Question I need help with this sentence (CH)

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  1. Lynx

    Lynx Professional...on lewd matter

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    From transcending the nine heaven, its the level after they leave the upper three heaven

    九重天阙,武者等级大致可分为'玄、灵、人、地、天、圣、天人、圣人'等八个等级。一般的武者,达到经脉贯通之后,便可成为武者,也就是最底层'玄'级武者。”猫老师一副传道授业解惑的样子,庄严地说着。

    This is from google translate
    “Nine Heavenly Kingdoms, the level of martial arts can be roughly divided into eight levels: “Xuan, Ling, Man, Earth, Heaven, Saint, Heavenly Person, Saint,” etc. The general military, after reaching the meridians, can become a martial artist, that is, the most The bottom of the "mysterious" level of military." Cat teacher taught a question to the industry, solemnly speaking.

    As you can see, there's two "saint" in the level, i just wonder if its right?

    Thanks in advance
     
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  2. Pandapat

    Pandapat Well-Known Member

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    Well I think that 圣 is actually Saint, while 圣人 means Saint-like
     
  3. SilverJoker

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    天人 can be celestial level, 圣人 can be divine level.
     
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  4. Playful Devil Miki995

    Playful Devil Miki995 [Happy go lucky~]

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    I second silverjoker’s version. I also will like to suggest using ‘Mystic’ for 玄 hehe~
     
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  5. kestroll

    kestroll Well-Known Member

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    Short answer: yes there are two saints and two heaven levels. But you can modify them by showing the 人, my personal recommendation would be to add a 君 or 级 to the single characters: 玄级、灵级、人级、地级、天级、圣级
    My chinese is not that good so this is my opinion and can be way off...
    Further on in the chapter master cat stated that the people would come from the mortal area (人 ) so you could interpret it to mortal saint and mortal heaven and then there is a saint level and a heaven level above that.