A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella 1995

西 huà yóu zhī shèng qīn

This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing.

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4.52 Intermediate Director Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai IMDb 7.8

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àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
chǐ cun size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) Colloquialism HSK 4
bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
kōng Sun Wukong (Monkey King) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Sūn kōng Sun Wukong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Niú wáng Gyuumao Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Guānyīn Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Táng Sānzàng Tang Sanzang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhū Bājiè Zhu Bajie Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
huáng Jade Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
shuǐ lián dòng Water Curtain Cave Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tángsēng Tang Sanzang (Monk Tang) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
huǒ yàn shān Flaming Mountains Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Bājiè Zhu Bajie (Pigsy) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
tiān shèng Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Lín Qīng xiá Brigitte Lin (1954-), Taiwanese actress Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Guān shì yīn Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shāsēng Sha Wujing (Sandy) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西 西 shī Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties, given by King Gou Jian of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
dài shang to put on (hat etc) ∼HSK 4
cái guài it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative) ∼HSK 4
Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2] ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
xiàn envy, admire; praise; covet ∼HSK 4
Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
méi bàn there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
shuì xǐng to wake up ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
kòu shǒu to kowtow; also written ∼HSK 4
hǎi lit. sea of bitterness; abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term); depths of misery ∼HSK 4
tiān wáng the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra); the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha ∼HSK 4
xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
jiào xǐng to awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse ∼HSK 4
shì decorate, ornament, adorn ∼HSK 4
touch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact) ∼HSK 4
kāi to avoid; to evade; to keep away from ∼HSK 4
filthy, dirty, impure, polluted ∼HSK 4
duī pile ∼HSK 4
shēn chū to extend ∼HSK 4
rén shéi guò Everyone makes mistakes (idiom) ∼HSK 4