第062回 At the Sacrifice Kingdom the Pagoda's Stolen Treasure Is Sought

第062回Chapter 62

第

dì — 1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 (dì liù) "sixth") 2. (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed 3. (old) residence of a high official 4. (literary) but; however 5. (literary) only; just

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Huí — Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) (HSK 1)

這一篇詞，牌名《臨江仙》，單道唐三藏師徒四眾水火既濟，本性清涼。This lyric, to the tune “Immortal by the River,” tells only how Tang Sanzang and his fourfold company, having brought water and fire into harmony, recovered the cool purity of their true nature.借得純陰寶扇，搧息燥火過山。They borrowed the precious fan of pure yin, fanned out the scorching flames, and crossed the mountain.不一日行過了八百之程，師徒們散誕逍遙，向西而去。Before many days had passed, they had covered all eight hundred li; carefree and at ease, master and disciples continued westward.正值秋末冬初時序，見了些：It was just at the turn from late autumn to early winter, and they saw such sights as these:

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

篇

piān — 1. sheet 2. piece of writing 3. bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) 4. classifier for written items: chapter, article (HSK 2)

詞

cí — 1. word 2. statement; speech; lyrics 3. a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 (Sòng cháo) (classifier: 首 (shǒu)) (HSK 2)

牌

pái — 1. signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (classifier: 塊 (kuài)) 2. brand; trademark 3. mahjong tile; domino; playing card (classifier: 張 (zhāng)) 4. (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌 (cí pái) and 曲牌 (qǔ pái)) (HSK 4)

名

míng — 1. name 2. noun (part of speech) 3. place (e.g. among winners) 4. famous 5. classifier for people (HSK 2)

臨江

Lín jiāng — see 臨江市 (Lín jiāng Shì)

仙

xiān — immortal

單

Shàn — surname Shan (HSK 4)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

唐三藏

Táng Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the central character of the 16th century novel "Journey to the West" 西遊記 (Xī yóu jì), based on the monk Xuanzang 玄奘 (Xuán zàng) (602–664)

師徒

shī tú — master and disciple

四

sì — 1. four 2. 4 (HSK 1)

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

水

Shuǐ — 1. surname Shui 2. Shui ethnic group (HSK 1)

火

Huǒ — surname Huo (HSK 3)

既

jì — 1. already 2. since 3. both... (and...) (HSK 4)

濟

Jǐ — 1. used in place names associated with the Ji River 濟水 (Jǐ Shuǐ) 2. surname Ji

本性

běn xìng — 1. natural instincts 2. nature 3. inherent quality (HSK 7-9)

清涼

qīng liáng — 1. cool 2. refreshing 3. (of clothing) skimpy 4. revealing (HSK 7-9)

借

jiè — 1. to borrow 2. (used in combination with 給 (gěi) or 出 (chū) etc) to lend 3. to make use of; to avail oneself of 4. (sometimes followed by 著 (zhe)) by; with (HSK 2)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

純

chún — 1. pure 2. simple 3. unmixed 4. genuine (HSK 4)

陰

Yīn — surname Yin (HSK 2)

寶

bǎo — 1. jewel 2. gem 3. treasure 4. precious (HSK 4)

扇

shān — 1. to fan 2. to slap sb on the face (HSK 5)

搧

shān — variant of 扇 (shān)

息

xī — 1. breath 2. news 3. interest (on an investment or loan) 4. to cease 5. to stop 6. to rest 7. Taiwan pr. (xí)

燥

zào — 1. dry; parched 2. impatient; vexed 3. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. (sào)) minced meat

火

Huǒ — surname Huo (HSK 3)

過

Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)

山

Shān — surname Shan (HSK 1)

不一

bù yī — 1. to vary 2. to differ

日

rì — 1. (bound form) sun 2. day 3. day of the month 4. (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本 (Rì běn)) 5. (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with (HSK 1)

行

háng — 1. (bound form) row; line 2. (bound form) line of business; trade; profession 3. (bound form) commercial firm 4. (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) 5. (in data tables) row; (Tw) column 6. classifier for rows or lines (HSK 1)

過

Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

八

bā — eight (HSK 1)

百

Bǎi — surname Bai (HSK 1)

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

程

Chéng — surname Cheng

師徒

shī tú — master and disciple

們

men — plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

散誕

sǎn dàn — free and unfettered

逍遙

xiāo yáo — free and unfettered

向

Xiàng — surname Xiang (HSK 2)

西

Xī — 1. the West 2. abbr. for Spain 西班牙 (Xī bān yá) 3. Spanish (HSK 1)

而

ér — 1. and 2. as well as 3. and so 4. but (not) 5. yet (not) 6. (indicates causal relation) 7. (indicates change of state) 8. (indicates contrast) (HSK 4)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

正值

zhèng zhí — 1. just at the time of 2. honest 3. upright 4. (math.) positive value

秋

Qiū — surname Qiu

末

me — variant of 麼 (me) (HSK 4)

冬

dōng — winter

初

chū — 1. (bound form) at first; initially 2. (bound form) first; early 3. (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三 (chū sān) "the third" (HSK 3)

時序

shí xù — 1. timing (of a signal or sequence) 2. time course

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

些

xiē — classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several (HSK 4)

这一篇词，牌名《临江仙》，单道唐三藏师徒四众水火既济，本性清凉。借得纯阴宝扇，扇息燥火过山。不一日行过了八百之程，师徒们散诞逍遥，向西而去。正值秋末冬初时序，见了些：

四眾行夠多時，前又遇城池相近。After the four travelers had journeyed for a long while, they again drew near a walled city.唐僧勒住馬，叫徒弟：「悟空，你看那廂樓閣崢嶸，是個甚麼去處？」行者擡頭觀看，乃是一座城池。Tang Seng reined in his horse and called to his disciple, “Wukong, look at those lofty towers and halls over there. What place might that be?” The Pilgrim raised his head and saw that it was a walled city.真個是：Indeed, it was a sight of this kind:

四

sì — 1. four 2. 4 (HSK 1)

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

行

háng — 1. (bound form) row; line 2. (bound form) line of business; trade; profession 3. (bound form) commercial firm 4. (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) 5. (in data tables) row; (Tw) column 6. classifier for rows or lines (HSK 1)

夠

gòu — 1. enough (sufficient) 2. enough (too much) 3. (coll.) (before adj.) really 4. (coll.) to reach by stretching out (HSK 2)

多時

duō shí — long time

前

qián — 1. front 2. forward 3. ahead 4. first 5. top (followed by a number) 6. future 7. ago 8. before 9. BC (e.g. 前293年) 10. former 11. formerly (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

遇

Yù — surname Yu (HSK 4)

城池

chéng chí — city

相近

xiāng jìn — 1. close 2. similar to

唐僧

Táng sēng — Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645

勒

lè — 1. (literary) bridle; halter; headstall 2. to rein in 3. to compel; to force 4. (literary) to carve; to engrave 5. (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc) 6. (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯 (lè kè sī)) (HSK 7-9)

住

zhù — 1. to live; to reside; to stay 2. to stop; to cease 3. (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) (HSK 1)

馬

Mǎ — 1. surname Ma 2. abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞 (Mǎ lái xī yà) (HSK 3)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

徒弟

tú dì — 1. apprentice 2. disciple (HSK 6)

悟空

Wù Kōng — Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記 (Xī Yóu Jì)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

看

kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

廂

xiāng — 1. box (in theater) 2. side room 3. side

樓閣

lóu gé — 1. building 2. pavilion

崢嶸

zhēng róng — 1. towering 2. lofty and steep (mountains) 3. extraordinary 4. outstanding

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

甚

shén — variant of 什 (shén)

麼

má — exclamatory final particle

去處

qù chù — 1. place 2. destination (HSK 7-9)

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

擡

tái — variant of 抬 (tái) (HSK 5)

頭

tóu — 1. head 2. hair style 3. the top 4. end 5. beginning or end 6. a stub 7. remnant 8. chief 9. boss 10. side 11. aspect 12. first 13. leading 14. classifier for pigs or livestock 15. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

觀看

guān kàn — to watch; to view (HSK 3)

乃是

nǎi shì — equivalent to either 是 (shì) or 就是 (jiù shì)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

座

zuò — 1. seat 2. base; stand 3. (bound form) constellation 4. (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座 (shī zuò)) 5. classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc (HSK 2)

城池

chéng chí — city

真個

zhēn gè — (dialect) really; truly; indeed

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

四众行够多时，前又遇城池相近。唐僧勒住马，叫徒弟：「悟空，你看那厢楼阁峥嵘，是个甚么去处？」行者抬头观看，乃是一座城池。真个是：

行者道：「師父，那座城池是一國帝王之所。」八戒笑道：「天下府有府城，縣有縣城，怎麼就見是帝王之所？」行者道：「你不知帝王之居，與府縣自是不同。The Pilgrim said, “Master, that city is the seat of a king.” Bajie laughed and said, “Every prefecture has its prefectural city, and every county its county town. How can you tell at a glance that this is a royal seat?” The Pilgrim said, “You do not understand: an emperor’s dwelling is naturally different from a prefecture or county town.你看他四面有十數座門，週圍有百十餘里，樓臺高聳，雲霧繽紛。Look: it has more than a dozen gates on its four sides and a circuit of over a hundred li, with lofty towers and terraces rising amid billowing clouds and mist.非帝京邦國，何以有此壯麗？」沙僧道：「哥哥眼明，雖識得是帝王之處，卻喚做甚麼名色？」行者道：「又無牌匾旌號，何以知之？If it were not an imperial capital, how could it possess such magnificence?” Shajing said, “Elder Brother has keen eyes and can tell that it is a royal seat, but what is the place called?” The Pilgrim said, “There is neither signboard nor banner; how could I know?須到城中詢問，方可知也。」We must enter the city and ask before we can find out.”

