https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1CQ4y1971g
Zhongli
To cleanse the land and defend our safe harbor. That was the first contract in Liyue. And now… The final contract, too, has been set in stone.
Xiao
Not much of an adversary… But enough for a sideshow I guess.
Time to end this.
Now’s our chance!
That so?
Childe
The universe, the sable essence of the starry void.
Earth, the accumulative memory of time and being.
Soil, the origin of alchemy, the basis of all life.
Chalk, the substance from which primal life is molded.
宇宙，是真实星空玄黑色的本质地层，是时间和生命堆积的记忆黑土，是炼金术的语源，也是生命的根基白垩，是无垢之土，也是原初之人的质料
Albedo
These are matters for adepti.
Stay out of my way
…Insignificant
The price I pay for eons of slaughter
Ephemeral circumstance. Perpetual agony
仙人降魔，三教九流之辈，勿扰雕虫小技这是代价，是累世杀业的报偿诸行无常，一切皆苦
# 雪霁逢椿
霽；霁 jì
雨後或霜雪過後轉晴。
如：「雪霽」、「秋雨新霽」、「大雪初霽」。
霜雪总有停时，寒木依然挺立。 待云开雪霁，方觉春日已至。
Even ice and snow must give way, but the evergreen trees are still standing. When the clouds part and snow melts, that’s how one knows that spring has come.
椿(tsubaki),又名山茶花、日本山茶，详见下方链接:
https://www.five-elements.co.nz/blogs/news/tsubaki-an-ancient-japanese-beauty-secret-1
https://mzh.moegirl.org.cn/%E6%A4%BF
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A4%BF
在日文中“椿”则是指山茶花（Camellia japonica）。此外，日文的“山茶花”是指与山茶花同属的茶梅（Camellia sasanqua）。
Tsubaki in Thawing Snow
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1w5411m7pB
The Kamisato clan’s future, the duties of the Yashiro Commission…
My brother should not bear these burdens alone
This belief is what has led me to this duel
“Check”
Check exclamation
used to show that you agree with sb or that sth on a list has been dealt with 行；已经办好
’Do you have your tickets?’ ‘Check.’ ‘Passport?’ ‘Check.’
When the Tsubaki is in season
easily available and ready to eat because it is the right time of year for them
I always have the same dream
My mother is with me
And I am at peace…
Maybe, somewhere deep down inside
The carefree days of family time have not ended for me
But just as flowers wither
I too must awaken from my dream
The Kamisato Art of Tachi Jutsu…
an ability or a skill that you can develop with training and practice 技能；技术；技巧
a therapist trained in the art of healing
接受过治疗技术训练的治疗员
Letter-writing is a lost art nowadays.
当今尺牍是一种已消失的技巧。
Appearing confident at interviews is quite an art (= rather difficult).
面试时表现出充满信心是一门很高的艺术。
Still like the morning dew, swift like lightning…
Something stirs within me, perhaps the echo of a fond dream
(回忆、感情或情绪)产生，苏醒，萌动;引发;唤起；If a particular memory, feeling, or mood stirs or is stirred in you, you begin to think about it or feel it. [V in n] [V n in n] [V] [WRITTEN 笔语]
Then a memory stirs in you and you start feeling anxious…
接着一段回忆涌上心头，你开始感到焦虑不安。
Amy remembered the anger he had stirred in her…
埃米还记得他曾怎样惹自己生气。
Deep inside the awareness was stirring that something was about to happen.
内心深处隐隐感觉到有什么事即将发生。
But there it stays, day after day
Pushing me to overcome
And tempering my blade
(specialist) to make metal as hard as it needs to be by heating and then cooling it 使（金属）回火
That was the first time I bested Brother in a duel
formal best: to defeat or be more successful than sb
It was also the moment that the Shirasagi Himegimi was born
It’s show time, Ayaka
The fireworks have started, everyone’s waiting for you
It was your wish to take over this side of things, if I recall?
Heh, sorry, Ayato
We pray to our god:
May all our dreams endure forever
Narukami Island
Let the festival begin!
Kamisato Ayaka: The Homeward Heron
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1io4y1X7HU
The Yashiro Commission’s duty is to assist shrine maidens with sacred1 matters and to manage distinguished artists of all kinds.
Because of my upbringing, ever since I was a child, I’ve been studying etiquette, painting and calligraphy, tea ceremony and the art of the sword.
Circular transclusion detected: Articles/gaming/genshin/Genshin-impact
It’s the Shirasagi himegimi!
