Journey to the West

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The Birth of Monkey King

S1E1 · 猴王初问世 hóuwáng chū wènshì

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4.08 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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腾云驾雾 騰雲駕霧 téng yún jià wù to mount the clouds and ride the mist (idiom); fig. to travel as an immortal; to feel giddy or in a daze Idiom ∼HSK 7
自由自在 自由自在 zì yóu zì zài free and easy (idiom); carefree; leisurely Idiom HSK 7
怪物 怪物 guài wu monster; freak; eccentric person Xiehouyu HSK 7
出神 出神 chū shén spellbound; entranced; lost in thought HSK 7
祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation HSK 7
不服 不服 bù fú not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to HSK 7
拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior HSK 7
喧哗 喧嘩 xuān huá hubbub; clamor; to make a racket HSK 7
苦练 苦練 kǔ liàn to train hard; to practice diligently; hard work; blood, sweat, and tears HSK 7
卖弄 賣弄 mài nong to show off; to make a display of HSK 7
指教 指教 zhǐ jiào to give advice or comments HSK 7
冲撞 衝撞 chōng zhuàng to collide; jerking motion; to impinge; to offend; to provoke HSK 7
竟敢 竟敢 jìng gǎn to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to HSK 7
清静 清靜 qīng jìng quiet; peaceful and quiet HSK 7
山路 山路 shān lù mountain road HSK 7
弟子 弟子 dì zǐ disciple; follower HSK 7
秘方 祕方 mì fāng secret recipe HSK 7
茫茫 茫茫 máng máng boundless; vast and obscure HSK 7
隐身 隱身 yǐn shēn to hide oneself; invisible (person or online status) HSK 7
妖怪 妖怪 yāo guài monster; devil HSK 7
日后 日後 rì hòu sometime; someday (in the future) HSK 7
传授 傳授 chuán shòu to impart; to pass on; to teach HSK 7
神仙 神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person HSK 7
虔诚 虔誠 qián chéng pious; devout; sincere HSK 7
举止 舉止 jǔ zhǐ bearing; manner; mien HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
筋 筋 jīn muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable) HSK 7
至此 至此 zhì cǐ up until now; so far HSK 7
捆 捆 kǔn a bunch; to tie together; bundle HSK 7
保重 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7
稀 稀 xī rare; uncommon; watery; sparse HSK 7
腾 騰 téng (bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action) HSK 7
饶 饒 Ráo surname Rao HSK 7
何处 何處 hé chù whence; where HSK 7
来回 來回 lái huí to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly HSK 7
丸 丸 wán ball; pellet; pill HSK 7
骚扰 騷擾 sāo rǎo to disturb; to cause a commotion; to harass HSK 7
深夜 深夜 shēn yè very late at night HSK 7
辣椒 辣椒 là jiāo hot pepper; chili HSK 7
捧 捧 pěng to clasp; to cup the hands; to hold up with both hands; to offer (esp. in cupped hands); to praise; to flatter HSK 7
壮 壯 Zhuàng Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group HSK 7
顺着 順著 shùn zhe to follow; following; along HSK 7
乃 乃 nǎi to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon HSK 7
捞 撈 lāo to fish up; to dredge up HSK 7
震 震 zhèn to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing thunder; ☳ HSK 7
胳膊 胳膊 gē bo arm HSK 7
功 功 gōng meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) HSK 7
天生 天生 tiān shēng nature; disposition; innate; natural HSK 7
亦 亦 yì also HSK 7
不准 不准 bù zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7