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

師父

shī fu — 1. used for 師傅 (in Taiwan) 2. master 3. qualified worker (HSK 6)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

座

zuò — 1. seat 2. base; stand 3. (bound form) constellation 4. (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座 (shī zuò)) 5. classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc (HSK 2)

城池

chéng chí — city

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

國

Guó — surname Guo (HSK 1)

帝王

dì wáng — 1. regent 2. monarch

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

所

suǒ — 1. actually 2. place 3. classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc 4. that which 5. particle introducing a relative clause or passive 6. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

八戒

Bā jiè — see 豬八戒 (Zhū Bā jiè)

笑

xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

天下

tiān xià — 1. land under heaven 2. the whole world 3. the whole of China 4. realm 5. rule (HSK 6)

府

fǔ — 1. seat of government 2. government repository (archive) 3. official residence 4. mansion 5. presidential palace 6. (honorific) Your home 7. prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

府城

fǔ chéng — 1. capital of 府 prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) 2. prefectural seat

縣

xiàn — 1. county 2. (Japan) prefecture (HSK 4)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

縣城

xiàn chéng — county seat; county town

怎麼

zěn me — 1. how? 2. what? 3. why? (HSK 1)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

帝王

dì wáng — 1. regent 2. monarch

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

所

suǒ — 1. actually 2. place 3. classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc 4. that which 5. particle introducing a relative clause or passive 6. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

不知

bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)

帝王

dì wáng — 1. regent 2. monarch

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

居

Jū — surname Ju

與

yú — variant of 歟 (yú) (HSK 6)

府

fǔ — 1. seat of government 2. government repository (archive) 3. official residence 4. mansion 5. presidential palace 6. (honorific) Your home 7. prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)

縣

xiàn — 1. county 2. (Japan) prefecture (HSK 4)

自

zì — 1. (bound form) self; oneself 2. from; since 3. naturally; as a matter of course (HSK 4)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

不同

bù tóng — 1. different 2. distinct 3. not the same 4. not alike (HSK 2)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

看

kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

四面

sì miàn — all sides

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

十數

shí shù — 1. more than ten 2. a dozen or more

座

zuò — 1. seat 2. base; stand 3. (bound form) constellation 4. (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座 (shī zuò)) 5. classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc (HSK 2)

門

Mén — surname Men (HSK 1)

週

zhōu — 1. week 2. weekly 3. variant of 周 (zhōu) (HSK 2)

圍

Wéi — surname Wei (HSK 3)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

百十

bǎi shí — a hundred or so

餘

yú — 1. extra 2. surplus 3. remaining 4. remainder after division 5. (following numerical value) or more 6. in excess of (some number) 7. residue (math.) 8. after 9. I 10. me (HSK 7-9)

里

Lǐ — surname Li (HSK 1)

樓臺

lóu tái — 1. (dialect) balcony 2. terrace 3. (literary) high building 4. tower 5. (old) stage for theatrical performance

高聳

gāo sǒng — 1. erect 2. towering 3. to stand tall

雲霧

yún wù — clouds and mist

繽紛

bīn fēn — 1. vast and various 2. rich and diverse (HSK 7-9)

非

Fēi — abbr. for 非洲 (Fēi zhōu), Africa (HSK 4)

帝京

dì jīng — imperial capital

邦國

bāng guó — 1. country 2. state

何以

hé yǐ — 1. (literary) why 2. how

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

此

cǐ — this; these (HSK 4)

壯麗

zhuàng lì — 1. magnificence 2. magnificent 3. majestic 4. glorious (HSK 7-9)

沙僧

Shā Sēng — Sha Wujing

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

哥哥

gē ge — 1. older brother 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi) (HSK 1)

眼

yǎn — 1. eye (classifier: 隻 (zhī), 雙 (shuāng)) 2. (often used with 一 (yī)) a look; a glance 3. small hole 4. (bound form) salient point 5. classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc (HSK 2)

明

Míng — 1. Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) 2. surname Ming 3. Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 (Yán dì) descended from Shennong 神農 (Shén nóng) Farmer God

雖

suī — 1. although 2. even though (HSK 6)

識得

shí de — to know

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

帝王

dì wáng — 1. regent 2. monarch

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

處

chǔ — 1. to reside 2. to live 3. to dwell 4. to be in 5. to be situated at 6. to stay 7. to get along with 8. to be in a position of 9. to deal with 10. to discipline 11. to punish (HSK 4)

卻

què — 1. but 2. yet 3. however 4. while 5. to go back 6. to decline 7. to retreat 8. nevertheless 9. even though (HSK 4)

喚做

huàn zuò — 1. to be called 2. to be referred to as

甚

shén — variant of 什 (shén)

麼

má — exclamatory final particle

名

míng — 1. name 2. noun (part of speech) 3. place (e.g. among winners) 4. famous 5. classifier for people (HSK 2)

色

sè — 1. color 2. classifier: 種 (zhǒng) 3. look 4. appearance 5. sex (HSK 4)

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

無牌

wú pái — 1. unlicensed 2. unlabeled (goods)

匾

biǎn — 1. horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall 2. shallow round woven bamboo basket

旌

jīng — 1. banner 2. make manifest

號

háo — (bound form) to wail; to howl (HSK 1)

何以

hé yǐ — 1. (literary) why 2. how

知

zhī — 1. to know 2. to be aware

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

須

xū — 1. must 2. to have to 3. to wait (HSK 7-9)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

城中

Chéng zhōng — see 城中區 (Chéng zhōng Qū)

詢問

xún wèn — to inquire (HSK 5)

方

Fāng — surname Fang (HSK 4)

可知

kě zhī — 1. evidently 2. clearly 3. no wonder 4. knowable

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

行者道：「师父，那座城池是一国帝王之所。」八戒笑道：「天下府有府城，县有县城，怎么就见是帝王之所？」行者道：「你不知帝王之居，与府县自是不同。你看他四面有十数座门，周围有百十余里，楼台高耸，云雾缤纷。非帝京邦国，何以有此壮丽？」沙僧道：「哥哥眼明，虽识得是帝王之处，却唤做甚么名色？」行者道：「又无牌匾旌号，何以知之？须到城中询问，方可知也。」

長老策馬，須臾到門。The elder urged his horse onward and soon reached the gate.下馬過橋，進門觀看。He dismounted, crossed the bridge, and entered to have a look.只見六街三市，貨殖通財；He saw its six avenues and three marketplaces, where goods circulated and wealth changed hands;又見衣冠隆盛，人物豪華。he also saw richly dressed crowds and people of splendid bearing.正行時，忽見有十數個和尚，一個個披枷戴鎖，沿門乞化，著實的藍縷不堪。As they went along, they suddenly saw more than a dozen monks, every one of them wearing a cangue and chains, begging from door to door, their rags truly beyond description.三藏嘆曰：「兔死狐悲，物傷其類。」叫：「悟空，你上前去問他一聲，為何這等遭罪？」行者依言，即叫：「那和尚，你是那寺裡的？Sanzang sighed, “When the rabbit dies, the fox grieves; creatures mourn the sufferings of their kind.” Then he called, “Wukong, go forward and ask why they are being made to suffer so.” The Pilgrim obeyed and called out, “You monks—what monastery do you belong to?為甚事披枷戴鎖？」眾僧跪倒道：「爺爺，我等是金光寺負屈的和尚。」行者道：「金光寺坐落何方？」眾僧道：「轉過隅頭就是。」行者將他帶在唐僧前，問道：「怎生負屈，你說我聽。」眾僧道：「爺爺，不知你們是那方來的，我等似有些面善。Why are you wearing cangues and chains?” The monks fell to their knees and said, “Grandfathers, we are the wronged monks of the Golden Light Monastery.” The Pilgrim asked, “Where is the Golden Light Monastery?” They replied, “Just around the corner.” The Pilgrim brought them before Tang Seng and asked, “How were you wronged? Tell me.” The monks said, “Grandfathers, we do not know where you have come from, though your faces seem somehow familiar.不敢在此奉告，請到荒山，具說苦楚。」長老道：「也是，我們且到他那寺中去，仔細詢問緣由。」We dare not explain it here. Please come to our humble monastery, and we shall tell you all our misery.” The elder said, “Very well. Let us go to their monastery and inquire carefully into the cause.”

長老

zhǎng lǎo — 1. elder 2. term of respect for a Buddhist monk

策馬

cè mǎ — to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs

須臾

xū yú — 1. in a flash 2. in a jiffy

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

門

Mén — surname Men (HSK 1)

下馬

xià mǎ — 1. to dismount from a horse 2. (fig.) to abandon (a project)

過

Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)

橋

qiáo — 1. bridge 2. classifier: 座 (zuò) (HSK 3)

進門

jìn mén — 1. to enter a door 2. to go in 3. to learn the basics of a subject 4. to join one's husband's household upon marriage

觀看

guān kàn — to watch; to view (HSK 3)

只見

zhǐ jiàn — 1. to see (the same thing) over and over again 2. to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) (HSK 5)

六

liù — 1. six 2. 6 (HSK 1)

街

jiē — 1. street 2. classifier: 條 (tiáo) (HSK 2)

三

Sān — surname San (HSK 1)

市

shì — 1. market 2. city 3. municipality (administrative unit) 4. (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods (HSK 2)

貨

huò — 1. goods 2. money 3. commodity 4. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 4)

殖

zhí — 1. to grow 2. to reproduce

通

tōng — 1. to go through 2. to know well 3. (suffix) expert 4. to connect 5. to communicate 6. open 7. to clear 8. classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc (HSK 2)

財

cái — 1. money 2. wealth 3. riches 4. property 5. valuables

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

衣冠

yī guān — 1. hat and clothes 2. attire

隆

Lóng — 1. surname Long 2. short for 吉隆坡 (Jí lóng pō), Kuala Lumpur

盛

Shèng — surname Sheng (HSK 7-9)

人物

rén wù — 1. person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance) 2. character (in a play, novel etc) 3. (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting (HSK 5)

豪華

háo huá — luxurious (HSK 7-9)

正

zhēng — first month of the lunar year (HSK 1)

