie⁴li³-nie³ si³jie³ le, ai¹ wo²tu¹-nie³, xian¹ ai¹ bang¹huan³ wo²tu¹-nie³ ai¹di¹ lao⁴ huan²reng³-die¹ le, At that time, locked up in Yuanling County jail, among the criminals already locked up in the jail,
03	guo²duo³ ga²me¹ la² hu³ xie², suo¹ pai³zang³ duo³ guo² eng¹ge¹ hhe¹ce¹ ta⁴-ci³ ai¹ tong¹tong¹ tie²ba¹ a²hu¹-duo³, there was an official, who wanted No.3 Platoon Leader to hold the large toilet bucket there,
04	suo¹ pai³zang³ mao²huo¹-lie³ guo² guo² beng⁴ die³ xiao¹-lie³ la²-lie³, la²-lie³, ai¹lie¹ bang¹huan³ wo²tu¹-nie³ hhe¹ce¹ lang³ le, ong³-bo³-ta¹ti¹, nie²-bo³-ta¹ti¹. but No.3 Platoon Leader flared up, and pushed it over with a crash. Afterwards, the prison stank of urine, it was unbearable both day and night.
05	ai¹ bang¹huan³ wo²tu¹-nie³ ga²me¹ la² hu³ la, "se² nga² bo³ ha³," jie² zi²zi¹ mo³, jie² jiu¹ sang¹ pai³zang³ suo¹ pai³zang³ ga³ zi²zi¹-bo³-la¹, "se² nga² bo³ ha³! The official in the jail pointed at him and said to them: "Beat him up for me." He pointed at No.3 Platoon Leader: "Beat him up!"
06	suo¹ pai³zang³ la, luo²bu¹ la² dong² gu⁴, si¹si¹ da⁴ la² dong² ga², si¹si¹ma³zi³ la² dong² ga²-lie³, No.3 Platoon Leader, he glared back, gnashed his teeth, gnashed his teeth,
07	kuo¹ba¹ hang² la² dong² ri¹-lie³, "se² nga² ha³ mo³ ba⁴ ba⁴! se² gang¹ ha³, a¹ye³ se² ni¹-la¹-hu³!" ai¹ tu¹-nie³ huan²reng³-die¹, ai¹ bang¹huan³ la³-bo³-nie³ yi²si¹ ge⁴-si³-ji²-liao³, bu² gang¹ ha³. shook his head and said: "You try and beat me up, beat me if you dare, the devil take the lot of you!" The prisoners there, everyone locked up in the prison, they were scared to death, and didn't dare touch him.
08	suo¹ long¹ wo³ si¹ ong³-lie³ le, guo² you² zu²-diu², zu²-lie³ cu¹. He was in jail for three and a half years, then he was released and went home.
09	guo² hai³si² me³ke³ce¹ tu¹-lie¹ tian³huo³zong¹, tian³huo³zong¹ me³ga²-bo³-xi²: "ni² nga² hang² ri¹, nga² be² ni² tian³huo³zong¹ si²si¹-i!" tian³huo³zong¹ be² hang²nie³: "ni² be² nga² si²si¹-i, nga² be² ni² si²si¹-i". He was still furious with Tian Huozhong: "You dare treat me like this, I'll deal with you, Tian Huozhong!" Tian Huozhong likewise said: "You want to get rid of me, I want to get rid of you!"
10	guo² jiu¹ ge⁴ze¹-nie³ ang¹bei¹ la² hu³ xie², xie²ma¹-ka³, guo² jiu¹ ang¹bei¹ da⁴ sang¹lian³: "ang¹bei¹ ya, cong² ga⁴ zi² pu¹, ai¹ta¹ nga² you² ri¹-i, Tian [Gaoliang] went to one of their uncles, a rich man, and talked things over with him: "Uncle, buy me a few guns, otherwise I'll have to work for a living again.
11	nga² cong² pu¹-ta¹ le, ni² cu¹ ye³ he²lang³ xie², ni² be² ka⁴-bu²zu², ni² be² ta⁴ ti³ mo³ ga², luo⁴die¹ ni² a⁴yi³-ji²-lie³-hu³, ni² you² luo⁴, ni² you² luo⁴ ri¹-ti², If I don't buy any guns, all these possessions of yours, you won't be able to guard them, and you won't be able to buy food, people will rob you, and you won't be able to retaliate.
