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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| 本事 本事 | source material; original story | |
| 不安 不安 | unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried | |
| 屋子 屋子 | house; room | |
| 春 旾 | spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 裤子 褲子 | trousers; pants | |
| 属 屬 | 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 | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 果然 果然 | really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed | |
| 性格 性格 | nature; disposition; temperament; character | |
| 争 爭 | to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary) | |
| 计算 計算 | to count; to calculate; to compute | |
| 围 圍 | to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 羊 羊 | sheep; goat | |
| 苹果 蘋果 | apple | |
| 当中 當中 | among; in the middle; in the center | |
| 配合 配合 | 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 | |
| 女子 女子 | woman; female | |
| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 形象 形象 | image; form; figure; visualization; vivid | |
| 化 化 | to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 | |
| 防 防 | to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 升 升 | to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 相关 相關 | related; relevant; pertinent; to be interrelated; (statistics) correlation | |
| 板 板 | board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 时刻 時刻 | time; juncture; moment; period of time; constantly; always | |
| 足够 足夠 | enough; sufficient | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 停止 停止 | to stop; to halt; to cease | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 保 保 | Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 | |
| 猪 豬 | hog; pig; swine | |
| 龙 龍 | dragon; imperial | |
| 抓住 抓住 | to grab hold of; to capture | |
| 美好 美好 | beautiful; fine | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 宣布 宣佈 | to declare; to announce; to proclaim | |
| 系 係 | to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary) | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 空 空 | to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time | |
| 职业 職業 | occupation; profession; vocation; professional |