Meeting a foreign envoy, Miss Kamisato? Always working hard I see!
Preparations are already in full swing.
But, as eldest daughter of the clan…
Just as he declared, the Primordial Seawater slowly retreats, as though compelled to do so by his command, until it falls back below the shattered sluice gate.
shatter:
to suddenly break into small pieces; to make sth suddenly break into small pieces （使）破碎，碎裂
~ (into sth)
He dropped the vase and it shattered into pieces on the floor.
他失手把花瓶掉到地板上摔碎了。
the sound of shattering glass
玻璃破碎的声音
~ sth (into sth)
The explosion shattered all the windows in the building.
大楼所有的玻璃都在爆炸中震碎了。
The Samsara of the Sabzeruz Festival
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1va41157zi/?p=10#t=30:36
https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/The_Samsara_of_the_Sabzeruz_Festival
Paimon: …Phew, it’s finally nighttime. Aside from Dehya not getting injured, everything seems to have stayed the same.
Paimon: Listen, Nahida! We found out that Dehya got out just fine today, even though she got injured every other time she fought the kidnappers.
Paimon: Do you think the samsara has been broken? Have we saved Dunyarzad?
Nahida: Really? Good job on all that progress. Get some good sleep tonight.
Paimon: Hey, what kind of an answer is that?
Nahida: “Tomorrow will come.” Everyone assumes this as common knowledge, but the only way you can know that for sure is if you experience tomorrow.
Nahida: How many “today”s has it been? Is it possible that “today” will be followed by “yesterday”? Does “tomorrow” truly exist as anything beyond a made-up concept?
too far or too advanced for sb/sth 超出…之外；非…所能及
The handle was just beyond my reach.
我差一点儿才够得着把手。
The exercise was beyond the abilities of most of the class.
这个练习超出了班上大多数学生的能力。
Nahida: It’s even possible that this entire world is a lie, and the history of the whole world has just been one endless Sabzeruz Festival.
Paimon: Okay, okay, no more! Paimon’s brain has already shut down!
When All Return to the Waters
https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/When_All_Return_to_the_Waters
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Yu41177wi/?p=12#t=15:27
Neuvillette: Hmm… Well, ever since that day, I’ve been turning a question over and over in my head… Just what is justice, anyway?
Neuvillette: There was once a time when I didn’t want to believe that there could be anything more important to humans than life itself.
Neuvillette: No, rather than that, it’s probably more truthful to say I didn’t believe humans were capable of resisting the most basic instinct of living things. That they could rebel against their own nature, or consider certain things to be more important than their own lives.
Neuvillette: Which is also why I didn’t stop your father from beginning that fateful duel…
Neuvillette: I believed that a truly innocent man would never throw away his life like that. That there was nothing… should have been nothing more important than one’s own continued survival.
Neuvillette: But Mr. Callas proved me utterly and decisively wrong.
Neuvillette: If not for his sacrifice, the serial disappearances case would have remained unsolved to this day.
Neuvillette: Mr. Callas made the choice he did for his daughter, for his associates, and for many people completely unrelated to him…
Neuvillette: And in the end, from a certain perspective, one could say that he did it all for the sake of justice.
Neuvillette: A justice that is higher than… life itself.
Neuvillette: So, you asked me why I came here.
Neuvillette: I just wanted to say my apologies to Mr. Callas in person… I should have noticed all of this much sooner.
Neuvillette: This regret has filled me with a sadness that has haunted me for days.
Neuvillette: That high and mighty chair in the Opera Epiclese indeed insulates one from many important things. Spina di Rosula, thank you so much for your hard work and perseverance.
Navia: I… I’m sorry for being mad at you before.
Navia: So you’re actually… One of those types that’s cold on the outside but pretty thoughtful on the inside, huh? That reminds me of Silver, one of my guys…
Neuvillette: Sorry about that. Self-expression is not one of my strong suits.
to be a subject that sb knows a lot about 为某人所长
I’m afraid geography is not my strong suit.
恐怕地理不是我的强项。
Navia: Didn’t I just say you don’t need to apologize…
Paimon: Huh, so Navia and Neuvillette seem to have made their peace as well…
to end an argument with sb, usually by saying you are sorry （经道歉）与人和解，言归于好
Paimon: Let’s not disturb them for now… We can wait until after they’re done.
calamitous Tread 灾厄的脚步
https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Calamitous_Tread
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Yu41177wi/?p=24#t=1269
Furina: Uh… Since we’re talking about him, I feel like I should add something. His martial prowess really looked… certainly pretty impressive, yeah!
