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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| 本行 本行 | one's line; one's own profession | Xiehouyu |
| 不动 不動 | motionless | Xiehouyu |
| 不客气 不客氣 | you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt | Xiehouyu |
| 好听 好聽 | pleasant to hear | Xiehouyu |
| 没关系 沒關係 | it doesn't matter | Xiehouyu |
| 好吃 好吃 | tasty; delicious | Xiehouyu |
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乹 | dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 对不对 對不對 | right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 奶奶 奶奶 | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts | Colloquialism |
| 菜 菜 | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor | Colloquialism |
| 肉 肉 | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 | Colloquialism |
| 山 山 | mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 莎车 莎車 | Yeken nahiyisi (Yarkand county or Shache) in Kashgar prefecture, west Xinjiang | Proper Noun |
| 南天门 南天門 | South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai; (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace | Proper Noun |
| 上都 上都 | Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) | Proper Noun |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 中人 中人 | go-between; mediator; intermediary | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 百年 百年 | hundred years; century; lifetime | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 放开 放開 | to let go; to release | |
| 上天 上天 | Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 痞子 痞子 | ruffian; hooligan | |
| 爱上 愛上 | to fall in love with; to be in love with | |
| 还手 還手 | to hit back; to retaliate | |
| 你我 你我 | you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) | |
| 出家人 出家人 | monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist) | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together |