行

háng — 1. (bound form) row; line 2. (bound form) line of business; trade; profession 3. (bound form) commercial firm 4. (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) 5. (in data tables) row; (Tw) column 6. classifier for rows or lines (HSK 1)

時

Shí — surname Shi (HSK 3)

忽

Hū — surname Hu

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

十數

shí shù — 1. more than ten 2. a dozen or more

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

和尚

hé shang — Buddhist monk (HSK 7-9)

一個個

yī gè gè — 1. a number of 2. each and every one 3. one by one; one after another

披

pī — 1. to drape over one's shoulders 2. to open 3. to unroll 4. to split open 5. to spread out (HSK 5)

枷

jiā — cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)

戴

Dài — surname Dai (HSK 4)

鎖

suǒ — 1. to lock; to lock up 2. a lock (classifier: 把 (bǎ)) (HSK 5)

沿

yán — 1. along 2. to follow (a line, tradition etc) 3. to carry on 4. to trim (a border with braid, tape etc) 5. border 6. edge (HSK 6)

門

Mén — surname Men (HSK 1)

乞

qǐ — to beg

化

huā — variant of 花 (huā)

著實

zhuó shí — 1. truly 2. indeed 3. severely 4. harshly (HSK 7-9)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

藍縷

lán lǚ — variant of 襤褸 (lán lǚ)

不堪

bù kān — 1. cannot bear 2. cannot stand 3. utterly 4. extremely (HSK 7-9)

三藏

Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

嘆

tàn — 1. to sigh 2. to exclaim

曰

yuē — 1. to speak 2. to say (HSK 7-9)

兔死狐悲

tù sǐ hú bēi — lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress

物

wù — 1. (bound form) thing 2. (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself

傷

shāng — 1. to injure 2. injury 3. wound (HSK 3)

其

qí — 1. his 2. her 3. its 4. their 5. that 6. such 7. it (refers to sth preceding it) (HSK 5)

類

lèi — 1. kind; type; class; category 2. (classifier) kind; type 3. (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to (HSK 3)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

悟空

Wù Kōng — Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記 (Xī Yóu Jì)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

上前

shàng qián — to advance; to step forward

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

問

wèn — to ask; to inquire (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

一聲

yī shēng — first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)

為何

wèi hé — why (HSK 6)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

等

děng — 1. to wait for; to await 2. by the time; when; till 3. and so on; etc.; et al. 4. (bound form) class; rank; grade 5. (bound form) equal to; same as 6. (used to end an enumeration) 7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) (HSK 1)

遭罪

zāo zuì — 1. to endure hardship 2. to suffer

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

依

yī — 1. to depend on 2. to comply with or listen to sb 3. according to 4. in the light of (HSK 7-9)

言

yán — 1. words 2. speech 3. to say 4. to talk

即

jí — 1. namely 2. that is 3. i.e. 4. prompt 5. at once 6. at present 7. even if 8. prompted (by the occasion) 9. to approach 10. to come into contact 11. to assume (office) 12. to draw near (HSK 7-9)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

和尚

hé shang — Buddhist monk (HSK 7-9)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

寺

sì — 1. Buddhist temple 2. mosque 3. government office (old) (HSK 6)

裡

lǐ — 1. lining 2. interior 3. inside 4. internal 5. also written 裏 (lǐ) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

為

wéi — 1. as (in the capacity of) 2. to take sth as 3. to act as 4. to serve as 5. to behave as 6. to become 7. to be 8. to do 9. by (in the passive voice) (HSK 2)

甚

shén — variant of 什 (shén)

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

披

pī — 1. to drape over one's shoulders 2. to open 3. to unroll 4. to split open 5. to spread out (HSK 5)

枷

jiā — cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)

戴

Dài — surname Dai (HSK 4)

鎖

suǒ — 1. to lock; to lock up 2. a lock (classifier: 把 (bǎ)) (HSK 5)

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

僧

sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))

跪倒

guì dǎo — 1. to kneel down 2. to sink to one's knees 3. to grovel

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

爺爺

yé ye — (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa (HSK 1)

我等

wǒ děng — 1. we 2. us (archaic)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

金

Jīn — 1. surname Jin 2. surname Kim (Korean) 3. Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234) (HSK 3)

光

guāng — 1. light; ray (classifier: 道 (dào)) 2. bright; shiny 3. only; merely 4. used up; finished 5. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered (HSK 3)

寺

sì — 1. Buddhist temple 2. mosque 3. government office (old) (HSK 6)

負

fù — 1. to bear 2. to carry (on one's back) 3. to turn one's back on 4. to be defeated 5. negative (math. etc) (HSK 6)

屈

Qū — surname Qu

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

和尚

hé shang — Buddhist monk (HSK 7-9)

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

金

Jīn — 1. surname Jin 2. surname Kim (Korean) 3. Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234) (HSK 3)

光

guāng — 1. light; ray (classifier: 道 (dào)) 2. bright; shiny 3. only; merely 4. used up; finished 5. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered (HSK 3)

寺

sì — 1. Buddhist temple 2. mosque 3. government office (old) (HSK 6)

坐落

zuò luò — 1. to be situated 2. to be located (of a building) (HSK 7-9)

何方

hé fāng — where?

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

僧

sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

轉

zhuǎi — see 轉文 (zhuǎi wén) (HSK 3)

過

Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)

隅

yú — corner

頭

tóu — 1. head 2. hair style 3. the top 4. end 5. beginning or end 6. a stub 7. remnant 8. chief 9. boss 10. side 11. aspect 12. first 13. leading 14. classifier for pigs or livestock 15. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

就是

jiù shì — 1. exactly; precisely 2. only; simply; just 3. (used correlatively with 也 (yě)) even; even if (HSK 3)

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

將

jiāng — 1. will 2. shall 3. to use 4. to take 5. to checkmate 6. just a short while ago 7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 (bǎ)) (HSK 5)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

帶

dài — 1. band 2. belt 3. girdle 4. ribbon 5. tire 6. area 7. zone 8. region 9. classifier: 條 (tiáo) 10. to wear 11. to carry 12. to take along 13. to bear (i.e. to have) 14. to lead 15. to bring 16. to look after 17. to raise (HSK 2)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

唐僧

Táng sēng — Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645

前

qián — 1. front 2. forward 3. ahead 4. first 5. top (followed by a number) 6. future 7. ago 8. before 9. BC (e.g. 前293年) 10. former 11. formerly (HSK 1)

問道

wèn dào — 1. to ask the way 2. to ask

怎生

zěn shēng — 1. how 2. why

負

fù — 1. to bear 2. to carry (on one's back) 3. to turn one's back on 4. to be defeated 5. negative (math. etc) (HSK 6)

屈

Qū — surname Qu

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

聽

tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

僧

sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

爺爺

yé ye — (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa (HSK 1)

不知

bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)

你們

nǐ men — you (plural) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

方

Fāng — surname Fang (HSK 4)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

我等

wǒ děng — 1. we 2. us (archaic)

似

shì — used in 似的 (shì de)

有些

yǒu xiē — 1. some 2. somewhat; rather; a bit

面

miàn — 1. face 2. side 3. surface 4. aspect 5. top 6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

善

shàn — 1. good (virtuous) 2. benevolent 3. well-disposed 4. good at sth 5. to improve or perfect (HSK 7-9)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

敢

gǎn — 1. to dare 2. daring 3. (polite) may I venture (HSK 3)

在此

zài cǐ — 1. hereto 2. here

奉告

fèng gào — (honorific) to inform

請

qǐng — 1. to ask 2. to invite 3. please (do sth) 4. to treat (to a meal etc) 5. to request (HSK 1)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

荒山

huāng shān — 1. desert mountain 2. barren hill

具

jù — 1. tool 2. device 3. utensil 4. equipment 5. instrument 6. talent 7. ability 8. to possess 9. to have 10. to provide 11. to furnish 12. to state 13. classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

苦楚

kǔ chǔ — 1. suffering 2. misery 3. pain (esp. psychological)

長老

zhǎng lǎo — 1. elder 2. term of respect for a Buddhist monk

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

我們

wǒ men — we; us; ourselves; our (HSK 1)

且

qiě — 1. and 2. moreover 3. yet 4. for the time being 5. to be about to 6. both (... and...) (HSK 7-9)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

寺

sì — 1. Buddhist temple 2. mosque 3. government office (old) (HSK 6)

中

Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

仔細

zǐ xì — 1. careful; attentive; cautious 2. to be careful; to look out 3. (dialect) thrifty; frugal (HSK 5)

詢問

xún wèn — to inquire (HSK 5)

緣由

yuán yóu — 1. reason 2. cause

长老策马，须臾到门。下马过桥，进门观看。只见六街三市，货殖通财；又见衣冠隆盛，人物豪华。正行时，忽见有十数个和尚，一个个披枷戴锁，沿门乞化，著实的蓝缕不堪。三藏叹曰：「兔死狐悲，物伤其类。」叫：「悟空，你上前去问他一声，为何这等遭罪？」行者依言，即叫：「那和尚，你是那寺里的？为甚事披枷戴锁？」众僧跪倒道：「爷爷，我等是金光寺负屈的和尚。」行者道：「金光寺坐落何方？」众僧道：「转过隅头就是。」行者将他带在唐僧前，问道：「怎生负屈，你说我听。」众僧道：「爷爷，不知你们是那方来的，我等似有些面善。不敢在此奉告，请到荒山，具说苦楚。」长老道：「也是，我们且到他那寺中去，仔细询问缘由。」

同至山門，門上橫寫七個金字：「敕建護國金光寺」。Together they reached the monastery gate, above which seven golden characters were written horizontally: “Imperially Founded Golden Light Monastery for the Protection of the Realm.”師徒們進得門來觀看，但見那：Master and disciples entered and looked about, and this was what they saw:

同

tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)

至

zhì — 1. to arrive 2. most 3. to 4. until (HSK 5)

