Lotus Lantern 1999
宝莲灯
A young boy named Chen Xiang uses a magical lotus lantern to search for and rescue his mother, a goddess, from the cruel punishment she received from her brother, the king of the gods, for falling in love with a mortal man.
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Vocabulary
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| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 五行 五行 | five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 | |
| 坐视 坐視 | to stand by and watch; to look on passively | |
| 机 機 | desk; machine; moment | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 花儿 花兒 | style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia | |
| 人中 人中 | philtrum; infranasal depression; the "human center" acupuncture point | |
| 拿下 拿下 | to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc) | |
| 爸妈 爸媽 | dad and mom | |
| 每个 每個 | each; every | |
| 要不是 要不是 | if it were not for; but for | |
| 中文 中文 | Chinese language | |
| 地图 地圖 | map | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 妹 妹 | younger sister | |
| 贵 貴 | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 忘记 忘記 | to forget | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 来到 來到 | to arrive; to come | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 高兴 高興 | happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood | |
| 字 字 | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 名字 名字 | name (of a person or thing) | |
| 唱 唱 | to sing; to call loudly; to chant | |
| 那里 那裏 | there; that place | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | |
| 明白 明白 | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize | |
| 儿子 兒子 | son | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 远 遠 | far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed | |
| 动 動 | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb | |
| 晚 晚 | evening; night; late | |
| 回家 回家 | to return home | |
| 跑 跑 | (of an animal) to paw (the ground) | |
| 哪 哪 | how; which | |
| 别的 別的 | else; other | |
| 少 少 | few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom | |
| 错 錯 | mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver | |
| 妈妈 媽媽 | mama; mommy; mother | |
| 多少 多少 | number; amount; somewhat |