#so caution advised

Breakdown:

云深不知处 - Cloud Recesses

内 - inside; interior; inner part or side

不 - [before a verb, adjective, adverb] no; not; won't; not want to

可 - can; to approve; to permit

不可 - cannot; should not; must not

勾 - cancel; cross out; strike out; tick off; delineate; draw; point; induce; evoke; call to mind; hook (noun)

肩 - shoulder (noun); take on; undertake; shoulder; bear

搭 - put up; build; hang over; put over; come into contact; join; throw in (more people, money, etc.); add; lift sth. together; take (a ship, plane, etc.); travel (or go) by; combine

背 - the back of the body; the back of an object; turn away; leave; go away; hide sth. from; do sth. behind sbd's back; recite from memory; learn by heart; act contrary to; violate; break

勾肩搭背 - idiom: bend one's arm around sb.'s shoulder—indicating an intimate relationship

Alternative translations:

Direct translation would of course be "Bending one's arm around someone's shoulder is not allowed in the Cloud Recesses." Meaning "Displaying intimacy is not allowed in the Cloud Recesses." And showing affection in public is a way to display/indicate intimacy, between lovers but also between friends and members of family, so I decided to go for that.

Any mistakes in the translations or in the characters are mine, and if you spot any, please let me know 🙂.

The chosen images:

Wei Wuxian is way too touchy-feely for the Cloud Recesses, breaking this rule quite literally 😄.

Breakdown:

云深不知处 - Cloud Recesses

内 - inside; interior; inner part or side

不 - [before a verb, adjective, adverb] no; not; won't; not want to

可 - can; to approve; to permit

不可 - cannot; should not; must not

打 - strike; hit; knock; break; smash; beat; fight; attack; construct; make; mix; stir

闹 - make noise; stir up trouble; give vent to one's anger etc.

打闹 - quarrel and fight noisily; play boisterously

Alternative translations:

Horsing around is not allowed in the Cloud Recesses.

Roughhousing is not allowed in the Cloud Recesses.

The characters separately seem to imply more serious fighting, but I think this is not the actual "no fighting" rule (serious fights tend to be silent affairs... unless it's Wei Wuxian fighting the Peacock 😁). And there is the boisterous play aspect, so I went for shenanigans.

Any mistakes in the translations or in the characters are mine, and if you spot any, please let me know 🙂.

The chosen images:

Horsing around? Roughhousing? Them? They would never! They are Innocent! (And Lan Wangji is well on his way to having a massive headache.)