山門

shān mén — 1. monastery main gate (Buddhism) 2. monastery

門

Mén — surname Men (HSK 1)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

橫

héng — 1. horizontal 2. across 3. crosswise 4. horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) 5. to place (sth) flat (on a surface) 6. to cross (a river, etc) 7. in a jumble 8. chaotic 9. (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable 10. violent (HSK 6)

寫

xiě — to write (HSK 1)

七

qī — 1. seven 2. 7 (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

金字

jīn zì — 1. gold lettering 2. gold characters

敕

chì — imperial orders

建

jiàn — 1. to establish 2. to found 3. to set up 4. to build 5. to construct (HSK 3)

護

hù — to protect (HSK 6)

國

Guó — surname Guo (HSK 1)

金

Jīn — 1. surname Jin 2. surname Kim (Korean) 3. Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234) (HSK 3)

光

guāng — 1. light; ray (classifier: 道 (dào)) 2. bright; shiny 3. only; merely 4. used up; finished 5. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered (HSK 3)

寺

sì — 1. Buddhist temple 2. mosque 3. government office (old) (HSK 6)

師徒

shī tú — master and disciple

們

men — plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

進

jìn — 1. to go forward 2. to advance 3. to go in 4. to enter 5. to put in 6. to submit 7. to take in 8. to admit 9. (math.) base of a number system 10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound (HSK 1)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

門

Mén — surname Men (HSK 1)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

觀看

guān kàn — to watch; to view (HSK 3)

但

dàn — 1. but; yet; however; still 2. merely; only; just (HSK 2)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

同至山门，门上横写七个金字：「敕建护国金光寺」。师徒们进得门来观看，但见那：

三藏心酸，止不住眼中出淚。Sanzang’s heart ached, and he could not keep tears from his eyes.眾僧們頂著枷鎖，將正殿推開，請長老上殿拜佛。Still bearing their cangues and chains, the monks pushed open the main hall and invited the elder inside to worship the Buddha.長老進殿，奉上心香，叩齒三咂。The elder entered the hall, offered the incense of his heart, and clicked his teeth three times.卻轉於後面，見那方丈簷柱上又鎖著六七個小和尚，三藏甚不忍見。Then he went around to the rear and saw another six or seven young monks chained to the veranda pillars of the abbot’s quarters; Sanzang could scarcely bear the sight.

三藏

Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

心酸

xīn suān — to feel sad (HSK 7-9)

止

zhǐ — 1. to stop 2. to prohibit 3. until 4. only (HSK 6)

不住

bù zhù — 1. (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) 2. repeatedly; continuously; constantly

眼中

yǎn zhōng — in (sb's) eyes

出

chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)

淚

lèi — (bound form) tears; teardrops (HSK 4)

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

僧

sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))

們

men — plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

頂

dǐng — 1. apex 2. crown of the head 3. top 4. roof 5. most 6. to carry on the head 7. to push to the top 8. to go against 9. to replace 10. to substitute 11. to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) 12. (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile 13. classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc (HSK 4)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

枷鎖

jiā suǒ — 1. stocks and chain 2. in fetters

將

jiāng — 1. will 2. shall 3. to use 4. to take 5. to checkmate 6. just a short while ago 7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 (bǎ)) (HSK 5)

正殿

zhèng diàn — main hall of a Buddhist temple

推開

tuī kāi — 1. to push open (a gate etc) 2. to push away 3. to reject 4. to decline (HSK 3)

請

qǐng — 1. to ask 2. to invite 3. please (do sth) 4. to treat (to a meal etc) 5. to request (HSK 1)

長老

zhǎng lǎo — 1. elder 2. term of respect for a Buddhist monk

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

殿

diàn — palace hall

拜佛

bài Fó — to worship Buddha

長老

zhǎng lǎo — 1. elder 2. term of respect for a Buddhist monk

進

jìn — 1. to go forward 2. to advance 3. to go in 4. to enter 5. to put in 6. to submit 7. to take in 8. to admit 9. (math.) base of a number system 10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound (HSK 1)

殿

diàn — palace hall

奉上

fèng shàng — to offer

心

xīn — 1. heart 2. mind 3. intention 4. center 5. core 6. classifier: 顆 (kē), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

香

xiāng — 1. fragrant 2. sweet smelling 3. aromatic 4. savory or appetizing 5. (to eat) with relish 6. (of sleep) sound 7. perfume or spice 8. joss or incense stick 9. classifier: 根 (gēn) (HSK 3)

叩

kòu — 1. to knock 2. to kowtow

齒

chǐ — 1. (bound form) tooth 2. (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention

三

Sān — surname San (HSK 1)

咂

zā — 1. to sip 2. to smack one's lips 3. to taste 4. to savor

卻

què — 1. but 2. yet 3. however 4. while 5. to go back 6. to decline 7. to retreat 8. nevertheless 9. even though (HSK 4)

轉

zhuǎi — see 轉文 (zhuǎi wén) (HSK 3)

於

yú — 1. (of time or place) in; at; on 2. (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for 3. (indicating a source) from; out of 4. (used in comparison) than 5. (used in the passive voice) by (HSK 6)

後面

hòu mian — 1. the back; the rear; the last bit 2. behind; near the end; at the back 3. later; afterwards (HSK 3)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

方丈

Fāng zhang — one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals

簷

yán — variant of 檐 (yán)

柱

zhù — 1. pillar 2. classifier: 根 (gēn)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

鎖

suǒ — 1. to lock; to lock up 2. a lock (classifier: 把 (bǎ)) (HSK 5)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

六

liù — 1. six 2. 6 (HSK 1)

七

qī — 1. seven 2. 7 (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

和尚

hé shang — Buddhist monk (HSK 7-9)

三藏

Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

甚

shén — variant of 什 (shén)

不忍

bù rěn — cannot bear to

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

三藏心酸，止不住眼中出泪。众僧们顶著枷锁，将正殿推开，请长老上殿拜佛。长老进殿，奉上心香，叩齿三咂。却转于后面，见那方丈簷柱上又锁著六七个小和尚，三藏甚不忍见。

及到方丈，眾僧俱來叩頭，問道：「列位老爺像貌不一，可是東土大唐來的麼？」行者笑道：「這和尚有甚未卜先知之法？When they reached the abbot’s quarters, all the monks came and kowtowed, asking, “My lords, each of you has an uncommon appearance. Can you be travelers from the Great Tang in the Eastern Land?” The Pilgrim laughed and said, “What gift of foreknowledge do these monks possess?我們正是。That is precisely where we are from.你怎麼認得？」眾僧道：「爺爺，我等有甚未卜先知之法？How did you recognize us?” The monks said, “Grandfathers, what gift of foreknowledge could we possess?只是痛負了屈苦，無處分明，日逐家只是叫天叫地。We have merely suffered a bitter injustice, with nowhere to clear our names, and day after day we cry out to Heaven and Earth.想是驚動天神，昨日夜間，各人都得一夢：說有個東土大唐來的聖僧，救得我等性命，庶此冤苦可伸。Perhaps we moved the heavenly gods, for last night every one of us had a dream saying that a holy monk from the Great Tang in the Eastern Land would save our lives and enable this injustice to be redressed.今日果見老爺這般異像，故認得也。」Today, seeing your lordships’ extraordinary appearances, we recognized you.”

及

jí — 1. and 2. to reach 3. up to 4. in time for (HSK 7-9)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

方丈

Fāng zhang — one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

僧

sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))

俱

jù — 1. (literary) all; both; entirely; without exception 2. (literary) to be together 3. (literary) to be alike

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

叩頭

kòu tóu — 1. to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) 2. also written 磕頭 (kē tóu)

問道

wèn dào — 1. to ask the way 2. to ask

列位

liè wèi — ladies and gentlemen; all of you present

老爺

lǎo ye — 1. (respectful) lord 2. master 3. (coll.) maternal grandfather

像貌

xiàng mào — variant of 相貌 (xiàng mào)

不一

bù yī — 1. to vary 2. to differ

可是

kě shì — 1. but; however 2. (used for emphasis) indeed (HSK 2)

東土

Dōng tǔ — 1. the East 2. China

大唐

Dà Táng — the Tang dynasty (618-907)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

麼

má — exclamatory final particle

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

笑

xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

和尚

hé shang — Buddhist monk (HSK 7-9)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

甚

shén — variant of 什 (shén)

未卜先知

wèi bǔ xiān zhī — (idiom) to foresee the future (without divination); to know beforehand through uncanny insight

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

法

Fǎ — 1. France 2. French 3. abbr. for 法國 (Fǎ guó) 4. Taiwan pr. (Fà) (HSK 4)

我們

wǒ men — we; us; ourselves; our (HSK 1)

正是

zhèng shì — is precisely (HSK 2)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

怎麼

zěn me — 1. how? 2. what? 3. why? (HSK 1)

認得

rèn de — 1. to recognize 2. to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it 3. to know (HSK 3)

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

僧

sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

爺爺

yé ye — (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa (HSK 1)

我等

wǒ děng — 1. we 2. us (archaic)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

甚

shén — variant of 什 (shén)

未卜先知

wèi bǔ xiān zhī — (idiom) to foresee the future (without divination); to know beforehand through uncanny insight

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

法

Fǎ — 1. France 2. French 3. abbr. for 法國 (Fǎ guó) 4. Taiwan pr. (Fà) (HSK 4)

只是

zhǐ shì — 1. merely; only; just; nothing but 2. simply 3. but; however (HSK 3)

痛

tòng — 1. ache 2. pain 3. sorrow 4. deeply 5. thoroughly (HSK 3)

負

fù — 1. to bear 2. to carry (on one's back) 3. to turn one's back on 4. to be defeated 5. negative (math. etc) (HSK 6)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

屈

Qū — surname Qu

苦

kǔ — 1. bitter 2. hardship 3. pain 4. to suffer 5. to bring suffering to 6. painstakingly (HSK 4)

