A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box 1995
大话西游之月光宝盒
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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Vocabulary
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| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 盘 盤 | plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 承认 承認 | to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 投 投 | to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 附近 附近 | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood | |
| 历史 歷史 | history | |
| 表示 表示 | to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 底 底 | (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) | |
| 包括 包括 | to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 各有所好 各有所好 | everyone has their likes and dislikes (idiom) | Idiom |
| 乱来 亂來 | to act recklessly; to mess around | Xiehouyu |
| 死路一条 死路一條 | (idiom) dead end; road to ruin | Xiehouyu |
| 心上人 心上人 | sweetheart; one's beloved | Xiehouyu |
| 找死 找死 | to court death; to take a big risk | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 大牛 大牛 | (coll.) leading light; superstar; badass; (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 五指山 五指山 | Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan; Wuzhishan City, Hainan | Proper Noun |
| 金刚 金剛 | King Kong | Proper Noun |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 月光 月光 | moonlight | |
| 打伤 打傷 | to injure; to wound; to damage | |
| 去死 去死 | go to hell!; drop dead! | |
| 救火 救火 | to put out a fire; firefighting | |
| 味 味 | taste, smell, odor; delicacy | |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 有种 有種 | to have guts; to have courage; to be brave | |
| 要死 要死 | extremely; awfully | |
| 美意 美意 | goodwill; kindness | |
| 转世 轉世 | reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism) | |
| 会死 會死 | mortal | |
| 会合 會合 | to meet; to rendezvous; to merge; to link up; meeting; confluence |