A Chinese Tall Story

A Chinese Tall Story 2005

qíng diān shèng

The young monk Taka and his three disciples are captured by a demonic tree. Taka manages to escape thanks to the magic stick of Monkey King and decided to go free his companions. En route, he encounters a strange ally called Meiyan, a girl who is half-human and half monster. As Taka and his new friend set off on a fantastic adventure they will face many hardships and battles and may very well decide the fate of humanity and the entire universe...

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4.15 Intermediate Director Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai IMDb 4.9

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Vocabulary

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Shī grant, bestow; give; act; name ∼HSK 4
zhì wisdom, knowledge, intelligence ∼HSK 4
cún to deposit; to store; to leave sth with sb ∼HSK 4
chóng insects, worms; KangXi radical 142 ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
wáng dào the Way of the King; statecraft; benevolent rule; virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道 ∼HSK 4
měi charm; loveliness (of a woman) ∼HSK 4
wáng king; magnate; person having expert skill in something ∼HSK 4
crow, rook, raven; black, dark ∼HSK 4
méi bàn there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
tóng dào same principle ∼HSK 4
jiù bīng relief troops; reinforcements ∼HSK 4
jiù at this point; thus; from then on ∼HSK 4
wěi tail, extremity; end, stern ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
è demon; fiend ∼HSK 4
bīng shí ice age ∼HSK 4
Ān Anle District of Keelung City, Taiwan ∼HSK 4
fēng huǒ lún (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting; (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha; (fig.) never-ending treadmill ∼HSK 4
subterranean; underground ∼HSK 4
yǒng shì a warrior; a brave person ∼HSK 4
chōng jìn to rush in; to charge in ∼HSK 4
lái to come with a specific purpose in mind ∼HSK 4
chū yán where do these words stem from?; why do you (he, etc) say such a thing? ∼HSK 4
chàn huǐ to repent; (religion) to confess ∼HSK 4
lún dào to be (sb's or sth's) turn ∼HSK 4
Bèi sea shell; money, currency ∼HSK 4
xīn qiè eager; impatient; guileless ∼HSK 4
luò to deal with (an offender) ∼HSK 4
luò sundown; sunset ∼HSK 4
yīn because of this ∼HSK 4
wèi liè to rank ∼HSK 4
xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
shuō shuō ér nothing serious; just hot air ∼HSK 4
kàn bu to look down upon; to despise HSK 4
arrogant idler; self-centered show-off HSK 4
liú chuán to spread; to circulate; to hand down HSK 4
wèi not necessarily; maybe not HSK 4
in silence; not speaking HSK 4
dòu fu tofu; bean curd HSK 4
shuài handsome guy; lady-killer; handsome (form of address) HSK 4
xiàn time limit; deadline; allotted time HSK 4
méi cuò that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong HSK 4
zhāo hu to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not HSK 4
wān to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc) HSK 4
bèi to be compelled; to be forced HSK 4
shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
zuǐ ba mouth; slap in the face HSK 4
xiàn unlimited; unbounded HSK 4
nán male-female; male and female HSK 4