無處

wú chù — nowhere

分明

fēn míng — 1. clear 2. distinct 3. evidently 4. clearly (HSK 7-9)

日

rì — 1. (bound form) sun 2. day 3. day of the month 4. (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本 (Rì běn)) 5. (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with (HSK 1)

逐

zhú — 1. (bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away 2. one by one; individually

家

jiā — 1. home 2. family 3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) 4. classifier for families or businesses 5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China 6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian 7. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)

只是

zhǐ shì — 1. merely; only; just; nothing but 2. simply 3. but; however (HSK 3)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

天

tiān — 1. day 2. sky 3. heaven (HSK 1)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

地

de — 1. -ly 2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct (HSK 1)

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

驚動

jīng dòng — 1. to alarm 2. to startle 3. to disturb

天神

tiān shén — 1. god 2. deity

昨日

zuó rì — yesterday

夜間

yè jiān — 1. nighttime 2. evening or night (e.g. classes) (HSK 5)

各人

gè rén — each one; everyone

都

Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

夢

mèng — 1. dream (classifier: 場 (cháng)) 2. (bound form) to dream (HSK 4)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

東土

Dōng tǔ — 1. the East 2. China

大唐

Dà Táng — the Tang dynasty (618-907)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

聖僧

shèng sēng — senior monk

救

jiù — 1. to save 2. to assist 3. to rescue (HSK 3)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

我等

wǒ děng — 1. we 2. us (archaic)

性命

xìng mìng — life (HSK 7-9)

庶

shù — 1. (bound form) ordinary; numerous 2. (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡 (dí))

此

cǐ — this; these (HSK 4)

冤苦

yuān kǔ — 1. to treat (sb) unjustly 2. anguish caused by an injustice

可

kě — 1. (prefix) can; may; able to; -able 2. to approve; to permit 3. to suit 4. (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very 5. but; however (HSK 5)

伸

shēn — 1. to stretch 2. to extend (HSK 5)

今日

jīn rì — today (HSK 5)

果

guǒ — 1. fruit 2. result 3. resolute 4. indeed 5. if really

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

老爺

lǎo ye — 1. (respectful) lord 2. master 3. (coll.) maternal grandfather

這般

zhè bān — 1. like this 2. this way

異像

yì xiàng — extraordinary image

故

gù — 1. happening 2. instance 3. reason 4. cause 5. intentional 6. former 7. old 8. friend 9. therefore 10. hence 11. (of people) to die, dead (HSK 7-9)

認得

rèn de — 1. to recognize 2. to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it 3. to know (HSK 3)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

及到方丈，众僧俱来叩头，问道：「列位老爷像貌不一，可是东土大唐来的么？」行者笑道：「这和尚有甚未卜先知之法？我们正是。你怎么认得？」众僧道：「爷爷，我等有甚未卜先知之法？只是痛负了屈苦，无处分明，日逐家只是叫天叫地。想是惊动天神，昨日夜间，各人都得一梦：说有个东土大唐来的圣僧，救得我等性命，庶此冤苦可伸。今日果见老爷这般异像，故认得也。」

三藏聞言，大喜道：「你這裡是何地方？When Sanzang heard this, he was delighted and asked, “What place is this?有何冤屈？」眾僧跪告：「爺爺，此城名喚祭賽國，乃西邦大去處。And what injustice have you suffered?” Kneeling, the monks reported, “Grandfather, this city is called the Kingdom of Jisai, a great realm of the Western Regions.當年有四夷朝貢：南，月陀國；In former years, four foreign nations brought tribute: to the south, the Kingdom of Yuetuo;北，高昌國；to the north, the Kingdom of Gaochang;東，西梁國；to the east, the Kingdom of Xiliang;西，本缽國。and to the west, the Kingdom of Benbo.年年進貢美玉、明珠、嬌妃、駿馬。Every year they presented fine jade, bright pearls, beautiful consorts, and swift horses.我這裡不動干戈，不去征討，他那裡自然拜為上邦。」三藏道：「既拜為上邦，想是你這國王有道，文武賢良。」眾僧道：「爺爺，文也不賢，武也不良，國君也不是有道。We never had to raise arms or mount a campaign; they naturally acknowledged us as the superior kingdom.” Sanzang said, “Since they acknowledged you as the superior kingdom, your king must have followed the Way, and his civil and military officials must have been worthy men.” The monks replied, “Grandfather, the civil officials are not worthy, the military officers are not good, and the ruler does not follow the Way.我這金光寺，自來寶塔上祥雲籠罩，瑞靄高升：夜放霞光？From ancient times, auspicious clouds have enveloped the precious pagoda of our Golden Light Monastery, and blessed vapors have risen high: by night it shed a rosy radiance.萬里有人曾見；People ten thousand li away could see it;晝噴彩氣，四國無不同瞻。by day it breathed out many-colored vapors, which all four nations gazed upon.故此以為天府神京，四夷朝貢。For this reason they regarded our land as a heavenly realm and divine capital, and the four foreign nations brought tribute.只是三年之前，孟秋朔日，夜半子時，下了一場血雨。But three years ago, on the first day of the seventh month, at midnight, a rain of blood fell.天明時，家家害怕，戶戶生悲。At daybreak every family was afraid and every household plunged into sorrow.眾公卿奏上國王，不知天公甚事見責。The nobles and ministers memorialized the king, not knowing for what offense Heaven was reproaching us.當時延請道士打醮，和尚看經，答天謝地。Daoist priests were summoned to perform rites of offering, and Buddhist monks to recite scriptures, in requital to Heaven and thanksgiving to Earth.誰曉得我這寺裡黃金寶塔污了，這兩年外國不來朝貢。But who could have known that the golden precious pagoda of our monastery had been defiled? For the past two years, the foreign kingdoms have ceased to bring tribute.我王欲要征伐，眾臣諫道：我寺裡僧人偷了塔上寶貝，所以無祥雲瑞靄，外國不朝。Our king wished to campaign against them, but his ministers remonstrated: they said that the monks of our monastery had stolen the treasure from the pagoda, and that this was why there were no auspicious clouds or blessed vapors and the foreign kingdoms no longer came to court.昏君更不察理。The benighted ruler made no further investigation.那些贓官將我僧眾拿了去，千般拷打，萬樣追求。Those corrupt officials seized all of us monks, subjected us to a thousand tortures, and interrogated us in ten thousand ways.當時我這裡有三輩和尚：前兩輩已被拷打不過，死了；There have been three successive groups of monks here: the first two could not endure the torture and died;如今又捉我輩，問罪枷鎖。now they have arrested our group as well, charged us with the crime, and put us in cangues and chains.老爺在上，我等怎敢欺心，盜取塔中之寶！With your lordship above us, how would we dare betray our consciences and steal the treasure from the pagoda?萬望爺爺憐念，方以類聚，物以群分，捨大慈大悲，廣施法力，拯救我等性命。」We earnestly beg you, Grandfathers, to remember that like gathers with like and creatures sort with their own kind; bestow your great mercy and compassion, display your vast spiritual power, and save our lives.”

三藏

Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

聞言

wén yán — to have heard what was said

大喜

dà xǐ — exultation

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

這裡

zhè lǐ — here (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

何

Hé — surname He

地方

dì fāng — 1. region 2. regional (away from the central administration) 3. local (HSK 1)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

何

Hé — surname He

冤屈

yuān qū — 1. to treat unjustly 2. an injustice

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

僧

sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))

跪

guì — to kneel (HSK 6)

告

gào — 1. (bound form) to say; to tell 2. to announce; to report 3. to denounce 4. to file a lawsuit; to sue (HSK 7-9)

爺爺

yé ye — (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa (HSK 1)

此

cǐ — this; these (HSK 4)

城

chéng — 1. city walls 2. city 3. town 4. classifier: 座 (zuò), 道 (dào), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

名

míng — 1. name 2. noun (part of speech) 3. place (e.g. among winners) 4. famous 5. classifier for people (HSK 2)

喚

huàn — to call

祭賽

jì sài — to give sacrifice

國

Guó — surname Guo (HSK 1)

乃

nǎi — 1. to be 2. thus 3. so 4. therefore 5. then 6. only 7. thereupon (HSK 7-9)

西

Xī — 1. the West 2. abbr. for Spain 西班牙 (Xī bān yá) 3. Spanish (HSK 1)

邦

bāng — (bound form) country; nation; state

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

去處

qù chù — 1. place 2. destination (HSK 7-9)

當年

dāng nián — 1. in those days; back then; in those years 2. to be in the prime of life (HSK 5)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

四

sì — 1. four 2. 4 (HSK 1)

夷

yí — 1. non-Han people, esp. to the East of China 2. barbarians 3. to wipe out 4. to exterminate 5. to tear down 6. to raze

朝貢

cháo gòng — (of a vassal state, neighboring country etc) to present tribute (to the imperial court)

南

Nán — surname Nan (HSK 1)

月

yuè — 1. moon 2. month 3. monthly 4. classifier: 個 (gè), 輪 (lún) (HSK 1)

陀

tuó — 1. (phonetic) 2. declivity 3. steep bank

國

Guó — surname Guo (HSK 1)

北

běi — 1. north 2. (classical) to be defeated (HSK 1)

高昌

Gāo chāng — see 高昌區 (Gāo chāng Qū)

國

Guó — surname Guo (HSK 1)

東

Dōng — surname Dong (HSK 1)

西

Xī — 1. the West 2. abbr. for Spain 西班牙 (Xī bān yá) 3. Spanish (HSK 1)

梁

Liáng — 1. Liang Dynasty (502–557) 2. Later Liang Dynasty (907–923) 3. surname Liang

國

Guó — surname Guo (HSK 1)

西

Xī — 1. the West 2. abbr. for Spain 西班牙 (Xī bān yá) 3. Spanish (HSK 1)

本

běn — 1. (bound form) root; stem 2. (bound form) origin; source 3. (bound form) one's own; this 4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc) 5. (bound form) original 6. (bound form) inherent 7. originally; initially 8. capital; principal 9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc (HSK 1)