(Traveler): (Furina looks quite nervous… There must be some kind of bad blood between her and The Knave.)
The Knave: Oh, so you’re also familiar with his aptitude for fighting, Miss Furina? Ah, right, I almost forgot. Childe was subdued by Iudex Neuvillette right in front of you.
The Knave: Against ordinary people, my colleague would never be on the back foot, but alas, he just never imagined he’d run into such a person… Hmm… I must express my admiration for Monsieur Neuvillette.
I managed to find a few leads on his whereabouts.
The Knave: Hmm. Coming from you, that’s not surprising at all.
Furina: Eh? But… I thought you would be happier to hear the news…?
The Knave: Of course, but it’s still a bit of a shame. You see, I would have been far happier had I received this news somewhat earlier. As you well know, a long time has passed since Childe disappeared.
Furina’s expression betrays a sense of unease…
Furina: …
Paimon: Uh… Well, in any case, there’s no need to worry! We know for sure that Childe is still alive!
The Knave: Oh? And just how do you know that?
Paimon: Because… Because we found evidence that proved he left the fortress of Meropide!
The Knave: And where did he go after leaving the fortress?
Paimon: Well…
(Traveler): (Oh no… Paimon’s statement just left us wide open…)
leave yourself wide open or lay yourself wide open
if you leave yourself wide open to criticism or ridicule, you make it very easy for other people to criticize or ridicule you, because you behave in a naive or foolish way
The statement leaves us wide open to attack.
The Knave: The fortress of Meropide lies deep beneath the waves. Unless he pranced right out of the main gate, he must have had to swim for it. Do you have any proof that he surfaced safely?
…We do not.
But there was also no evidence that he’s been injured or killed.
The Knave: Ah, that is good news at least. His sister Tonia sent a letter to Fontaine not too long ago. Since he was unfortunately unavailable, I picked it up on his behalf.
not able or not willing to see, meet or talk to sb 不能（或不愿）见面；不能（或不愿）交谈
The minister was unavailable for comment.
部长无法接受访问作出评论。
informal especially NAmE to put things away and make things neat, especially for sb else （为某人）收拾，整理
All I seem to do is cook, wash and pick up after the kids.
烧饭、洗衣、跟在孩子屁股后头收拾东西，好像这就是我全部的活儿。
The Knave: Do you have any idea how he usually writes back to his family? “Dear Tonia, your letter made me feel like we were still enjoying our time in Snezhnaya together. I’m currently admiring the scenery on the streets in front of the opera house…” Is it something like that?
(Traveler): (She’s turning up the pressure, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to convince her… But I can at least try to distract her from Furina.)
That sounds good to me, yes.
Furina: All letters tend to follow the same few formats anyway, right? As long as the contents are accurate, it doesn’t matter so much how it’s written, or how it’s worded…
Furina disbelievingly stares at the ripples on the surface of the water the cup…
Furina: …
Paimon: Hold on! The water in the teacup is shaking…?
The Knave: …
The Knave: I suppose this is also a sign of things to come, Miss Furina.
Furina: Huh? Ah, I don’t quite understand what you’re trying to say…
The Knave: —Have we entered into the next stage of the prophecy?
Furina: …
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Yu41177wi/?p=24#t=1806
Furina: You’re wrong… I’ve never ignored the prophecy, nor have I just been passing the time in self-indulgence. Retract your accusation, and stop doubting the wisdom of the gods with such absurd conjectures!
The Knave: I am not alone in my doubts, you know. All the children of Fontaine may be harboring the exact same thoughts right now.
The Knave: O great Hydro Archon, how are you going to save them? Save us? How are the people you’ve sworn to protect supposed to survive in a land that will soon disappear beneath the waves?
Furina: I have my ways, and I’ve been working on them for all this time… Even if you look down upon me, you have no right to judge me!
Furina: Fontaine will be saved. Even… Even if I still cannot see the true future right now, as long as I continue on as I am, I will be able to hold my head up high!
to be proud of or not feel ashamed about sth that you have done
She managed to hold her head high and ignore what people were saying.
(Traveler): (Furina’s not acting like her usual self. She’s actually seriously refuting The Knave’s accusations… She means what she says. She’s not putting on a front.)