12	nga² cong² ga⁴ zi² pu¹-lie³ le, meng, nga²-nie³ ming² nga² bao⁴-liao³ meng, ni² ya gao¹-hao¹-liao³." When I've bought a few guns, I can preserve my own life, and you will be fine as well."
13	cong² ga⁴ zi² pu¹-lie³ le, qi⁴ geng¹ke⁴, ge³ gao¹ eng¹ge¹ gao¹, ge³ gao¹ eng¹ge¹ gao¹-lie³ you² gao¹ mo³ qi⁴, you² gao¹ mo³ po¹la¹-liao³. So he bought a few guns, and went here and there, causing trouble, more trouble than ever.
14	ai¹lie¹ ying¹seng³, long³sang¹ ei, eng¹di¹ sang¹ pai³zang³ kou² da⁴ha³ lian²huo¹ zu², ci²ci¹, yi² hui³ he¹he¹ huan² ying³ a, su¹-da², ai¹di¹ kou²-cai³ duo³ ming³yi² xiao². Then in Yongshun and Longshan, wherever No.3 Platoon Leader fought he was in fine fettle, and he won every time, he never lost, and became notorious throughout the whole area.
15	ai¹lie¹ long³sang¹ le, guo² ming³yi² xiao² le, ai¹ si³jie³ si²gai¹ you² luan²-la¹-hu³, dui²wu¹ nie¹ dui²wu¹ da⁴ha³, ai¹lie¹ long³sang¹ ga²me¹ le jiu¹ guo² jiao² xian¹zang¹ dang¹-duo³, So he was now well known in Longshan, and at that time society was in chaos, with one set of troops fighting another, then an official in Longshan asked him to be a village head.
16	guo² jiu¹ xian¹zang¹ dang¹ meng dang¹ o, xian¹zang¹ dang¹-lie³ le, lao¹hua¹ dang¹-bu³ti², la² si¹ duo³ gao¹-bu³ti² le, hong³jing¹ you² ang² ge³ zai²-sang¹, ang²ni¹ xian¹xi¹ ye⁴-ji²-liao³, So he served as village head, served as village head, and before he had done so for long, before even a month had passed, the Red Army came to our village, arrived in Xiangxi.
17	ang² ge³ sang¹ga¹ga¹ li¹ ye⁴-lie³ le, ai¹lie¹ guo² jiu¹, sang¹ pai³zang³ guo² eng¹di¹ me² bian²-xi² hao⁴ri³, ai¹di¹ luo⁴ ngeng², xian¹zang¹ heng⁴, zu¹yi³ ya xie², guo² ci¹ci¹ ha¹tai² hong. They came to our valley, and then No.3 Platoon Leader, he learnt of this change, he was a hard man, a formidable village head, very aware of what went on around him, but illiterate.
18	ai¹lie¹ guo² jiu¹, di²xiong¹ jiu¹ sang²-ji²-liao³: "se²duo³ yi²si¹ guo²duo³ guo²duo³ cu¹-bo³ hhi²." o luo⁴ lao¹hua¹ tao². So his men all scattered. He said: "Each of you go back to his own home", leaving him with only a few men.
19	guo² you² ge⁴ ang¹bei¹ da⁴ sang¹lian³: "eng¹di¹ qing³mo¹ gao¹-i le? eng¹ si³jie³ jiu¹, ang¹bei¹ ya, ni² ang²ni¹ bo³ zi³hhe³ la²bie¹ gao¹-duo³." guo² guo² jiu¹ zi³hhe³ wo⁴-lie³ liu³lang³dong², Once again he discussed things with their uncle: "What should I do? Uncle, now you must give us some rice." He carried the rice to Niulan Cave,
20	liu³lang³dong² tu¹ tong¹tong¹ ga⁴ bu² ceng³-lie³ le, guo² luo⁴ si³ ji¹ guo² gao¹-lie³ le, dong² wo²tu¹ jiu¹ a³pi² ce², ai¹lie¹ ta²se¹ wei³-xi² wei³ ya, ai¹ tu¹ ye⁴-bo³, sou¹ sang¹ a sou¹-zuo³ tai². and stored it in some buckets inside, got together a dozen or so men, and built a barricade inside the cave. Then he surrounded it with thorns, and hid inside. They searched the mountains, but they couldn't find him.