缽

bō — 1. small earthenware plate or basin 2. a monk's alms bowl 3. Sanskrit paatra

國

Guó — surname Guo (HSK 1)

年年

nián nián — year after year; yearly; every year; annually

進貢

jìn gòng — to present tribute (to a suzerain, the emperor etc)

美玉

měi yù — fine jade

明珠

míng zhū — 1. pearl 2. jewel (of great value)

嬌

jiāo — 1. lovable 2. pampered 3. tender 4. delicate 5. frail

妃

fēi — imperial concubine

駿馬

jùn mǎ — 1. fine horse 2. steed (HSK 7-9)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

這裡

zhè lǐ — here (HSK 1)

不動

bù dòng — motionless

干戈

gān gē — 1. weapons of war 2. arms (HSK 7-9)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

征討

zhēng tǎo — to go on a punitive expedition

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

那裡

nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)

自然

zì rán — 1. nature 2. natural 3. naturally (HSK 3)

拜

bài — 1. to bow to; to pay one's respects 2. (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) 3. to make a courtesy call 4. (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony 5. to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) 6. (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)

為上

wéi shàng — to be valued above all else

邦

bāng — (bound form) country; nation; state

三藏

Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

既

jì — 1. already 2. since 3. both... (and...) (HSK 4)

拜

bài — 1. to bow to; to pay one's respects 2. (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) 3. to make a courtesy call 4. (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony 5. to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) 6. (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)

為上

wéi shàng — to be valued above all else

邦

bāng — (bound form) country; nation; state

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

國王

guó wáng — king (HSK 6)

有道

yǒu dào — 1. to have attained the Way 2. (of a government or a ruler) enlightened 3. wise and just

文武

wén wǔ — civil and military

賢良

xián liáng — (of a man) able and virtuous

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

僧

sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

爺爺

yé ye — (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa (HSK 1)

文

Wén — surname Wen (HSK 7-9)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

賢

xián — 1. worthy or virtuous person 2. honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

武

Wǔ — surname Wu

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

不良

bù liáng — 1. bad; harmful; unhealthy 2. (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty (HSK 5)

國君

guó jūn — monarch

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

不是

bù shì — 1. no 2. is not 3. not

有道

yǒu dào — 1. to have attained the Way 2. (of a government or a ruler) enlightened 3. wise and just

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

金

Jīn — 1. surname Jin 2. surname Kim (Korean) 3. Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234) (HSK 3)

光

guāng — 1. light; ray (classifier: 道 (dào)) 2. bright; shiny 3. only; merely 4. used up; finished 5. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered (HSK 3)

寺

sì — 1. Buddhist temple 2. mosque 3. government office (old) (HSK 6)

自來

zì lái — 1. from the beginning 2. always 3. to come of one's own accord

寶塔

Bǎo tǎ — see 寶塔區 (Bǎo tǎ Qū)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

祥雲

Xiáng yún — see 祥雲縣 (Xiáng yún Xiàn)

籠罩

lǒng zhào — 1. to envelop 2. to shroud (HSK 7-9)

瑞

ruì — 1. lucky 2. auspicious 3. propitious 4. rayl (acoustical unit)

靄

ǎi — 1. mist 2. haze 3. cloudy sky

高升

gāo shēng — to get a promotion

夜

yè — night (HSK 2)

放

fàng — 1. to put 2. to place 3. to release 4. to free 5. to let go 6. to let out 7. to set off (fireworks) (HSK 1)

霞光

xiá guāng — multicolored sunlight of sunrise or sunset

萬里

Wàn Lǐ — Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician

有人

yǒu rén — 1. someone 2. people 3. anyone 4. there is someone there 5. occupied (as in restroom) (HSK 2)

曾

Zēng — surname Zeng (HSK 4)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

晝

zhòu — daytime

噴

pēn — 1. to spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff 2. (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online) (HSK 5)

彩

cǎi — 1. (bright) color 2. variety 3. applause 4. applaud 5. lottery prize

氣

qì — 1. gas; air 2. smell 3. weather 4. to make angry; to annoy; to get angry 5. vital energy; qi (HSK 2)

四國

Sì guó — Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)

無不

wú bù — 1. none lacking 2. none missing 3. everything is there 4. everyone without exception (HSK 7-9)

同

tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)

瞻

zhān — 1. to gaze 2. to view

故此

gù cǐ — therefore

以為

yǐ wéi — to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief) (HSK 2)

天府

Tiān fǔ — 1. Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu) 2. land of plenty

神

Shén — God (HSK 5)

京

Jīng — 1. surname Jing 2. short name for Beijing 北京 (Běi jīng) 3. Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi 4. Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam

四

sì — 1. four 2. 4 (HSK 1)

夷

yí — 1. non-Han people, esp. to the East of China 2. barbarians 3. to wipe out 4. to exterminate 5. to tear down 6. to raze

朝貢

cháo gòng — (of a vassal state, neighboring country etc) to present tribute (to the imperial court)

只是

zhǐ shì — 1. merely; only; just; nothing but 2. simply 3. but; however (HSK 3)

三

Sān — surname San (HSK 1)

年

Nián — surname Nian (HSK 1)

之前

zhī qián — 1. before 2. prior to 3. ago 4. previously 5. beforehand (HSK 4)

孟

Mèng — surname Meng

秋

Qiū — surname Qiu

朔日

shuò rì — first day of the lunar month

夜半

yè bàn — midnight

子時

zǐ shí — 11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

場

cháng — 1. threshing floor 2. classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout (HSK 2)

血雨

xuè yǔ — 1. rain of blood 2. heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm

天明

tiān míng — 1. dawn 2. daybreak

時

Shí — surname Shi (HSK 3)

家

jiā — 1. home 2. family 3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) 4. classifier for families or businesses 5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China 6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian 7. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)

家

jiā — 1. home 2. family 3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) 4. classifier for families or businesses 5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China 6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian 7. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 1)

害怕

hài pà — to be afraid; to be scared (HSK 3)

戶

hù — 1. a household 2. door 3. family (HSK 4)

戶

hù — 1. a household 2. door 3. family (HSK 4)

生

shēng — 1. to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born 2. to arise; to occur 3. to light (a fire) 4. to live; to be alive 5. life 6. raw; uncooked; unprocessed 7. unfamiliar; strange 8. (bound form) student; person engaged in a field 9. (bound form) male role in traditional opera 10. (bound form) life; lifetime 11. (bound form) means of livelihood 12. (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼 (shēng téng)) 13. (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽 (shēng lā yìng zhuài)) (HSK 2)

悲

bēi — 1. sad 2. sadness 3. sorrow 4. grief

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

公卿

gōng qīng — high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor

奏

zòu — 1. to play music 2. to achieve 3. to present a memorial to the emperor (old) (HSK 6)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

國王

guó wáng — king (HSK 6)

不知

bù zhī — 1. not to know 2. unaware 3. unknowingly 4. fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) (HSK 7-9)

天公

tiān gōng — 1. heaven 2. lord of heaven

甚

shén — variant of 什 (shén)

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

責

zé — 1. duty 2. responsibility 3. to reproach 4. to blame

當時

dāng shí — then; at that time (HSK 2)

延請

yán qǐng — 1. to employ 2. to send for sb promising employment

道士

dào shì — Daoist priest

打

dá — 1. (loanword) dozen 2. Taiwan pr. (dǎ) (HSK 1)

醮

jiào — to perform sacrifice

和尚

hé shang — Buddhist monk (HSK 7-9)

看

kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)

經

Jīng — surname Jing (HSK 7-9)

答

dā — bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答 (dá), used in 答應 (dā ying), 答理 (dā li) etc (HSK 5)

天

tiān — 1. day 2. sky 3. heaven (HSK 1)

謝

Xiè — surname Xie

地

de — 1. -ly 2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct (HSK 1)

誰

shéi — 1. who 2. also pr. (shuí) (HSK 1)

曉得

xiǎo de — to know (HSK 6)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

寺

sì — 1. Buddhist temple 2. mosque 3. government office (old) (HSK 6)

裡

lǐ — 1. lining 2. interior 3. inside 4. internal 5. also written 裏 (lǐ) (HSK 1)

黃金寶

Huáng Jīn bǎo — Wong Kam-po (1973-), Hong Kong champion cyclist

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

污

wū — 1. dirty 2. filthy 3. foul 4. corrupt 5. to smear 6. to defile 7. dirt 8. filth

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

年

Nián — surname Nian (HSK 1)

外國

wài guó — foreign country (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

來朝

lái zhāo — (literary) tomorrow (morning)

貢

Gòng — surname Gong

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

王

Wáng — surname Wang (HSK 4)

欲

yù — 1. to wish for 2. to desire 3. variant of 慾 (yù)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

征伐

zhēng fá — to go on or send a punitive expedition

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

臣

Chén — surname Chen

諫

Jiàn — surname Jian

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

寺

sì — 1. Buddhist temple 2. mosque 3. government office (old) (HSK 6)

裡

lǐ — 1. lining 2. interior 3. inside 4. internal 5. also written 裏 (lǐ) (HSK 1)

僧人

sēng rén — monk (HSK 7-9)

偷

tōu — 1. to steal 2. to pilfer 3. to snatch 4. thief 5. stealthily (HSK 5)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

寶貝

bǎo bèi — 1. treasured object 2. treasure 3. darling 4. baby 5. cowry 6. good-for-nothing or queer character (HSK 4)

所以

suǒ yǐ — 1. therefore 2. as a result 3. so 4. the reason why (HSK 2)

無

mó — used in 南無 (nā mó) (HSK 4)

祥雲

Xiáng yún — see 祥雲縣 (Xiáng yún Xiàn)

瑞

ruì — 1. lucky 2. auspicious 3. propitious 4. rayl (acoustical unit)

靄

ǎi — 1. mist 2. haze 3. cloudy sky

外國

wài guó — foreign country (HSK 1)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

