Journey to the West 2023
宇宙探索编辑部
Tang Zhijun, an editor of a science fiction magazine, attempts to find signs of an alien civilisation. When a strange young man claims to have received instructions from aliens, Tang and his team follow him in search of extraterrestrial creatures.
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Vocabulary
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| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 娃儿 娃兒 | children (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 扒拉 扒拉 | (coll.) to push lightly; to flick to one side; to get rid of | Colloquialism |
| 脑壳 腦殼 | (coll.) head; skull; (fig.) brains (mental capacity) | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 雷 雷 | thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (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)? | |
| 表面上 表面上 | outwardly; superficially; on the face of it | |
| 宇航服 宇航服 | spacesuit | |
| 有缘 有緣 | related; brought together by fate | |
| 啥子 啥子 | (dialect) what | |
| 杂志社 雜誌社 | magazine publisher | |
| 百分之 百分之 | percent | |
| 繁衍 繁衍 | to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity | |
| 仰望 仰望 | to look up at; to look up to sb hopefully | |
| 无线电波 無線電波 | radio wave | |
| 闭上 閉上 | to close; to shut up | |
| 临死 臨死 | facing death; at death's door | |
| 看不清 看不清 | not able to see clearly | |
| 麻雀 麻雀 | sparrow; (dialect) mahjong | |
| 添麻烦 添麻煩 | to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience | |
| 播送 播送 | to broadcast; to transmit; to beam | |
| 遮住 遮住 | to cover (up); to block; to obstruct; to shade | |
| 仙姑 仙姑 | female immortal; sorceress | |
| 扑棱 撲棱 | (onom.) fluttering or flapping of wings | |
| 谜题 謎題 | puzzle; riddle | |
| 飘荡 飄盪 | to drift; to wave; to float on the waves; to flutter in the wind | |
| 亲临 親臨 | to visit in person; to personally attend | |
| 精装 精裝 | hardcover (book); elaborately packaged; opposite: | |
| 衍变 衍變 | to develop; to evolve | |
| 碳水化合物 碳水化合物 | carbohydrate | |
| 摄入 攝入 | to take in; to absorb; to consume; intake; consumption | |
| 口腹之欲 口腹之慾 | desire for good food | |
| 藩篱 藩籬 | hedge; fence; (fig.) barrier | |
| 倒腾 倒騰 | to move; to shift; to exchange; to buy and sell; peddling | |
| 神经细胞 神經細胞 | nerve cell; neuron | |
| 寻思 尋思 | to consider; to ponder | |
| 媳妇儿 媳婦兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 宇宙射线 宇宙射線 | cosmic ray | |
| 天文台 天文臺 | astronomical observatory | |
| 红超巨星 紅超巨星 | red supergiant (star) | |
| 叠加 疊加 | to superimpose; to layer; to overlay; to superpose | |
| 苦肉计 苦肉計 | the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence | |
| 司仪 司儀 | master of ceremonies (MC) | |
| 飘散 飄散 | to waft (through the air); to drift | |
| 余晖 餘暉 | twilight; afterglow | |
| 坎坷 坎坷 | (of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes | |
| 畏途 畏途 | dangerous road; (fig.) perilous or intimidating undertaking | |
| 下凡 下凡 | (of immortals) to descend to the human world |