A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box 1995

西 huà yóu zhī yuèguāng bǎo

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

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at the minimum; at the very least HSK 5
míng míng obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely HSK 5
zhǐ incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to HSK 5
not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
jiè to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger) HSK 5
chōng dòng to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge HSK 5
chǒu clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30° HSK 5
mǎi mài buying and selling; business; business transactions HSK 5
le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
shuāng shǒu both hands HSK 5
jiā to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jiá] HSK 5
zi nose HSK 5
ěr duo ear; handle (on a cup) HSK 5
tiger HSK 5
cháng to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once HSK 5
dàng to arrange; to put in order HSK 5
ruǎn soft; flexible HSK 5
quán dōu all; without exception HSK 5
zhī nèi inside; within HSK 5
wèi stomach HSK 5
to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) HSK 5
dài jià price; cost; consideration (in share dealing) HSK 5
jǐng gào to warn; to admonish HSK 5
small box; case HSK 5
dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
shā to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide HSK 5
huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by HSK 5
to scold; to abuse; to curse HSK 5
hài to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity HSK 5
suǒ to lock; to lock up; a lock HSK 5
yǎo to bite; to nip HSK 5
zhǐ bu guò only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... HSK 5
yìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial HSK 5
pīn to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell HSK 5
shí guāng time; era; period of time HSK 5
rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
zuì intoxicated HSK 5
duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
dòng cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) HSK 5
zàn shí temporary; provisional; for the time being HSK 5
cāi to guess HSK 5
qiàn to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) HSK 5
zhuàng to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident HSK 5
gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics HSK 5
lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
cōng ming intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) HSK 5
to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5