朝

Cháo — abbr. for 朝鮮 (Cháo xiǎn) Korea (HSK 3)

昏君

hūn jūn — incapable ruler

更

gēng — 1. to change or replace 2. to experience 3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided 4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) (HSK 2)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

察

Chá — short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾 (Chá hā ěr)

理

lǐ — 1. texture 2. grain (of wood) 3. inner essence 4. intrinsic order 5. reason 6. logic 7. truth 8. science 9. natural science (esp. physics) 10. to manage 11. to pay attention to 12. to run (affairs) 13. to handle 14. to put in order 15. to tidy up (HSK 6)

那些

nà xiē — those (HSK 1)

贓

zāng — stolen goods; loot; spoils

官

Guān — surname Guan (HSK 4)

將

jiāng — 1. will 2. shall 3. to use 4. to take 5. to checkmate 6. just a short while ago 7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 (bǎ)) (HSK 5)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

僧

sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

拿

ná — 1. to hold 2. to seize 3. to catch 4. to apprehend 5. to take 6. (used in the same way as 把 (bǎ): to mark the following noun as a direct object) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

千

qiān — thousand (HSK 2)

般

bān — 1. sort 2. kind 3. class 4. way 5. manner

拷打

kǎo dǎ — 1. to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) 2. to give sb the third degree 3. to torture

萬

Wàn — surname Wan (HSK 2)

樣

yàng — 1. manner 2. pattern 3. way 4. appearance 5. shape 6. classifier: kind, type (HSK 6)

追求

zhuī qiú — 1. to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly 2. to seek after 3. to woo (HSK 4)

當時

dāng shí — then; at that time (HSK 2)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

這裡

zhè lǐ — here (HSK 1)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

三

Sān — surname San (HSK 1)

輩

bèi — 1. lifetime 2. generation 3. group of people 4. class 5. classifier for generations 6. (literary) classifier for people (HSK 5)

和尚

hé shang — Buddhist monk (HSK 7-9)

前

qián — 1. front 2. forward 3. ahead 4. first 5. top (followed by a number) 6. future 7. ago 8. before 9. BC (e.g. 前293年) 10. former 11. formerly (HSK 1)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

輩

bèi — 1. lifetime 2. generation 3. group of people 4. class 5. classifier for generations 6. (literary) classifier for people (HSK 5)

已

yǐ — 1. already 2. to stop 3. then 4. afterwards (HSK 3)

被

bèi — 1. quilt 2. to cover (with) 3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) 4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) 5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip") (HSK 3)

拷打

kǎo dǎ — 1. to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) 2. to give sb the third degree 3. to torture

不過

bù guò — 1. only 2. merely 3. no more than 4. but 5. however 6. anyway (to get back to a previous topic) 7. cannot be more (after adjectival) (HSK 2)

死

sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

如今

rú jīn — nowadays; now (HSK 4)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

捉

zhuō — 1. to clutch 2. to grab 3. to capture (HSK 6)

我輩

wǒ bèi — 1. (literary) we 2. us

問罪

wèn zuì — 1. to denounce 2. to condemn 3. to call to account 4. to punish

枷鎖

jiā suǒ — 1. stocks and chain 2. in fetters

老爺

lǎo ye — 1. (respectful) lord 2. master 3. (coll.) maternal grandfather

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

我等

wǒ děng — 1. we 2. us (archaic)

怎

zěn — how

敢

gǎn — 1. to dare 2. daring 3. (polite) may I venture (HSK 3)

欺

qī — 1. to take unfair advantage of 2. to deceive 3. to cheat

心

xīn — 1. heart 2. mind 3. intention 4. center 5. core 6. classifier: 顆 (kē), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

盜取

dào qǔ — 1. to steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account) 2. to misappropriate

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

中

Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

寶

bǎo — 1. jewel 2. gem 3. treasure 4. precious (HSK 4)

萬

Wàn — surname Wan (HSK 2)

望

wàng — 1. full moon 2. to hope 3. to expect 4. to visit 5. to gaze (into the distance) 6. to look towards 7. towards (HSK 7-9)

爺爺

yé ye — (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa (HSK 1)

憐

lián — to pity

念

niàn — 1. to read 2. to study (a subject) 3. to attend (a school) 4. to read aloud 5. to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (classifier: 頓 (dùn)) 6. to miss (sb) 7. idea 8. remembrance 9. twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿 (niàn)) (HSK 3)

方

Fāng — surname Fang (HSK 4)

以

Yǐ — abbr. for Israel 以色列 (Yǐ sè liè) (HSK 7-9)

類

lèi — 1. kind; type; class; category 2. (classifier) kind; type 3. (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to (HSK 3)

聚

jù — 1. to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive) 2. (chemistry) poly- (HSK 4)

物

wù — 1. (bound form) thing 2. (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself

以

Yǐ — abbr. for Israel 以色列 (Yǐ sè liè) (HSK 7-9)

群

qún — 1. group 2. crowd 3. flock, herd, pack etc (HSK 3)

分

fēn — 1. to divide; to separate 2. to distribute; to allocate 3. to distinguish (good and bad) 4. (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局 (fēn jú)) 5. fraction 6. one tenth (of certain units) 7. unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm 8. minute (unit of time) 9. minute (angular measurement unit) 10. a point (in sports or games) 11. 0.01 yuan (unit of money) (HSK 1)

捨

shě — 1. to give up; to abandon 2. to give alms

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

慈

cí — 1. compassionate 2. gentle 3. merciful 4. kind 5. humane

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

悲

bēi — 1. sad 2. sadness 3. sorrow 4. grief

廣

Guǎng — surname Guang (HSK 5)

施法

shī fǎ — 1. to implement the law 2. to perform sorcery

力

Lì — surname Li (HSK 3)

拯救

zhěng jiù — to save; to rescue (HSK 7-9)

我等

wǒ děng — 1. we 2. us (archaic)

性命

xìng mìng — life (HSK 7-9)

三藏闻言，大喜道：「你这里是何地方？有何冤屈？」众僧跪告：「爷爷，此城名唤祭赛国，乃西邦大去处。当年有四夷朝贡：南，月陀国；北，高昌国；东，西梁国；西，本钵国。年年进贡美玉、明珠、娇妃、骏马。我这里不动干戈，不去征讨，他那里自然拜为上邦。」三藏道：「既拜为上邦，想是你这国王有道，文武贤良。」众僧道：「爷爷，文也不贤，武也不良，国君也不是有道。我这金光寺，自来宝塔上祥云笼罩，瑞霭高升：夜放霞光？万里有人曾见；昼喷彩气，四国无不同瞻。故此以为天府神京，四夷朝贡。只是三年之前，孟秋朔日，夜半子时，下了一场血雨。天明时，家家害怕，户户生悲。众公卿奏上国王，不知天公甚事见责。当时延请道士打醮，和尚看经，答天谢地。谁晓得我这寺里黄金宝塔污了，这两年外国不来朝贡。我王欲要征伐，众臣谏道：我寺里僧人偷了塔上宝贝，所以无祥云瑞霭，外国不朝。昏君更不察理。那些赃官将我僧众拿了去，千般拷打，万样追求。当时我这里有三辈和尚：前两辈已被拷打不过，死了；如今又捉我辈，问罪枷锁。老爷在上，我等怎敢欺心，盗取塔中之宝！万望爷爷怜念，方以类聚，物以群分，舍大慈大悲，广施法力，拯救我等性命。」

三藏聞言，點頭歎道：「這樁事暗昧難明。Hearing this, Sanzang nodded and sighed, “This affair is obscure and difficult to fathom.一則是朝廷失政，二來是汝等有災。For one thing, the court has governed badly; for another, you have met with calamity.既然天降血雨，污了寶塔，那時節何不啟本奏君，致令受苦？」眾僧道：「爺爺，我等凡人，怎知天意？Since Heaven sent down a rain of blood that defiled the precious pagoda, why did you not submit a memorial to the ruler at the time, instead of allowing yourselves to suffer so?” The monks said, “Grandfather, we are mere mortals; how could we know Heaven’s intent?況前輩俱未辨得，我等如何處之？」三藏道：「悟空，今日甚時分了？」行者道：「有申時前後。」三藏道：「我欲面君倒換關文，奈何這眾僧之事不得明白，難以對君奏言。Even our predecessors could not discern the truth, so what could we have done?” Sanzang asked, “Wukong, what time is it now?” The Pilgrim replied, “Around the hour of the Monkey.” Sanzang said, “I wish to appear before the king and have our travel rescript certified, but until the affair of these monks is made clear, it will be hard to speak of it before him.我當時離了長安，在法門寺裡立願：上西方逢廟燒香，遇寺拜佛，見塔掃塔。When I left Chang’an, I made a vow at the Famen Monastery: on my journey west, whenever I met a shrine I would burn incense, whenever I came to a monastery I would worship the Buddha, and whenever I saw a pagoda I would sweep it.今日至此，遇有受屈僧人，乃因寶塔之累。Today I have come here and found wronged monks whose troubles all arose from this precious pagoda.你與我辦一把新笤帚，待我沐浴了，上去掃掃，即看這污穢之事何如，不放光之故何如，訪著端的，方好面君奏言，解救他們這苦難也。」Get me a new broom. After I have bathed, I shall go up and sweep it, to see what this defilement is, why the pagoda no longer shines, and whether I can discover the truth. Only then can I properly report the matter to the king and deliver them from their suffering.”

三藏

Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

聞言

wén yán — to have heard what was said

點頭

diǎn tóu — to nod (HSK 2)

歎

tàn — variant of 嘆 (tàn)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

樁

zhuāng — 1. stump; stake; pile 2. classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc (HSK 7-9)

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

暗昧

àn mèi — 1. obscure 2. remaining unenlightened

難

nán — 1. difficult (to...) 2. problem 3. difficulty 4. difficult 5. not good (HSK 1)

明

Míng — 1. Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) 2. surname Ming 3. Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 (Yán dì) descended from Shennong 神農 (Shén nóng) Farmer God

一則

yī zé — on the one hand

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

朝廷

cháo tíng — 1. court 2. imperial household 3. dynasty

失

shī — 1. to lose 2. to miss 3. to fail

政

zhèng — 1. political 2. politics 3. government

二來

èr lái — secondly, ...

