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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根本 根本 gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
保证 保證 bǎo zhèng guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge HSK 3
整个 整個 zhěng gè whole; entire; total HSK 3
活 活 huó to live; alive; living; work; workmanship HSK 3
保护 保護 bǎo hù to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection HSK 3
转 轉 zhuǎi see 转文 HSK 3
消息 消息 xiāo xi news; information HSK 3
当然 當然 dāng rán only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt HSK 3
连 連 lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
其实 其實 qí shí actually; in fact; really HSK 3
受 受 shòu to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
决定 決定 jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
一切 一切 yī qiè everything; every; all HSK 3
美 美 Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
总 總 zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
继续 繼續 jì xù to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
世界 世界 shì jiè world HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
五脏六腑 五臟六腑 wǔ zàng liù fǔ five viscera and six bowels (TCM) Idiom ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
面熟 面熟 miàn shú to look familiar; familiar-looking Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难看 難看 nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
有一腿 有一腿 yǒu yī tuǐ (coll.) to have an affair Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
省省吧 省省吧 shěng sheng ba (coll.) Don't waste your breath.; Save it! Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
万年 萬年 Wàn nián Wannian county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大名 大名 Dà míng Daming county in Handan, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
当家 當家 dāng jiā to manage the household; to be the one in charge of the family; to call the shots; to be in charge ∼HSK 2
菩提 菩提 pú tí bodhi (Sanskrit); enlightenment (Buddhism) ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
我靠 我靠 wǒ kào bosh!; crap!; see also ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
去取 去取 qù qǔ to accept or reject ∼HSK 2