A Chinese Tall Story 2005
情癫大圣
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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Vocabulary
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| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 提前 提前 | to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 导演 導演 | to direct; director (film etc) | |
| 化 化 | to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 足够 足夠 | enough; sufficient | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 演员 演員 | actor or actress; performer | |
| 停止 停止 | to stop; to halt; to cease | |
| 文化 文化 | culture; civilization; cultural | |
| 共同 共同 | common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 制造 製造 | to manufacture; to make | |
| 世纪 世紀 | century | |
| 猪 豬 | hog; pig; swine | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 消失 消失 | to disappear; to fade away | |
| 抓住 抓住 | to grab hold of; to capture | |
| 不仅 不僅 | not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) | |
| 充满 充滿 | full of; brimming with; very full; permeated | |
| 准 准 | to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 伟大 偉大 | huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) | |
| 有效 有效 | effective; in effect; valid | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 直到 直到 | until | |
| 感受 感受 | to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience | |
| 刀 刀 | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs | |
| 理由 理由 | reason; grounds; justification | |
| 破 破 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 感情 感情 | emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 群 羣 | group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc | |
| 牛 牛 | ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 反应 反應 | to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 挂 掛 | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) | |
| 仅 僅 | barely; only; merely | |
| 人类 人類 | humanity; human race; mankind | |
| 属于 屬於 | to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of | |
| 同意 同意 | to agree; to consent; to approve | |
| 赢 贏 | to beat; to win; to profit | |
| 失去 失去 | to lose |