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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| 责任 責任 | responsibility; blame; duty | |
| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 力量 力量 | power; force; strength | |
| 安排 安排 | to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans | |
| 城 城 | city walls; city; town | |
| 理解 理解 | to comprehend; to understand | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 性 性 | nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 另外 另外 | additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore | |
| 曾经 曾經 | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 伤 傷 | to injure; injury; wound | |
| 任务 任務 | mission; assignment; task; duty; role | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 代表 代表 | representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of | |
| 除了 除了 | besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 终于 終於 | at last; in the end; finally; eventually | |
| 整个 整個 | whole; entire; total | |
| 注意 注意 | to take note of; to pay attention to | |
| 强 強 | stubborn; unyielding | |
| 成功 成功 | Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan | |
| 解决 解決 | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) | |
| 消息 消息 | news; information | |
| 部 部 | ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 使 使 | to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger | |
| 受 受 | to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 决定 決定 | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 一切 一切 | everything; every; all | |
| 美 美 | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 关系 關係 | relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 继续 繼續 | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with | |
| 比赛 比賽 | competition (sports etc); match; to compete | |
| 情况 情況 | circumstances; state of affairs; situation | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 发生 發生 | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out |