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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什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
现身 現身 xiàn shēn to show oneself; to appear; (of a deity) to appear in the flesh ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
大腿 大腿 dà tuǐ thigh ∼HSK 2
黑店 黑店 hēi diàn lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction); fig. a scam; protection racket; daylight robbery ∼HSK 2
人头 人頭 rén tóu person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
倒流 倒流 dào liú to flow backwards; reverse flow ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
花草 花草 huā cǎo flowers and plants ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
放在眼里 放在眼裡 fàng zài yǎn lǐ to pay attention to; to care about; to attach importance to ∼HSK 2
生路 生路 shēng lù a way to make a living; a way to survive; a way out of a predicament ∼HSK 2
长生 長生 cháng shēng long life ∼HSK 2
栖身 棲身 qī shēn to stay at; to live in (temporarily) ∼HSK 2
明知 明知 míng zhī to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
斧头 斧頭 fǔ tóu ax; hatchet ∼HSK 2
有可能 有可能 yǒu kě néng possible; probable; possibly; probably; may; might ∼HSK 2
所有人 所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
跟脚 跟腳 gēn jiǎo to feet the feet perfectly; to follow closely; hard on sb's heels ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
三更 三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old); midnight; also pr. [san1 jin1] ∼HSK 2
干掉 幹掉 gàn diào to get rid of ∼HSK 2
让开 讓開 ràng kāi to get out of the way; to step aside ∼HSK 2
每次 每次 měi cì every time ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
长生不老 長生不老 cháng shēng - bù lǎo (idiom) to live forever and never grow old ∼HSK 2
鞋带 鞋帶 xié dài shoelace ∼HSK 2
头头 頭頭 tóu tóu head; chief ∼HSK 2
四边 四邊 sì biān four sides ∼HSK 2
还嘴 還嘴 huán zuǐ to retort; to answer back ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
重生 重生 chóng shēng to be reborn; rebirth ∼HSK 2
满天 滿天 mǎn tiān whole sky ∼HSK 2
眼见 眼見 yǎn jiàn to see with one's own eyes; very soon ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
在身 在身 zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
喝酒 喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
多嘴 多嘴 duō zuǐ talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
过份 過份 guò fèn variant of ∼HSK 2
改天 改天 gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
交出 交出 jiāo chū to hand over ∼HSK 2
变身 變身 biàn shēn to undergo a transformation; to morph; to turn into; transformed version of sb or sth; new incarnation ∼HSK 2
早知道 早知道 zǎo zhī dao If I had known earlier... ∼HSK 2
真身 真身 zhēn shēn the real body (of Buddha or a God); true effigy ∼HSK 2
几千 幾千 jǐ qiān several thousand ∼HSK 2