Journey to the West

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Monkey King Wreaks Havoc in the Palace of Heaven

S1E3 · 大圣闹天宫 dàshèng nào tiāngōng

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称兄道弟 稱兄道弟 chēng xiōng dào dì to address each other as brothers (idiom); to be on intimate, sworn-brother terms Idiom ∼HSK 7
干戈 干戈 gān gē weapons of war; arms HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
就任 就任 jiù rèn to take office; to assume a post HSK 7
竟敢 竟敢 jìng gǎn to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
参见 參見 cān jiàn to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to HSK 7
焚烧 焚燒 fén shāo to burn; to set on fire HSK 7
掌管 掌管 zhǎng guǎn in charge of; to control HSK 7
高低 高低 gāo dī height; altitude (aviation); pitch (music); ups and downs (success or failure); whether sth is right or wrong; comparative strength, weight, depth, stature; (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever; eventually, in the end HSK 7
盛会 盛會 shèng huì pageant; distinguished meeting HSK 7
绞 絞 jiǎo to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring; to hang (by the neck); to turn; to wind; classifier for skeins of yarn HSK 7
神仙 神仙 shén xiān Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person HSK 7
差错 差錯 chā cuò mistake; slip-up; fault; error; accident; mishap HSK 7
担当 擔當 dān dāng to take upon oneself; to assume HSK 7
炼 煉 liàn to refine; to smelt HSK 7
扰乱 擾亂 rǎo luàn to disturb; to perturb; to harass HSK 7
斩 斬 zhǎn to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop HSK 7
至此 至此 zhì cǐ up until now; so far HSK 7
株 株 zhū tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant; classifier for trees or plants; strain (biology); to involve others (in shady business) HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
劈 劈 pī to hack; to chop; to split open; (of lightning) to strike HSK 7
天地 天地 tiān dì heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity HSK 7
赴 赴 fù to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc) HSK 7
匹配 匹配 pǐ pèi to mate or marry; to match; matching; compatible HSK 7
哄 哄 hōng roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd) HSK 7
兜 兜 dōu pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old) HSK 7
邀 邀 yāo to invite; to request; to intercept; to solicit; to seek HSK 7
八卦 八卦 bā guà the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经; gossip; gossipy HSK 7
性命 性命 xìng mìng life HSK 7
赐 賜 cì to confer; to bestow; to grant; Taiwan pr. [sì] HSK 7
制服 制服 zhì fú to subdue; to check; to bring under control; (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; uniform (army, party, school etc); livery (for company employees) HSK 7
乃 乃 nǎi to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon HSK 7
钢 鋼 gāng steel HSK 7
盗 盜 dào to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber HSK 7
凡 凡 fán ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
押 押 yā to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign HSK 7
监管 監管 jiān guǎn to oversee; to take charge of; to supervise; to administer; supervisory; supervision HSK 7
哎呀 哎呀 āi yā interjection of wonder, shock or admiration HSK 7
讨 討 tǎo to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study HSK 7
驾 駕 Jià surname Jia HSK 7
免 免 miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
依 依 yī to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
寻 尋 xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7
告 告 gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
率 率 lǜ rate; frequency HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
唉 唉 āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
粉 粉 fěn powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of HSK 7