<p>I don't think “white-eyed terror” is a good translation. "ungrateful terror" is better here. we use 白眼狼 to describe someone who is not grateful in China. </p>

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  <p>可叹大师兄竟救了玄女，将一条<strong>白眼狼</strong>引入昆仑山。</p>
  
  <p>Unfortunately, First Apprentice had looked after Xuan Nu, taken her
  in, and by so doing unleashed <strong>white-eyed terror</strong> upon Mount Kunlun.</p>
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<p>I looked up 白眼狼 means</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>ungrateful soul</p>
</blockquote>

<p>How it can be translated into</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>white-eyed terror</p>
</blockquote>

<p>?</p>

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bkrs:白眼狼 thankless wretch
an ingrate
 ungrateful and vicious person,evidently translator combined word origin (still felt by Chinese readers) with context to come up with suitable English version
user6065
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Why not translate 白眼狼 literally  as "white eyes wolf"?  calling someone with a "wolf's heart" means that person is evil, the term 狼 itself metaphorically  incorporated all the evil traits of people including viciousness, selfishness, greed and ungratefulness
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白眼 metaphorically means *terror* in Chinese. *White-eyed terror* is a good translation, as it combines the literal description (*white-eyed*) with the metaphorical description (*terror*), and the latter is used as an English noun. You cannot use *wolf* by itself without also explicitly mentioning it with *terror*, as *wolf* can range in meaning from *vicious* to *dominant, brave*.
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2019-05-25T09:11:03.843Z
@droooze I doubt 白眼 means “terror”. Any dictionary can support it?
dan
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2019-05-25T09:16:13.467Z
@dan maybe you're right, I looked again and I can only find the meanings *hateful, abominable, disgusting, abhorrent*. 《漢語大詞典》＂表示鄙薄或厭惡。＂
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Translation of 白眼狼
# Translation of 白眼狼

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-22)

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> 可叹大师兄竟救了玄女，将一条**白眼狼**引入昆仑山。
>
> Unfortunately, First Apprentice had looked after Xuan Nu, taken her
> in, and by so doing unleashed **white-eyed terror** upon Mount Kunlun.

I looked up 白眼狼 means

> ungrateful soul

How it can be translated into

> white-eyed terror

?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: bkrs:白眼狼 thankless wretch an ingrate  ungrateful and vicious person,evidently translator combined word origin (still felt by Chinese readers) with context to come up with suitable English version  
> **username_2**: Why not translate 白眼狼 literally  as "white eyes wolf"?  calling someone with a "wolf's heart" means that person is evil, the term 狼 itself metaphorically  incorporated all the evil traits of people including viciousness, selfishness, greed and ungratefulness  
> **username_3**: 白眼 metaphorically means *terror* in Chinese. *White-eyed terror* is a good translation, as it combines the literal description (*white-eyed*) with the metaphorical description (*terror*), and the latter is used as an English noun. You cannot use *wolf* by itself without also explicitly mentioning it with *terror*, as *wolf* can range in meaning from *vicious* to *dominant, brave*.  
> **username_4**: @username_3 I doubt 白眼 means “terror”. Any dictionary can support it?  
> **username_3**: @username_4 maybe you're right, I looked again and I can only find the meanings *hateful, abominable, disgusting, abhorrent*. 《漢語大詞典》＂表示鄙薄或厭惡。＂  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2019-05-24. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

I don't think “white-eyed terror” is a good translation. "ungrateful terror" is better here. we use 白眼狼 to describe someone who is not grateful in China.


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