The Monkey King

The Monkey King 2014

西游记之大闹天宫 xīyóujì zhī dànàotiāngōng

Sun Wukong is a monkey born from a heavenly stone who acquires supernatural powers. After rebelling against heaven and being imprisoned under a mountain for 500 years, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to India. Thus, according to legend, Buddhism is brought to ancient China.

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4.68 Intermediate Director Soi Cheang IMDb 4.9

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龙宫 龍宮 lóng gōng palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea ∼HSK 6
攻破 攻破 gōng pò to make a breakthrough; to break through; to breach (military) ∼HSK 6
擅闯 擅闖 shàn chuǎng to enter without permission; to trespass ∼HSK 6
筋斗云 筋斗雲 jīn dǒu yún Sun Wukong's magical cloud ∼HSK 6
何故 何故 hé gù what for?; what's the reason? ∼HSK 6
恕罪 恕罪 shù zuì please forgive me ∼HSK 6
进犯 進犯 jìn fàn to invade ∼HSK 6
切勿 切勿 qiè wù by no means ∼HSK 6
懈怠 懈怠 xiè dài slack; lazy; remiss ∼HSK 6
诛灭 誅滅 zhū miè to wipe out; to exterminate ∼HSK 6
猢狲 猢猻 húsūn monkey (pejorative) ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
灰烬 灰燼 huī jìn ashes ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
大圣 大聖 dà shèng great sage; mahatma; king; emperor; outstanding personage; Buddha ∼HSK 6
成仙 成仙 chéng xiān become an immortal ∼HSK 6
缘起 緣起 yuán qǐ to originate; origin; genesis; account of the origins of an endeavor ∼HSK 6
盘古开天地 盤古開天地 pán gǔ kāi tiān dì Pangu created the world (idiom); the dawn of creation in Chinese mythology; the very beginning ∼HSK 6
不甘心 不甘心 bù gān xīn not reconciled to; not resigned to ∼HSK 6
大权 大權 dà quán power; authority ∼HSK 6
好自为之 好自為之 hǎo zì wéi zhī to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself; you're on your own ∼HSK 6
踏足 踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc); to tread; (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) ∼HSK 6
残垣断壁 殘垣斷壁 cán yuán duàn bì lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom); fig. scene of devastation; ruins ∼HSK 6
何事 何事 hé shì what matter ∼HSK 6
祖师 祖師 zǔ shī patriarch (founder) ∼HSK 6
善用 善用 shàn yòng to be good at using (sth); to put (sth) to good use ∼HSK 6
善恶 善惡 shàn è good and evil; good versus evil ∼HSK 6
小徒 小徒 xiǎo tú humble disciple ∼HSK 6
聪颖 聰穎 cōng yǐng smart; intelligent ∼HSK 6
先祖 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather; (literary) ancestors ∼HSK 6
先兆 先兆 xiān zhào omen ∼HSK 6
练功 練功 liàn gōng to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 6
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
这般 這般 zhè bān in this way ∼HSK 6
正果 正果 zhēng guǒ true attainment (Buddhist) ∼HSK 6
宝殿 寶殿 bǎo diàn treasure hall ∼HSK 6
昏庸 昏庸 hūn yōng muddleheaded ∼HSK 6
踏进 踏進 tà jìn to set foot in; to tread (in or on); to walk into ∼HSK 6
报恩 報恩 bào ēn to pay a debt of gratitude; to repay a kindness ∼HSK 6
出入平安 出入平安 chū rù píng ān lit. peace when you come or go; peace wherever you go ∼HSK 6
何方 何方 hé fāng from where ∼HSK 6
灵性 靈性 líng xìng spiritual nature; spirituality; intelligence (esp. in animals) ∼HSK 6
陶冶情操 陶冶情操 táo yě qíng cāo to cultivate one's mind; to build character ∼HSK 6
低俗 低俗 dī sú vulgar; poor taste ∼HSK 6
有情 有情 yǒu qíng to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism) ∼HSK 6
大禹治水 大禹治水 dà yǔ zhì shuǐ Yu the Great tames the floods (idiom); the legendary emperor Yu's flood control; great toil for the public good ∼HSK 6
蜃楼海市 蜃樓海市 shèn lóu hǎi shì mirage; castles in the air (idiom); an illusory, unattainable vision ∼HSK 6
窝藏 窩藏 wō cáng to harbor; to shelter ∼HSK 6
路见不平 路見不平 lù jiàn bù píng to see injustice on the road (and step in to help); to right wrongs one encounters (idiom) ∼HSK 6
作恶 作惡 zuò è to do evil ∼HSK 6