21	qing³nie² ai¹lie¹ tang², ni¹, gai¹huan³jing¹ ye⁴-lie³ le, ming³bing¹ guo² tang²-duo³liao³. suo¹ pai³zang³ liu³lang³dong² ye⁴-bo³-la¹ me, guo² guo² eng¹ge¹... guo² guo² a³pi² le ci²-lie³. Later, they carried on looking. When the People's Liberation Army arrived, the local militia found him. No.3 Platoon Leader was hiding in Niulan Cave, he was inside, and he had built a barricade there.
22	la² nie¹ hi⁴lie³ sou¹, sang¹ ga³ sou¹-zuo³ tai², ai¹lie¹ ni¹-duo³liao³, ni¹-duo³liao³ le ga²me¹ka³ le jiu¹, gai¹huan³jing¹ ga²me¹ka³, guo² jiu¹ ma¹ pai³zang³, dong¹be³-nie³ ma¹ pai³zang³ yi² guo² pai³ pai²-lie³, guo² ha³-xie². All day they searched the mountains for his hiding place without success, and then they found him, they found him. The government, the People's Liberation Army, they sent Platoon Leader Ma, Platoon Leader Ma from the north-east, with a platoon, to go and deal with him.
23	liu³lang³dong² tie¹bi¹-lie¹ jiu¹, cong² huo³lie³ a¹di¹ liu³lang³dong²-nie³ dong² du³ ga³ ha³, dong³a³ dong³a³, la² nie¹ hi⁴lie³ ha³, gai⁴ ha³-lie³ le, si³ tian¹ bang¹ guo² ye¹ ha³-lie³. So from the hill opposite, they sealed off the entrance to Niulan Cave, using their guns, (sound of shooting), shooting every day for ages, for around a fortnight.
24	gai¹huan³jing¹ meng la²bie¹ ha³-si³, guo² meng ai¹ wo²tu¹ la² hu³ duo³ ha³-si³-da², ma¹ pai³zang³ a ao¹ ha³-si³-liao³. ai¹lie¹ ngeng² qing³mo¹ gao¹-i le? hao⁴! gai¹huan³jing¹ ga²me¹ka³ le you² la² hu³ pai²-di², The People's Liberation Army sustained some casualties, but failed to kill a single person inside, and Platoon Leader Ma was shot dead there. What on earth could they do now? Good! The People's Liberation Army will send someone else,
25	you² pai³zang³ la² hu³ pai²-lie³ le, ha³, hai³si² ha³ mo³ kai¹-ti², eng¹di¹ qing³mo¹ ri¹ ya? eng¹di¹, eng¹di¹ huai²-liao³ wa! nga² ga²me¹ka³ bo³ qing³mo¹ ze² le, ze²-di²-ta¹ti¹. another platoon leader to fight, but still without success; now what do we do? What a disaster! What can I tell the government, there's nothing to report.
26	sang¹ pai³zang³, guo² si¹ li²jing¹, guo² ai¹lie¹ se²-hu³, ai¹ dong² ye³luo³-bo³ la³yao², ta¹nie³ku³ li²-a¹ba¹ lao⁴ ni³ga³ lao⁴ jie² huo² zu¹zu⁴-bo³ mo³ hang³hang³hang³ die³ li⁴ bi²la¹, nie¹ long³ da⁴, No.3 Platoon Leader, he was a tiger demon, just before he died, he prowled around the cave by night and by day, a tiger and a tigress, rearing on their front paws, and clawing the earth together,
27	hang³hang³hang³ die³, lie³pong² you² bi³li³ba³la³ bi³li³ba³la³ bi³li³ba³la³, zao⁴gu¹die¹ ye¹ mo²hu¹, la³yao² ye¹ mo²hu¹, ta¹nie³ku³, la² nie¹ hi⁴lie³ mo²hu¹, la³yao² tong¹ye¹ tong¹ye¹ mo²hu¹. (sound of tiger), waving their tails. They growled in the morning and the evening, and in broad daylight, all day long they growled, all night long they growled.
