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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Vocabulary

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kǎo roast chicken ∼HSK 6
guān honored customer (sir) ∼HSK 6
lǎo uncle (polite form of address for older male) ∼HSK 6
yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
Èr láng shén Erlangshen, Chinese deity ∼HSK 6
tiān tíng Celestial Court ∼HSK 6
xié wài dào evil spirits and heretical ways (idiom); heterodox cults; deviant practices ∼HSK 6
how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple ∼HSK 6
to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month) ∼HSK 6
lài shameless; (slang) rascal ∼HSK 6
zhǐ not only; far from; more than ∼HSK 6
jǐng liàn necklace ∼HSK 6
shì fair; market (in a public place); small town ∼HSK 6
shuǎi diào to throw off; to abandon; to cast off; to get rid of; to dump ∼HSK 6
ēn ài loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love ∼HSK 6
lǎo Sūn this old Sun (Wukong's self-reference) ∼HSK 6
jué zhàn to fight to the death; a decisive last-ditch battle (idiom) ∼HSK 6
piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
cháng piān lùn a lengthy harangue; a long-winded speech or essay (idiom) ∼HSK 6
zuì zhī yǒu what crime is there in this? (idiom); how can this be considered an offense? ∼HSK 6
yǒu píng yǒu to have evidence and proof; well-grounded, backed up by facts (idiom) ∼HSK 6
shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
zuì guo sin; offense ∼HSK 6
yāo hóu demon monkey ∼HSK 6
shōu to subdue; to force to capitulate; to reduce to submission; to soothe ∼HSK 6
xiāo to not need; needless (to say) ∼HSK 6
pínsēng this humble monk ∼HSK 6
gǎn huà corrective influence; to reform (a criminal); redemption (of a sinner); to influence (a malefactor to a better life); to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example ∼HSK 6
wèi utterly fearless ∼HSK 6
jīng sycophant; toady; bootlicker ∼HSK 6
mào měi huā (of a woman) lovely as a flower (idiom); beautiful ∼HSK 6
sān qiè three wives and four concubines (idiom); a household full of women; polygamy ∼HSK 6
shí xiāng mán truth to tell; to be quite honest... ∼HSK 6
xīn - kǒu (idiom) to accept wholeheartedly; to embrace; to be won over ∼HSK 6
xiā gǎo to fool around; to mess with; to do sth without a plan ∼HSK 6
zhǔ rén hostess; mistress ∼HSK 6
tuò to spit on and curse; to revile ∼HSK 6
jiàn zhǐ (fig.) to target; to set one's sights on (a goal, problem etc) ∼HSK 6
yāo evil spirit ∼HSK 6
páng xiè crab ∼HSK 6
gu to mutter; to feel apprehensive ∼HSK 6
xiōng pectoral muscles ∼HSK 6
xuè ròu - hu (idiom) badly mangled or mutilated; gruesome ∼HSK 6
bǎi nián zhī hòu lit. after a hundred years (idiom); euphemism for after one's death ∼HSK 6
duàn steep cliff; crag; precipice ∼HSK 6
cháng tàn long sigh; deep sigh ∼HSK 6
tāo chū to fish out; to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) ∼HSK 6
tuī sān tuī to make all sorts of excuses; to keep putting things off (idiom) ∼HSK 6
píng fán marvelous; marvelously ∼HSK 6