He jokes that everyone in the old days knew to hold their breath if they encountered a jiang-shi (a blind “ Chinese vampire ” said to sense the breath of its victims) because hyperventilating would make you still more nervous, leave you gasping for breath, and cause you to tremble uncontrollably from head to toe.
他打趣說，古代人都知道，遇到僵屍時要「暫時停止呼吸」，因為過度吸氣會更緊張，甚至導致喘息不止、渾身抖動，完全無法控制。