Discussion Most used lines in novels?

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  1. littlemoon

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    "Kneel down and call me grandpa..." :blobuwu:
     
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    "He slashed at enemies with a cold emotionless look on his face like he's killing ants"....:bloborz:Cr I N Ge
    And cn always uses the term "cold look on his face" too much
     
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    Sea Dog 『Rabid』『Mad Dog』

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    "I refuse to believe it!"
    "This young master-" "I your father'-" "I your grandfather"
    "Your courting death!"
     
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    OMG, I LOVE THIS THREAD AHAHAHA
    anyways...
    everyone forgot to mention:
    "V-shaped/tiger back" together with the slender waist and long-legs
    "like a (gust of) wind would blow him away" for your sickly ML/MC
    "tender skin (illusion of) that you can pinch out water" to go with the jade complexion/bones
    Almond/cat eyes in addition to peach blossom, or rabbit-references (I have a mild fear of rabbits, so this really puts me off, sis!)
    Delicate collarbone/wrists and unusually popular elegant neck referenced in odd scenarios like in the middle of a crisis -
    white, tiny feet ..............
     
  5. I_am_Novel_Lover

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    A line which you can see in every CN, Korean, Japanese Novels
    "Did I got transmigrated/ reincarnated into xxxxx world?" :blobfearful:
     
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    - "If you touch her or go near her again, I won't go easy on you/ I won't let you go" lmao i find this so cringey it always appears when the damsel is in distress and the knight in shining armor saves her lol
    - "I'll just live a comfortable life away from the main leads~"
    - "What situation is this?!"
    - "I'm screwed"
     
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    Shio Moderator Staff Member

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    I actually heard someone said something similar.

    "If you make her cry, I won't go easy on you!"
    I was in HS, and even back then that line was pretty embarassing I got second hand embarassment from it.
     
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    "White jade like skin." (in my brain jade was always green, when did it turn white?)
    "Cold as ice." (I like the cold, but not the cold ML)
    "I didn't see Mount Tai." (after hearing this more than 3 times in one novel it becomes unamusing)
    "Phoenix eyes." (had to google that one)
    "The black eyes were like abyssal pools, wanting to suck in her soul."
     
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    Idk if u guys have read Martial Peak - but it has one of the funniest uses of mosquitoes

    "It was so slick that if a mosquito were to go on, it would have a sprained ankle"
    Then the translator writes in brackets (This author has major issue with mosquitoes)

    IT goes on: "...Kai Yang was thankful. But even a small mosquito has flesh."
    "...could only earn him two contribution points, but mosquito meat is still meat"
    "...sleeping outside wouldn't do them any harm, there were still a lot of mosquitoes...an unfathomable amount of mosquitoes had bitten them and drank their blood while they dreamt."


    Translator then goes : "(Here come da mozzies)"
    I can't with this novel lmao that last quote had no connection to the plot it was just added in.
     
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    :blobjoy: Omg I died laughing damn the author really has issues with mosquitoes but then again who doesn’t
     
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    “Blank felt like they could trust blank” even without doing anything.
     
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    If you are an iceberg CEO, then:
    "En."
    If you are a beauty, then you must have "watery eyes".
    And I noticed that CN novels feel the need to talk about that "white teeth" XD
     
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    This had me giggling so hard. Who knew mosquitoes could be used in that way.

    CN novels and obsession with whiteness. White skin is also a thing.
     
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    when their heart gets itchy or scratched
    like: the corners of xx's heart felt itchy
     
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    The most used lines in the novel I translated include:
    - cold
    - soft-hearted
    - pursed lips
    - fortunately
    - past life
    - that man in red
    - like thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil
     
  16. Asf

    Asf 《《The aria of souls》》

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    Korean
    "ICED COFFEE...!!!!!"
     
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    "Call me grandpa/uncle/father."
    "I, your father !"
    "Waist that can be hold with a hand"

    (I usually see the last one in romance novel describing a female or male (if it's a BL), and that just cringe :)3_ヽ)_)
     
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    Something like 'difference between heaven and earth'
     
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    Any cultivation/martial arts novel will inevitably liken some group of people to ants. It's actually contractual, you can't call yourself a cultivation novel if you don't mention that anyone weaker than someone else is an ant.
     
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    something about being thick-skinned
    cold iceberg prince
    peach blossom eyes
    skin like jade/porcelain
    classic glare that always makes the other character chilled
    something about FL having a bunny/ kitten expression/action
    excessive blushing
    the 3 ft tall aura that deters all beings
    stupid younger brother
    heart tickled by a kitten
    etc etc
     
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