28	ai¹di¹ pang³, eng¹di¹ yi² duo¹bang¹, eng¹di¹ zai²-sang¹-nie³ luo⁴die¹ la, ai¹lie¹, "suo¹ pai³zang³ se²-hu³, guo² li²jing¹, ai¹lie¹ guo² se²-hu³, guo² nie⁴, guo², guo² lao¹hua¹ ong³-ta¹tiu¹, The people round about, most of the people in this village, said: "No.3 Platoon Leader is about to die, he is a tiger demon, he is about to die, his days are numbered, he won't be around much longer,
29	ai¹lie¹ guo² si²xian¹-liao³." eng¹di¹ xing¹ jie¹reng¹-nie³ ai¹ pai³zang³ la² hu³ le, guo² guo² jiu¹ eng¹ge¹, ga²me¹ka³ eng¹ge¹-lie¹ jiu¹ cong² tie²ba¹ la² zi² huo³-di², zi² duo³ luo⁴ ji³si³pe¹ he²ba³ xie², he's finished." This newly-appointed platoon leader, he came along, planning to bring a huge gun from the army, a gun with a barrel as large as a man's thigh.
30	zao²-bo³ zao²-bo³ mo³ eng¹di¹, eng¹di¹, eng¹di¹ liu³lang³dong², eng¹di¹ dong³ga² dui²-bo³ mo³ beng⁴ die³ yi² pao¹ ha³-lie³, me²la¹ong³, me²ta¹ce³ die³ ka³mong³ sa¹-la¹ mo³ huo² sa¹-la¹, pian³lang³lang³ die³ la, Facing, facing the Niulan Cave, facing the mouth of the cave, the gun boomed out, like a thunderbolt splitting a tree (noise of thunder).
31	eng¹ge¹ liu³lang³dong²-nie³ a³ca³ duo³ guo²duo³ mi⁴ da⁴-liao³ wa, hu³la³ hu³la³, li² you² eng¹ge¹ hang³hang³hang³ hang³hang³hang³ mo²hu¹, li⁴ ta²pa⁴ duo³ ki¹si¹. The cliff-face around the cave was all on fire (sound of burning), and the tigers growled and growled, the very ground seemed to be shaking.
32	jie²ri¹-ma¹-die¹ yi²si¹ ge⁴ le, "eng¹di¹ sang¹ pai³zang³ zu²-diu² huo¹ qing³mo¹-nie³ hang?" ai¹ pai³zang³, guo² you² bong³long³ bang³lang³, me²la¹ong³ ong³ mo³ huo² ong³, me²ta¹ce³ die³ ong³ mo³ ong³-la¹, The villagers were all afraid: "This No.3 Platoon Leader, is he coming out or what?" That platoon leader, he again opened fire, with a noise like thunder, like a thunderclap.
33	suo¹ pao¹ re¹ pao¹ ha³-zu² le, ai¹di¹ a³ba³ kua⁴-diu², ai¹ wo²tu¹ tuo⁴ he²ba³, qing¹bao¹ he²ba³, zi¹ge¹ pi² zu²-bo³-xi² yi²si¹ kua⁴-ji²-liao³. After three or four blasts, the stones began to collapse, and slabs of stone as big as cupboards rained down, causing the barricade to collapse completely.
34	ai¹di¹ wo²tu¹-lie¹ si²si¹ ya po¹-dao², cong² a ha³-dao², ai¹di¹, eng¹di¹ gai¹huan³jing¹ le jiu¹ ming³bing¹ la² hu³ pa³qie² le ba⁴-xie², hhe² mo³ yi² tang¹ ba⁴-lie³, Not a sound came from inside, and the guns were now silent, so the People's Liberation Army sent a militiaman to creep in and have a look, to look around.
