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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错误 錯誤 cuò wù mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake HSK 3
后面 後面 hòu mian the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards HSK 3
刀 刀 dāo knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs HSK 3
理由 理由 lǐ yóu reason; grounds; justification HSK 3
破 破 pò broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
集中 集中 jí zhōng to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together HSK 3
追 追 duī to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) HSK 3
感情 感情 gǎn qíng emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons HSK 3
痛 痛 tòng ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly HSK 3
救 捄 jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
乱 亂 luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
危险 危險 wēi xiǎn danger; dangerous HSK 3
火 火 huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
环境 環境 huán jìng environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient HSK 3
照 炤 zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
群 羣 qún group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc HSK 3
牛 牛 niú ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome HSK 3
难道 難道 nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
反应 反應 fǎn yìng to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction HSK 3
久 久 jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
本来 本來 běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
值得 值得 zhí de to be worth; to deserve HSK 3
属于 屬於 shǔ yú to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of HSK 3
深 㴱 shēn deep (lit. and fig.) HSK 3
母亲 母親 mǔ qīn mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] HSK 3
步 步 bù a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation HSK 3
报 報 bào to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge HSK 3
敢 敢 gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
安排 安排 ān pái to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans HSK 3
首先 首先 shǒu xiān first (of all); in the first place HSK 3
光 光 guāng light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered HSK 3
抓 抓 zhuā to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch HSK 3
各位 各位 gè wèi everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you HSK 3
建议 建議 jiàn yì to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation HSK 3
性 性 xìng nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence HSK 3
好好 好好 hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
派 派 pài clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie HSK 3
到底 到底 dào dǐ finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
另外 另外 lìng wài additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore HSK 3
伤 傷 shāng to injure; injury; wound HSK 3
报告 報告 bào gào to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture HSK 3
因此 因此 yīn cǐ thus; consequently; as a result HSK 3
容易 容易 róng yì easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3
任务 任務 rèn wu mission; assignment; task; duty; role HSK 3
里面 裡面 lǐ miàn inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] HSK 3
突然 突然 tū rán sudden; abrupt; unexpected HSK 3
精神 精神 jīng shén spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist HSK 3
总是 總是 zǒng shì always HSK 3
下来 下來 xià lai to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) HSK 3
终于 終於 zhōng yú at last; in the end; finally; eventually HSK 3