#NatlanChineseStudy

曼科 mànkē: Manqu
龙遗物研究协会: lóng yíwù yánjiū xiéhuì: Research Association for Relics of the Dragons/Saurians?

This NPC really likes using the expression “pardon my…” 恕我 shùwǒ…
Here is a list of all the variations he uses:

恕我僭越: shù wǒ jiànyuè: pardon me for overstepping my authority
恕我直言: shù wǒ zhíyàn: pardon me for speaking bluntly
恕我不善言辞: shù wǒ bù shànyáncí: pardon me for being inarticulate
恕我嘴拙: shù wǒ zuǐzhuō: pardon my clumsiness

I’ll never forget this expression now, thanks Manqu!

印记: yìnjì: trace, mark (the red mark Qibao - that’s how I named him - has on his forehead)

This trace is called:
焰主之祝 yàn zhǔ zhī zhù: The prayer/wish (benediction sounds better?) of the owner of the flame? If I understood correctly, it’s an impressive power that comes from ancestral Saurians, but today’s Saurians don’t have the capacity to hold such a strength and they will either go mad or die when growing up.

朝圣 cháoshèng: make a pilgrimage to a sacred place (I have to bring Qibao to a sacred volcano?)

We also must bring a “token” (信物 xìnwù). I’m not sure I understood what this token is about, but I’m sure the game will tell me in due time.

Talking to Manqu again after the initial dialogue gives more information about 焰主之祝, or as I’ll call it for now, the Benediction of the Flame Owner (I’ll have to check the wiki to find the exact English word). This phenomenon is believed to be a:

返祖现象: fǎnzǔ xiànxiàng: atavism (a tendency to revert to something ancient or ancestral.)

As he said before, saurians affected might become crazy, and a good example is none other than the new boss: the 绒翼龙暴君 called 霍拉瓦伽.

绒翼龙暴君: róng yìlóng bàojūn: Qucusaurus Tyrant (how do you pronounce that?)
霍拉瓦伽: huòlāwǎjiā: Holawaqa

Manqu also says that “dealing with” our Saurian would mean sending him back to the 夜神的国度 (yèshén de guódù, the Nation of the Night God?). I don’t know what this is, and I don’t understand this part very well.

And we got another one:
恕我冒昧: shùwǒ màomèi: if I may be so bold.

This quest was relatively easy in terms of Chinese. Some things stay obscure, but it’s more for lore reasons than language barrier.