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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| 对嘴 對嘴 | to lip-sync | |
| 打脸 打臉 | to put on theatrical makeup; (neologism c. 2014) to debunk sb's claim; to put egg on sb's face | |
| 天啊 天啊 | good heavens!; oh my God! | |
| 助 助 | help, aid, assist | |
| 装成 裝成 | to pretend | |
| 接生 接生 | to deliver (a newborn child) | |
| 今生 今生 | this life | |
| 带上 帶上 | to take along with one | |
| 变回 變回 | to revert; to change back into | |
| 孩 孩 | baby, child; children | |
| 玩意 玩意 | toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) | |
| 不见得 不見得 | not necessarily; not likely | |
| 斤 斤 | catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g | |
| 走开 走開 | to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside | |
| 入口 入口 | entrance; to import | |
| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 月亮 月亮 | the moon | |
| 等到 等到 | to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) | |
| 平常 平常 | ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily | |
| 洗澡 洗澡 | to bathe; to take a shower | |
| 大声 大聲 | loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly | |
| 碰到 碰到 | to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit | |
| 便宜 便宜 | convenient | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 感动 感動 | to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving | |
| 道理 道理 | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification | |
| 安静 安靜 | quiet; peaceful; calm | |
| 草 艸 | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 看法 看法 | way of looking at a thing; view; opinion | |
| 闻 聞 | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at | |
| 故意 故意 | deliberately; on purpose | |
| 主人 主人 | master; host; owner | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 练 練 | to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 放下 放下 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 随时 隨時 | at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 讲话 講話 | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address | |
| 出发 出發 | to set off; to start (on a journey) | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 一生 一生 | all one's life; throughout one's life | |
| 占 佔 | to take possession of; to occupy; to take up | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over |