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Inhae @Inhae@social.inhae.blog · 18:35

Playing Genshin in Chinese, I find that the World Quests are by far the most difficult content for me. First it’s not voiced, and then it introduces a lot of concepts and lore related to the region. I really want to understand all Natlan lore in Chinese only, so I’ll do my best to study 5.x world quests and not switch back to English.

I’ll post my study notes here, it’s a good motivation for me, and I can consult vocab easily when needed!

It’s all going to be under CW, but if you want to filter it out, I’ll use

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Inhae @Inhae@social.inhae.blog · 15:22
Genshin WQ: the alpaca quest.

瓦达娜 Wǎdánà: Wactana
半熟蛋: bànshúdàn: Half-cooked Egg (Wactana’s Yumakasaur)
绵驮兽 mián tuóshòu: alpaca (in Genshin)

This whole dialogue was easy and the quest so wholesome! One of my favourite things so far. I’ll just note a couple of passages that were a bit more difficult than the rest.

Wactana says that, for Half-cooked Egg, we are 浑身散发出强敌气息的危险人物.

浑身 húnshēn: from head to foot
散发 sànfā: diffuse, emit, give out
强敌 qiángdí: formidable opponent
气息 qìxī: flavour, smell

> A dangerous person whose whole body emits the smell of a formidable opponent.

Paimon thought that the alpaca was attacked 袭击 xíjī (make a surprise attack on).

About alpaca and saurian friendship, Wactana says:

被绵驮兽簇拥着的顽皮小嵴锋龙,光是看着这样的场景我就能吃下三碗火焰炖肉⋯

簇拥 cùyōng: cluster round, escort
顽皮 wánpí: naughty, mischievous
火焰炖肉 huǒyàn dùnròu: flame + stewed meat: Blazed Meat Stew.

The little mischievous tepetlisaur being surrounded by alpacas… just by watching this scene I would be able to eat three bowls of blazed meat stew. (What?)

(I just checked the translation for this one: “Me, I could chow down on three bowls of Blazed Meat Stew before I got bored of it.” Haha, it makes sense now!)

Also, this scene was just too cute not to draw!

A cartoon-style illustration features two animals in a grassy landscape. One is a small, chubby creature that looks like a baby dinosaur, while the other is a large, woolly alpaca carrying supplies on its back. The alpaca is turning its back to the small dinosaur who looks disappointed.
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