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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剩下 剩下 shèng xià to remain; to be left over HSK 5
偷 偷 tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
加上 加上 jiā shàng plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that HSK 5
鬼 鬼 guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
疯 瘋 fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
枪 槍 qiāng gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots HSK 5
讨厌 討厭 tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
颗 顆 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
执行 執行 zhí xíng to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run HSK 5
恢复 恢復 huī fù to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate HSK 5
抢 搶 qiǎng to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch HSK 5
居然 居然 jū rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
改过自新 改過自新 gǎi guò zì xīn to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf Idiom ∼HSK 4
山明水秀 山明水秀 shān míng shuǐ xiù lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom); fig. enchanting scenery Idiom ∼HSK 4
三生有幸 三生有幸 sān shēng yǒu xìng the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom); (courteous language) it's my good fortune... Idiom ∼HSK 4
千辛万苦 千辛萬苦 qiān xīn wàn kǔ to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; with difficulty; after some effort Idiom ∼HSK 4
痛改前非 痛改前非 tòng gǎi qián fēi completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf; a reformed character Idiom ∼HSK 4
无心 無心 wú xīn unintentionally; not in the mood to Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
大老粗 大老粗 dà lǎo cū uncouth fellow; rustic Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
受不了 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
孙悟空 孫悟空 Sūn Wùkōng Sun Wukong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐三藏 唐三藏 Táng Sānzàng Tang Sanzang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐僧 唐僧 Tángsēng Tang Sanzang (Monk Tang) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
牛魔王 牛魔王 Niú mó wáng Gyuumao Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
悟空 悟空 Wùkōng Sun Wukong (Monkey King) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玉皇大帝 玉皇大帝 Yù huáng Dà dì Jade Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
五岳 五嶽 Wǔ yuè Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai in Shandong, Mt Hua in Shaanxi, Mt Heng in Hunan, Mt Heng in Shanxi, Mt Song in Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
观音 觀音 Guānyīn Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
水帘洞 水簾洞 shuǐ lián dòng Water Curtain Cave Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
观世音 觀世音 Guān shì yīn Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
齐天大圣 齊天大聖 Qí tiān Dà shèng Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
昆仑 崑崙 Kūn lún Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
神佛 神佛 Shén Fó Gods and Buddhas Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
白骨精 白骨精 Bái gǔ jīng White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West); (fig.) sly and cunning person Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
梵文 梵文 Fàn wén Sanskrit Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
三藏 三藏 Sān zàng Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波罗 波羅 Bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen); surname Polo Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
脚底 腳底 jiǎo dǐ soles of the feet ∼HSK 4
蜘蛛 蜘蛛 zhī zhū spider ∼HSK 4