35	a yo! wo²tu¹ di³di¹da³tao¹ mo³, huo² me² ba⁴-bo³ nie²-xi² nie², geng¹ke⁴-bo³-xi² geng¹ke⁴-bo³, pe³-bo³ nie²-xi² nie², se²-xi² se², cong² a²hu¹ mo³ gao¹-bo³, si²si¹ duo³ po¹-dao², luo⁴ tao². Well! Inside everything was in disarray, [corpses] lying on their backs as though sleeping, others tumbled all over the place, some prone as though sleeping, others obviously dead, some still clutching guns. Not one of them stirred, not one was left alive.
36	la² dong² la²die¹, guo² gai¹huan³jing¹ da⁴ cuo⁴-lie³ ba⁴-xie², ni¹ mo³ ba⁴, eng¹di¹ suo¹ pai³zang³ ni¹-zuo³ tai², After a little while, he brought the People's Liberation Army in to have a look, and they looked all over, but they couldn't find No.3 Platoon Leader.
37	ai¹di¹ suo¹ pai³zang³, luo⁴ ngeng² liao¹bu³qi¹, guo² ngeng² hhe⁴jing¹, hhe⁴ duo³ guo² guai¹-nie¹. guo²duo³ dong² wo²tu¹-bo³ zao³, wo²tu¹-bo³ zao³-lie³, guo² zi³hhe³ cao⁴-bo³-xi² luo²tie¹ kuai⁴-lie³, ga²-lie³ wo²tu¹-bo³ qie⁴lu³, That No.3 Platoon Leader, he really was amazing, truly a monkey demon, cleverer than any monkey. He had gone even further into the cave, further in. He had a bag of fried rice with him which he ate, and then slipped further in.
38	wo²tu¹-bo³ qie⁴li³-lie³ jiu¹, ming³bing¹ a, gai¹huan³jing¹ a jiu¹ da⁴ dong² wei³-bo³, dong² a³ba³ huo³lie³ ci²-bo³, song³-bo³, ta²se¹ huo³lie³ kang¹lang¹ kang¹lang¹ song³-bo³, He went further in, the militia, the People's Liberation Army, they blocked up the cave, blocking the mouth of the cave with stones, and sealing it ever more tightly with thorns.
39	"ni² zu²-di²-ta¹ti¹, ni² wo²tu¹ qie⁴li³-zuo³ tai², ni² ta²se¹ ni² jie² he¹-i ang! a³ba³, ni² guo² xiao¹ mo³ la²-ti², a³ba³ suo¹ hhi³ re¹ hhi³ da⁴ di¹di¹ le ci²-bo³-xi², si³tie² he²ba³ huo³lie³ ci²-bo³-xi² you!" "You won't be able to get out, there's nowhere for you to go inside, the thorns will pierce your hands! You can't push the stones clear, it took three or four people to lift them, we built it, we used stones as big as tables to build it!"
40	ai¹ xiao¹ qing³mo¹ gao¹-di²-xi² ha¹tai² ya! la² nie¹ nie¹ nie¹ (null)-lie³, eng¹di¹ suo¹ pai³zang³ zu²-diu² wa, guo² li²a⁴-liao³, guo² jiu¹ huo² huo², eng¹di¹ jie²ri¹-ma¹-nie³ cu¹ mang¹mang¹ ni¹-bo³ ga²-la¹. But who knows how he did it, nobody knew. After a day or two, No.3 Platoon Leader emerged, because he was hungry, off he went to a peasant's house to find something to eat.
41	eng¹ge¹la¹bi³ meng liu³lang³dong² ao¹ ye³luo³-bo³ meng tang²zang¹ po¹la¹-liao³, bian²yi¹ dui² ya po¹la¹-liao³, lian³qian¹ kuai⁴-bo³ mo³, gai¹huan³jing¹ guo² eng¹ge¹ pu¹-ji²-liao³, me² ga³-nie³ xi⁴bu²li¹ da⁴ze³ he²lang³-liao³. On that side, round about Niulan Cave, there were many scouts, many plain-clothes troops, all carrying guns, the whole place was crawling with the People's Liberation Army, as many as the stars in the sky.