The Knave: Then I ask you, Miss Furina, just what have you been working on? Where can we see it, and what is it doing to help?
Furina: …I…
(Traveler): (…So was that all a lie? Or can she really not tell us? She was so full of conviction and confidence just now, but now she’s deflated like a popped balloon.)
The Opera of Noirceur and Blancheur
https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/The_Opera_of_Noirceur_and_Blancheur
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1vu4y1b7Y9/?p=3
(A cinematic plays)
Cutscene’s Travel Logsummary:
The energy above Focalors emits a powerful light and spins ever faster.
Taking center-stage, Focalors bids Neuvillette farewell.
Dancing and humming lightly, she hops and spins.
In a separate space, you watch from beneath the stage as Furina dances that very same dance.
At the end, she gives a perfect bow as the curtain falls.
The energy ceases to spin and comes slicing down.
A blast of Hydro Energy bursts forth, gathering within Neuvillette’s body.
Furina sits in her chair, her eyes lifeless. A little light floats toward her, and her eyes reflect its radiance — the radiance of Focalors’s final words.
Outside, the skies outside the opera house pour rain more fiercely than ever before.
Neuvillette floats alone in the skies, surveying around him.
As the Iudex, he declares the sins of all Fontainians forgiven.
Focalors: Ah
Focalors: The hour of my execution is almost here
Focalors: For the sinner
Focalors: The curtain call has come
Focalors: I know I may not sound it
Focalors: But…
Focalors: Faced with death
Focalors: I find myself a little afraid
Focalors: Perhaps
Focalors: This is one thing both gods and humans have in common
Focalors: Hehe
Focalors: Farewell
Focalors: Neuvillette
Focalors: I hope you’ve enjoyed the part you played these five hundred years
(Focalors begins a dance)
(In the other space, Furina dances the same dance)
(As the dance ends, they both bow)
(The sword above Focalors stops rotating and glints)
(It plummets over Focalors)
(Furina’s hat falls to the ground)
(Blue light and large droplets of water float towards Neuvillette)
(Some of this light floats towards Furina, who is still crying at the defendant’s stand)
Focalors: Thank you, Furina
Focalors: For all you’ve done
Focalors: From this moment on
Focalors: Please live happily as a human
Focalors: Just as I wished we could
(Neuvillette flies out of the Opera Epiclese, where it is raining heavily)
Neuvillette: I, Iudex Neuvillette
Neuvillette: Hereby declare…
Neuvillette: People of Fontaine, your sins are forgiven
(He casts a massive water beam into the sky, causing some raindrops to glow blue)
(The rain, now partially imbued with energy, continues to pour down on Fontaine)
(Cinematic ends)
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1H64y1e7YJ/?p=145#t=5521
Paimon: Alright. Whatever the case, it seems like the crisis here in Fontaine’s over for now.
Neuvillette: Yes. All of Focalors’ efforts were for this moment as well.
Paimon: But… She sacrificed herself in the end as a god, and she suffered through all those years as a human… Was that really what she wanted?
Neuvillette: …I suppose that would be the mystery of a god’s will.
Can you understand the will of the gods?
Neuvillette: I suspect not. But once in a while, I too would guess that if wishes were the clouds in the sky, they will one day return to the earth as raindrops…
Neuvillette: Life flows like water, and rain is the final answer. The water levels may sometimes tilt one way or another, but the rain falls fairly upon all.
Neuvillette: And what, ultimately, is the difference between the rains that fall upon all of us?
(Quest ends)
(Talk to Neuvillette again, optional)
Neuvillette: It seems, from your expressions, that you still have more things you wish to ask.
Neuvillette: Ask away. I will tell you the truth as I know it.
Where the Boat of Consciousness Lies
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17D4y1t74j/?p=3
Lesser Lord Kusanali embraces Greater Lord Rukkhadevata tearfully. At this sorrowful moment of parting, the last consciousness of the Greater Lord gradually dissipates into beautiful light that illuminates the night sky. All dreams shall now be returned to the people of Sumeru.
“We all nestle under the great tree of wisdom, peering out to perceive the world."
"From the earth, and from the rain, we perceive its wonders until we become a white bird to perch atop a branch…"
"And finally snap off the most important leaf."
"Once upon a time, I alone dreamed in this world."
"In my dreams, everybody would also dream after they fell asleep."
"Wild and wonderful thoughts would emerge from their minds."
"Some tumbled to the ground, and others floated to the sky."
"Connecting all things in the world into one dazzling net."
