A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box 1995

西 huà yóu zhī yuèguāng bǎo

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

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yǎn eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) HSK 2
wǎng to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous HSK 2
zuò seat; base; stand; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座; classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects HSK 2
gǎn xiè (express) thanks; gratitude; grateful; thankful; thanks HSK 2
zhuāng adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack HSK 2
hǎo xiàng as if; to seem like HSK 2
yuàn to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth) HSK 2
Hēi abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 HSK 2
zhèng cháng regular; normal; ordinary HSK 2
gāng gang just recently; just a moment ago HSK 2
quán whole; all HSK 2
jiāo to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of 跤 HSK 2
tào to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ) HSK 2
suàn to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute HSK 2
guò lái to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of HSK 2
dǒng to understand; to comprehend HSK 2
duàn paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc HSK 2
kuài happy; joyful HSK 2
liǎn face HSK 2
kào to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) HSK 2
fèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 HSK 2
miàn face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc HSK 2
yǒng yuǎn forever; eternal HSK 2
fāng method; way; means HSK 2
Yuè generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 HSK 2
wéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) HSK 2
piān disk; sheet HSK 2
shēng to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student HSK 2
kāi to depart; to leave HSK 2
gǎi biàn to change; to alter; to transform HSK 2
diào to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) HSK 2
zhēn zhèng genuine; real; true; really; indeed HSK 2
bàn means; method; way (of doing sth) HSK 2
qián before; formerly; previous; ago HSK 2
dāng shí then; at that time; while HSK 2
to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious HSK 2
jiā to add; plus; (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) HSK 2
biàn to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion HSK 2
qiú to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech HSK 2
wán chéng to complete; to accomplish HSK 2
néng gòu to be capable of; to be able to; can HSK 2
dào road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) HSK 2
jiē shòu to accept; to receive HSK 2
yǒu rén someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) HSK 2
tóng different; distinct; not the same; not alike HSK 2
zhǐ yào if only; so long as HSK 2
suī rán although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc) HSK 2
xiāng xìn to be convinced (that sth is true); to believe; to accept sth as true HSK 2
xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random HSK 2
hòu after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future HSK 2