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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jiǎ zhuāng to feign; to pretend HSK 7
shēng strange; unfamiliar HSK 7
chéng penalty; punishment; to punish HSK 7
làng wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble HSK 7
huì city; metropolis HSK 7
piàn to deceive; to cheat HSK 7
miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
yào otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
zhòu universe; cosmos HSK 7
guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
shuǎi to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb) HSK 7
kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
qiǎng jié to rob; looting HSK 7
zhì (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite HSK 7
quán fist; boxing HSK 7
shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) HSK 7
hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
xìng gǎn sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality; sexy HSK 7
square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively HSK 7
luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
xiāng cán shā to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife Idiom ∼HSK 6
lěng ruò bīng shuāng as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner; frigid Idiom ∼HSK 6
xuán lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom); fig. to act in the nick of time Idiom ∼HSK 6
hòu huǐ too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event. Idiom ∼HSK 6
zhí to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
chòu (coll.) self-important; puffed up Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
yǎng (coll.) to need a spanking Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
xiǎo yàng galley proof (printing); unimpressive; (coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
zhèng xié opposition between vital energy and pathogeny (TCM) ∼HSK 6
(of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk ∼HSK 6
jīng wén scripture text ∼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
biāo subtitle (of a book etc); subheading ∼HSK 6
gōng centipede ∼HSK 6
lǎo Sūn this old Sun (Wukong's self-reference) ∼HSK 6