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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hái yǒu furthermore; in addition; still; also HSK 1
zhǎo to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change HSK 1
shéi who; also pr. [shuí] HSK 1
chī to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) HSK 1
huan to like; to be fond of HSK 1
gēn heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns) HSK 1
de -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct HSK 1
zhè xiē these HSK 1
ài to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen) HSK 1
zěn me how?; what?; why? HSK 1
men you (plural) HSK 1
qián front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly HSK 1
shí jiān time; period HSK 1
jiā used in 家伙 and 家俱 HSK 1
hòu empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler HSK 1
zǒu to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 走); to change (shape, form, meaning) HSK 1
shí hou time; length of time; moment; period HSK 1
zhī dào to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhī dao] HSK 1
xiǎo small; tiny; few; young HSK 1
next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time HSK 1
ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation HSK 1
zài again; once more; re-; second; another; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) HSK 1
zuì most; the most; -est (superlative suffix) HSK 1
tài highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely HSK 1
chū to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc HSK 1
děng class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; to wait for; to await; et cetera; and so on; et al. (and other authors); after; as soon as; once HSK 1
tiān day; sky; heaven HSK 1
liǎng two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) HSK 1
duō many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]); (bound form) multi-; poly- HSK 1
yòng to use; to employ; to have to; to eat or drink; expense or outlay; usefulness; hence; therefore HSK 1
nián year HSK 1
xiàn zài now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays HSK 1
zhēn really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine HSK 1
lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 里 HSK 1
zhòng to hit (the mark); to be hit by; to suffer; to win (a prize, a lottery) HSK 1
cóng from; through; via; to follow; to obey; to engage in (an activity); never (in negative sentence); (Taiwan pr. [zòng]) retainer; assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor HSK 1
xià down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action HSK 1
big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother) HSK 1
méi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not HSK 1
guò to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too- HSK 1
ba (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume. HSK 1
diǎn point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order (food in a restaurant); to touch briefly; to hint; to light; to ignite; to pour a liquid drop by drop; (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更; dot stroke in Chinese characters; classifier for items HSK 1
shén me what?; something; anything HSK 1
zuò to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner) HSK 1
kān to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard HSK 1
men they HSK 1
méi yǒu haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be HSK 1
gěi to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier) HSK 1
néng can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy HSK 1
xiǎng to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) HSK 1