Book 1: Chapter 69Trantor''s Notes 1. China''s Leader of Flowers


    This is a reference to the Chinese movie called "Chinese Armed Policewomen" or "Zhong Guo Ba Wang Hua" and was released in 1990. The movie follows a young female that underwent strict training to join the armed police force andter, she went on to solve a major robbery crime.


    This was rather hard to trante and I decided to go with the literal trantion of the phrase instead of going for the movie name since it made more sense given the context. "Flower" is amon metaphor for woman. Basically, Zhang Xiao''bao isplimenting Wang Juan for being a good role model policewoman.


    2. Bullied us already


    The literal trantion of what Wang Juan said was "they have bullied to the top of our heads". Although the imagery of the original phrase is a bit more imaginative and funny, it doesn''t make much sense in English.


    3. "Shoot two condors with one arrow"


    This idiom is equivalent to "hit two birds with one stone".


    4. mian'' pi, liang pi


    As mentioned by Zhang Xiao''bao, these two names refer to the same type of noodles. The literal trantion of mian''pi is "flour/dough skin", hence, Zhang Xiao''bao''sment on saying that calling it mian''pi will be easy for people to guess that it''s made from flour. The literal trantion of liang''pi is "cool skin", probably because this noodle dish is eaten cold and usually enjoyed on hot summer days.


    (For those that are curious, Zhang Xiao''bao''s instructions on making the dish is rather urate, and it''s one of my favorite dish to make and eat! It''s really delicious, so for those who haven''t tried it before, please do~)


    <hr>Misceneous Note You may or may have noticed that I''ve been inconsistent with using the term "catty" and sometimes I just substitute in kilogram instead (1 catty = 0.5 kg). I apologize for the confusion, but I will be using the term "catty" from now on!