A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box 1995

大话西游之月光宝盒 dà huà xī yóu zhī yuèguāng bǎo hé

When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.

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4.56 Intermediate Director Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai IMDb 7.5

Cast

Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Joker / Monkey King Richard Ng Man-Tat Richard Ng Man-Tat Piggy Law Kar-Ying Law Kar-Ying Longevity Monk Yammie Lam Kit-Ying Yammie Lam Kit-Ying Spider Demon Karen Mok Man-Wai Karen Mok Man-Wai White-Bone Demon / Pak Jing Jing Johnnie Kong Johnnie Kong Sandy / Blindy Lu Shuming Lu Shuming King Bull Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai Grape Buddha Athena Chu Yan Athena Chu Yan Lin Zixia Lee Kin-Yan Lee Kin-Yan

Vocabulary

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剃 剃 tì to shave HSK 7
爪子 爪子 zhuǎ zi (animal's) claw HSK 7
郑重 鄭重 zhèng zhòng serious; solemn; earnest; conscientious HSK 7
认错 認錯 rèn cuò to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake HSK 7
神仙 神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person HSK 7
赎 贖 shú to redeem; to ransom HSK 7
缸 缸 gāng jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry HSK 7
惭愧 慚愧 cán kuì ashamed HSK 7
镇静 鎮靜 zhèn jìng calm; cool HSK 7
莫非 莫非 mò fēi can it be possible that; could it be HSK 7
冒充 冒充 mào chōng to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as HSK 7
风采 風采 fēng cǎi svelte; elegant manner; graceful bearing HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
屈服 屈服 qū fú to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat; to prevail over HSK 7
晕倒 暈倒 yūn dǎo to faint; to swoon; to black out; to become unconscious HSK 7
不愧 不愧 bù kuì to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be HSK 7
重现 重現 chóng xiàn to reappear HSK 7
芝麻 芝麻 zhī ma sesame (seed) HSK 7
风味 風味 fēng wèi distinctive flavor; distinctive style HSK 7
换取 換取 huàn qǔ to obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else) HSK 7
幸亏 幸虧 xìng kuī fortunately; luckily HSK 7
诸多 諸多 zhū duō (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of HSK 7
炼 煉 liàn to refine; to smelt HSK 7
要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important; urgent HSK 7
白白 白白 bái bái in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white HSK 7
潇洒 瀟灑 xiāo sǎ confident and at ease; free and easy HSK 7
诚意 誠意 chéng yì sincerity; good faith HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
伤势 傷勢 shāng shì condition of an injury HSK 7
手掌 手掌 shǒu zhǎng palm HSK 7
疤 疤 bā scar; scab HSK 7
当心 當心 dāng xīn to take care; to look out HSK 7
重伤 重傷 zhòng shāng seriously hurt; serious injury HSK 7
苍蝇 蒼蠅 cāng ying housefly HSK 7
英俊 英俊 yīng jùn handsome HSK 7
落地 落地 luò dì to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; to be born; (of a plane) to land HSK 7
懒得 懶得 lǎn dé not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to HSK 7
俊 㑺 jùn smart; eminent; handsome; talented HSK 7
位子 位子 wèi zi place; seat HSK 7
报仇 報仇 bào chóu to take revenge; to avenge HSK 7
把手 把手 bǎ shǒu to shake hands HSK 7
余 餘 yú extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me HSK 7
借助 借助 jiè zhù to draw support from; with the help of HSK 7
泄漏 洩漏 xiè lòu (of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge; to leak (information) HSK 7
搜查 搜查 sōu chá to search HSK 7
扛 扛 gāng to raise aloft with both hands; (of two or more people) to carry sth together HSK 7
和尚 和尚 hé shang Buddhist monk HSK 7
泄露 泄露 xiè lù to leak (information); to divulge; also pr. [xiè lòu] HSK 7
怪不得 怪不得 guài bu de no wonder!; so that's why! HSK 7
旺 旺 wàng prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring HSK 7