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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běn shì source material; original story HSK 3
ān unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried HSK 3
zi house; room HSK 3
chūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life HSK 3
zi trousers; pants HSK 3
shǔ category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute HSK 3
zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
néng néng Can you HSK 3
guǒ rán really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed HSK 3
xìng nature; disposition; temperament; character HSK 3
zhēng to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) HSK 3
suàn to count; to calculate; to compute HSK 3
wéi to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) HSK 3
chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3
jiāng lái in the future; future; the future HSK 3
yáng sheep; goat HSK 3
píng guǒ apple HSK 3
dāng zhōng among; in the middle; in the center HSK 3
pèi matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine HSK 3
woman; female HSK 3
cóng since (a time); ever since HSK 3
xíng xiàng image; form; figure; visualization; vivid HSK 3
huà to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 HSK 3
fáng to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent HSK 3
fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses HSK 3
xiāng fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick HSK 3
shēng to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 HSK 3
qián miàn ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] HSK 3
xiāng guān related; relevant; pertinent; to be interrelated; (statistics) correlation HSK 3
bǎn board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious HSK 3
duàn to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly HSK 3
shí time; juncture; moment; period of time; constantly; always HSK 3
gòu enough; sufficient HSK 3
guài strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled HSK 3
tíng zhǐ to stop; to halt; to cease HSK 3
gài roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea HSK 3
jǐn tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten HSK 3
Bǎo Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 HSK 3
zhū hog; pig; swine HSK 3
lóng dragon; imperial HSK 3
zhuā zhù to grab hold of; to capture HSK 3
měi hǎo beautiful; fine HSK 3
niang girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) HSK 3
xuān to declare; to announce; to proclaim HSK 3
to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary) HSK 3
wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
kòng to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time HSK 3
zhí occupation; profession; vocation; professional HSK 3