42	ai¹ la² nie⁴ le, tang²zi¹ guo² tang²-duo³liao³ yi, eng¹di¹ suo¹ pai³zang³, ma¹lao¹ wa, tong¹ngai³ qie¹sa¹ ai¹ di²huan¹ gao¹-la¹, ai¹di¹ bian²yi¹ dui²-die¹ jiu¹ ao¹ zuan²zuan¹ ha³-bo³ ni¹ mo³ ba⁴, One day, a scout spotted him, this No.3 Platoon Leader, at Malao, hanging around on Tongngai Mountain. So the plain-clothes troops surrounded him to try and catch him.
43	ba⁴-lie³ le ai¹ la² pe¹, suo¹ pai³zang³ ra³ duo³ rong²-da²-nie², guo² ze²ga³ le seng³-bo³-ta¹tiu¹, guo² ce³ hu³-i ya le, guo² yan³huo¹ sei³ die³ la² zi² gua²-lie³, They watched all night, and No.3 Platoon Leader, before cockcrow, he was unbearably thirsty, so he went to drink some water, and struck a match.
44	ai¹di¹ bian²yi¹ dui²-die¹ jiu¹ guo² cong² huo³lie³ bao¹wa die³, guo² jiu¹ ao¹ geng¹ke⁴-liao³. The plain-clothes troops then felled him there with their guns.
45	di²ai² tian¹ le ba⁴-xie², ai¹lie¹ ming³bing¹ le ba⁴-xie², ai¹ ya suo¹ pai³zang³ eng¹-cai³ geng¹ke⁴-liao³, ha³-si³-liao³. qing³nie² le, guo² ai¹ kuo¹ba¹ suo⁴-lie³ le ma¹bi¹zai¹ ai¹ xiao¹xiao³ wo²tu¹ le, ai¹ qi³gang³ ga³ gua²-bo³-la¹. The next day, they went to have a look, the militia went to see, No.3 Platoon Leader lay fallen there, shot dead. Afterwards, his head was cut off, and was hung on the flagpole in the primary school in Mabizhai.

pron: that num: one cl: day num: three n: platoon leader va: ought pron: he n: prison, lock-up vi: to sit vsuff: [want] pron: they vt: to hold vsuff: [achieved] part: (new topic marker) conj: then pn: Yuanling (town in north-west Hunan province) n: county n: inside vt: to close vsuff: [past+now] suff: ['s] vi: to enter n: period of time advt: first pron: that vi: to be old n: prisoner nsuff: [plural] pron: (him)self n: official cl: (for people) vt: to have part: (agent) advl: there n: urine vt: to receive vsuff: [that which] n: bucket n: large (one) vt: to help someone vi: to be angry vsuff: [past] onom: (sound of jumping) part: (emphasis) vt: to push vt: to fling conj: then vi: to smell (bad) vsuff: [stative] vsuff: [can't] vi: to go to bed part: (excl) pron: you (pl) pron: I, me part: (IO) vt: to hit n: hand vi: to stretch part: (-wise) num: three n: on vsuff: [continuous, repetitive] n: eye cl: (for actions taking a short time to do) vi: to bulge n: tooth advm: all, together vt: to eat, bite n: teeth n: head advm: like this vt: to work, do vt: to look at va: to dare n: ghost vt: to look for vsuff: [imminent] n: inside advm: all vt: to fear vsuff: [dead] vsuff: [end] neg: not cl: year num: six cl: month advm: again; both... vi: to go out vsuff: [come+now] n: home advm: still n: belly nsuff: [at, from] pn: (name of a person) vi: to be angry vsuff: [that which] pron: you advm: also vt: to trim, tidy up vsuff: [irrealis] advm: like this pron: they n: uncle n: owner; rich man nsuff: [clan, household] vt: to discuss part: (excl) n: gun num: several, how many? cl: (for long thin things: roads, sticks, guns, bamboo, candles) vt: to sell conj: otherwise vsuff: [won't] n: thing advm: so many vt: to guard vsuff: [can't] neg: don't vt: to get pron: (other) people vt: to steal n: person vsuff: [can't] part: (topic marker) n: fate vt: to protect vt: to work, do vsuff: [well] n: forwards vi: to fall, topple pron: this vi: to rise vi: to be/seem numerous pn: Yongshun (county in Xiangxi Prefecture) pn: Longshan (county in Xiangxi Prefecture) part: (excl) pron: this pron: where vi: to quarrel, fight n: energy (of person) vi: to be sufficient advm: every time num: one cl: (for journeys) num: [each one] advm: always vt: to win part: (excl) vi: to lose vsuff: [not] suff: [there/then] advm: all n: reputation vt: to have+[now] n: world vi: to be in disorder n: troops conj: and advm: all, together vt: to call n: township head vt: to serve as part: (excl) n: much vsuff: [didn't] pn: Red Army pron: we n: village nsuff: [on, above] pron: we pn: Xiangxi Prefecture (in north-west Hunan province) vt: to arrive pn: (name of a village) n: inside n: sky vi: to change vt: to know vi: to be hard vi: to be formidable n: idea n: writing, books vt: to not know part: (excl) n: brother vi: to disperse pron: you yourselves nsuff: [towards] vt: to go vt: to not have now pron: how pron: this n: rice (as grain) advd: some vt: to carry on the back pn: (name of a cave in Tasha rural township) cl: (for compact round items such as eggs, stones, millet, firecrackers, and for events of brief duration) vt: to store num: ten num: some, several cl: (for people) n: cave n: (enclosure) wall vt: to build n: thorn vt: to surround vt: to hide from vt: to search n: mountain vsuff: [place] vi: to not have advt: after, behind vt: to explore n: People's Liberation Army n: militia part: (topic marker) vt: to build num: [each one] n: government pn: Ma (surname) n: north-east cl: platoon vt: to send vsuff: [come] n: opposite vt: to use pron: that vt: to cover onom: (sound of a gunshot) pron: many; how many? cl: day num: half n: month advl: there vi: to be good vsuff: [come] vt: to open, start vi: to be bad part: (excl) vt: to tell vc: to be n: tiger demon vi: to die vi: to spin advt: in the evening advt: during the day n: tiger nsuff: [male] num+cl: one (person/animal) n: female advm: so vi: to stand onom: (roar of tiger) n: land vt: to scratch num: two cl: (for animals, fish, jars, logs, plants) n: tail onom: (sound of tail waving) advt: morning advm: also vi: to shout, to sing (people, birds) advt: through the night n: person nearby n: majority n: day vsuff: [can't+now] vi: to realise vi: to be new vi: to commence (duties) vt: to hold n: thigh advm: such a big one vi: to accord with n: hole vt: to face cl: (for guns) n: cloud n: thunder n: tree vt: to chop (firewood) onom: (sound of thunder) n: cliff n: fire vi: to burn onom: (sound of burning) n: skin vi: to shiver vi: to labour vsuff: [doer] conj: or part: (excl) onom: (sound of thunder) onom: (sound of thunder) vi: to sound num: four suff: [then] n: stone vi: to collapse n: trunk, chest n: cupboard n: front n: (stone) wall n: breath vt: to place, pasture, release, shoot vsuff: [not+now] vt: to send vt: to steal cl: occasion part: (excl) advm: in a mess vi: to lie prone expr: wait a moment! vt: to lead, bring vi: to be amazing n: monkey demon n: monkey vi: clever, well-behaved vsuff: [some] vi: to be gone vt: to stir-fry n: bag vt: to bring (carried in a bag or over the shoulder) vi: to enter vt: to cram vi: to be tight vt: to stab, puncture part: (excl) cl: (for people) vt: to carry n: table part: (excl) expr: who knows? vt: (omitted verb) vi: to be hungry n: cooked food advl: there n: detective n: plainclothes n: troops n: (type of gun) vt: to spread n: star vt: to resemble n: detective part: (excl) pn: Malao (place in Pojiao rural township) pn: (name of a village) n: hill, mountain n: place n: circuit cl: night n: hen vi: to crow (of a cock) vsuff: [yet] vi: to be thirsty vi: to endure n: water vt: to drink, smoke n: matches onom: (sound of striking a match) vt: to scrape onom: (sound of gunshot) num: second vt: to cut, slice pn: (name of a township) n: primary school n: flagpole vt: to hang