"Amongst the plethora of worlds were numerous smaller worlds."
"All of fate finding within the tapestry their brilliant glow."
"I gradually understood that these indescribable and constantly changing things"
"Are the most profound things in the world."
"Only they can completely repel the madness."
"Only dreams can awaken consciousness from the deepest darkness."
"I’m the one who posed this question, yet also the one who sought a solution”
pose:
to create a threat, problem, etc. that has to be dealt with
seek sought seeking
“Saving the world with the dreams of the people used to be my answer."
"And now you’ve also found your own answer."
"And I shall return all the dreams to the people."
"Goodbye, people of Sumeru."
"May you be blessed tonight with the sweetest of dreams.”
be blessed with sth/sb
to have sth good such as ability, great happiness, etc. 赋有（能力等）；享有（幸福等）
She’s blessed with excellent health.
她身体很好，是一种福气。
We’re blessed with five lovely grandchildren.
我们很有福气，有五个可爱的孙子孙女。
Amidst Stormy Judgment
https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Amidst_Stormy_Judgment
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1H64y1e7YJ?p=53#t=07:20
Cutscene’s Travel Log summary:
Before all the people, the Vison Hunt Ceremony is about to begin. Thoma, his hands bound on the executioner’s block, awaits the Raiden Shogun’s arrival to claim his Vision, which shall be inlaid upon the Statue of the Omnipresent God. But just as his Vision is about to depart from him and fly into the Shogun’s hand, you intercept it mid-flight, unable to watch this tragedy play out before your eyes. Witnessing your impertinent actions, the Raiden Shogun seems spurred to take action herself. In a flash of light and shadow, all others disappear, and you have been caught in a lonesome, ancient space. The Electro Archon, one of the Seven, raises her sword towards you…
(Paimon and the Traveler approach the crowd to see Thoma kneeling on the ground guarded by two Shogunate officers)
(Raiden uses Electro powers and Thoma’s Vision sparks with electricity and detaches from his waist)
(His Vision flies through the air towards Raiden, but is intercepted by the Traveler)
(The officers charge at the Traveler, but the Traveler swiftly takes them down and tries to cut Thoma’s restraints)
(Raiden descends on a staircase of Electro platforms)
Raiden Shogun: Capable of using elemental energy without a Vision…
Raiden Shogun: You are an exception, it appears
Raiden Shogun: Exceptions… the enemy of Eternity
Raiden Shogun: You are that which is furthest from Eternity. Exceptional.
Raiden Shogun: There is much to verify about you.
Promise of a People’s Dream
A people is all the men, women, and children of a particular country or race. 一国人民；民族；种族；
//…the native peoples of Central and South America…
中南美洲的土著民族
It’s a triumph for the American people.
这是美国人民的胜利。
https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/The_Omnipresent_God
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1bf4y1H7og?p=8
Ei: When lightning flashes, it casts a shadow
to make light, a shadow, etc. appear in a particular place 投射（光、影子等）
The setting sun cast an orange glow over the mountains.
橘红色的夕阳辉映着群山。
figurative
The sad news cast a shadow over the proceedings (= made people feel unhappy).
这个坏消息给事件的进程蒙上了一层阴影。
Ei: My name means shadow
Ei: With my blade, I purged all obstacles to progress
Ei: And yet… something was lost
Ei: With each step forward
Ei: In the end, I even lost her
Ei: The tales are still retold
Ei: In the shade of every Thunder Sakura
Ei: But the wounds left on our nation by that terrible loss
Ei: Still ache
Ei: “Never stop searching, even if only for a brief flash of light”
Ei: “If nothing else, we have the present moment”
Ei: She said that once
Ei: But I’ve seen a nation stride forward
stride
to walk with long steps in a particular direction
Ei: And lose everything to the Heavenly Principles
Ei: Perhaps only if time stands still
Ei: Will the lightning’s glow never fade
Ei: The present moment is a fragile illusion
Ei: Only Eternity can bring us closer to the Heavenly Principles
Ei: I am no longer the shadow
Ei: “Mine is the most supreme and noble form”
Ei: “Let power over the realm be vested in me”
Ei: “In this form shall I honor my subjects’ dream”
to do what you have agreed or promised to do 信守，执行（承诺）
I have every intention of honouring our contract.
我完全愿意执行我们的合约。
to honour a cheque (= to keep an agreement to pay it)
承兑支票
Ei: “For a land of Eternity, unchanging forevermore”2