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

汝

rǔ — thou

等

děng — 1. to wait for; to await 2. by the time; when; till 3. and so on; etc.; et al. 4. (bound form) class; rank; grade 5. (bound form) equal to; same as 6. (used to end an enumeration) 7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) (HSK 1)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

災

zāi — disaster; calamity (HSK 5)

既然

jì rán — since; as; this being the case (HSK 4)

天

tiān — 1. day 2. sky 3. heaven (HSK 1)

降

jiàng — 1. to drop 2. to fall 3. to come down 4. to descend (HSK 4)

血雨

xuè yǔ — 1. rain of blood 2. heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm

污

wū — 1. dirty 2. filthy 3. foul 4. corrupt 5. to smear 6. to defile 7. dirt 8. filth

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

寶塔

Bǎo tǎ — see 寶塔區 (Bǎo tǎ Qū)

那時

nà shí — 1. then 2. at that time 3. in those days (HSK 2)

節

jiē — see 節骨眼 (jiē gu yǎn) (HSK 2)

何不

hé bù — 1. why not? 2. why not do (sth)?

啟

Qǐ — Qi son of Yu the Great 禹 (Yǔ), reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝 (Xià Cháo) (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)

本

běn — 1. (bound form) root; stem 2. (bound form) origin; source 3. (bound form) one's own; this 4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc) 5. (bound form) original 6. (bound form) inherent 7. originally; initially 8. capital; principal 9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc (HSK 1)

奏

zòu — 1. to play music 2. to achieve 3. to present a memorial to the emperor (old) (HSK 6)

君

jūn — 1. monarch 2. lord 3. gentleman 4. ruler

致

zhì — 1. (literary) to send; to transmit; to convey 2. (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently (HSK 7-9)

令

líng — 1. used in 脊令 (jí líng) 2. used in 令狐 (Líng hú) (Taiwan pr. (lìng)) (HSK 5)

受苦

shòu kǔ — to suffer hardship (HSK 7-9)

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

僧

sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

爺爺

yé ye — (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa (HSK 1)

我等

wǒ děng — 1. we 2. us (archaic)

凡人

fán rén — 1. ordinary person 2. mortal 3. earthling

怎

zěn — how

知

zhī — 1. to know 2. to be aware

天意

tiān yì — 1. providence 2. the Will of Heaven

況

kuàng — 1. moreover 2. situation

前輩

qián bèi — 1. senior 2. older generation 3. precursor (HSK 7-9)

俱

jù — 1. (literary) all; both; entirely; without exception 2. (literary) to be together 3. (literary) to be alike

未

wèi — 1. not yet 2. did not 3. have not 4. not 5. 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep 6. ancient Chinese compass point: 210° (HSK 7-9)

辨

biàn — 1. to distinguish 2. to recognize

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

我等

wǒ děng — 1. we 2. us (archaic)

如何

rú hé — 1. how 2. what way 3. what (HSK 3)

處

chǔ — 1. to reside 2. to live 3. to dwell 4. to be in 5. to be situated at 6. to stay 7. to get along with 8. to be in a position of 9. to deal with 10. to discipline 11. to punish (HSK 4)

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

三藏

Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

悟空

Wù Kōng — Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記 (Xī Yóu Jì)

今日

jīn rì — today (HSK 5)

甚

shén — variant of 什 (shén)

時分

shí fēn — 1. time 2. period during the day 3. one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

申時

shēn shí — 3-5 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

前後

qián hòu — 1. around 2. from beginning to end 3. all around 4. front and rear (HSK 3)

三藏

Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

欲

yù — 1. to wish for 2. to desire 3. variant of 慾 (yù)

面

miàn — 1. face 2. side 3. surface 4. aspect 5. top 6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

君

jūn — 1. monarch 2. lord 3. gentleman 4. ruler

倒換

dǎo huàn — 1. to take turns 2. to rotate (responsibility)

關文

guān wén — official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times)

奈何

nài hé — 1. to do something to sb 2. to deal with 3. to cope 4. how? 5. to no avail

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

僧

sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

不得

bù dé — 1. must not 2. may not 3. not to be allowed 4. cannot

明白

míng bai — 1. clear; obvious; unequivocal 2. sensible; reasonable 3. to understand; to realize (HSK 1)

難以

nán yǐ — hard to (predict, imagine etc) (HSK 5)

對

duì — 1. right; correct 2. towards; at; for 3. concerning; regarding 4. to treat (sb a certain way) 5. to face 6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching 7. to match together; to adjust 8. to fit; to suit 9. to answer; to reply 10. to add; to pour in (a fluid) 11. to check; to compare 12. classifier: couple; pair (HSK 1)

君

jūn — 1. monarch 2. lord 3. gentleman 4. ruler

奏

zòu — 1. to play music 2. to achieve 3. to present a memorial to the emperor (old) (HSK 6)

言

yán — 1. words 2. speech 3. to say 4. to talk

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

當時

dāng shí — then; at that time (HSK 2)

離

Lí — surname Li (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

長安

Cháng ān — 1. Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安 (Xī ān)), capital of several Chinese dynasties from 202 BC to 907 CE 2. see 長安區 (Cháng ān Qū)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

法門

fǎ mén — 1. gate to enlightment (Buddhism) 2. Buddhism 3. way 4. method 5. (old) south gate of a palace

寺

sì — 1. Buddhist temple 2. mosque 3. government office (old) (HSK 6)

裡

lǐ — 1. lining 2. interior 3. inside 4. internal 5. also written 裏 (lǐ) (HSK 1)

立

Lì — surname Li (HSK 5)

願

yuàn — 1. (bound form) wish; hope; desire 2. to be willing 3. to wish (that sth may happen); may ... 4. vow; pledge (HSK 5)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

西方

Xī fāng — 1. the West 2. the Occident 3. Western countries (HSK 2)

逢

féng — 1. to meet by chance 2. to come across 3. (of a calendar event) to come along 4. (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) 5. to fawn upon (HSK 7-9)

廟

miào — 1. temple 2. ancestral shrine 3. classifier: 座 (zuò) 4. temple fair 5. great imperial hall 6. imperial (HSK 7-9)

燒香

shāo xiāng — to burn incense

遇

Yù — surname Yu (HSK 4)

寺

sì — 1. Buddhist temple 2. mosque 3. government office (old) (HSK 6)

拜佛

bài Fó — to worship Buddha

見

jiàn — 1. to see 2. to meet 3. to appear (to be sth) 4. to interview 5. opinion 6. view (HSK 1)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

掃

sǎo — 1. to sweep (with a brush or broom) 2. to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 3. to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan (HSK 4)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

今日

jīn rì — today (HSK 5)

至此

zhì cǐ — 1. up until now 2. so far (HSK 7-9)

遇

Yù — surname Yu (HSK 4)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

受

shòu — 1. to receive 2. to accept 3. to suffer 4. subjected to 5. to bear 6. to stand 7. pleasant 8. (passive marker) 9. (LGBT) bottom (HSK 3)

屈

Qū — surname Qu

僧人

sēng rén — monk (HSK 7-9)

乃

nǎi — 1. to be 2. thus 3. so 4. therefore 5. then 6. only 7. thereupon (HSK 7-9)

因

yīn — 1. cause 2. reason 3. because (HSK 6)

寶塔

Bǎo tǎ — see 寶塔區 (Bǎo tǎ Qū)

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

累

lěi — 1. to accumulate 2. to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. (lèi)) 3. continuous 4. repeated (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

與

yú — variant of 歟 (yú) (HSK 6)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

辦

bàn — 1. to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event) 2. to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise) 3. (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect) 4. (bound form) office (as in 招辦 (zhāo bàn), admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室 (bàn gōng shì)) (HSK 2)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

新

Xīn — 1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 (Xīn jiāng) 2. abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 (Xīn jiā pō) 3. surname Xin (HSK 1)

笤帚

tiáo zhou — 1. whisk broom 2. small broom 3. classifier: 把 (bǎ)

待

dāi — to stay; to remain (HSK 5)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

沐浴

mù yù — 1. to bathe; to take a bath 2. (fig.) to be bathed in; to be immersed in

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

上去

shàng qù — to go up (HSK 3)

掃

sǎo — 1. to sweep (with a brush or broom) 2. to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 3. to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan (HSK 4)

掃

sǎo — 1. to sweep (with a brush or broom) 2. to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 3. to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan (HSK 4)

即

jí — 1. namely 2. that is 3. i.e. 4. prompt 5. at once 6. at present 7. even if 8. prompted (by the occasion) 9. to approach 10. to come into contact 11. to assume (office) 12. to draw near (HSK 7-9)

看

kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

污穢

wū huì — 1. (literary) dirty; filthy 2. (literary) dirt; filth (HSK 7-9)

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

何如

hé rú — 1. how about 2. what kind of

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

放

fàng — 1. to put 2. to place 3. to release 4. to free 5. to let go 6. to let out 7. to set off (fireworks) (HSK 1)

光

guāng — 1. light; ray (classifier: 道 (dào)) 2. bright; shiny 3. only; merely 4. used up; finished 5. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered (HSK 3)

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

故

gù — 1. happening 2. instance 3. reason 4. cause 5. intentional 6. former 7. old 8. friend 9. therefore 10. hence 11. (of people) to die, dead (HSK 7-9)

何如

hé rú — 1. how about 2. what kind of

訪

fǎng — 1. (bound form) to seek by inquiry 2. (bound form) to visit; to call on

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

端的

duān dì — 1. really 2. after all 3. details 4. particulars

方

Fāng — surname Fang (HSK 4)

好

hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)

面

miàn — 1. face 2. side 3. surface 4. aspect 5. top 6. classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

君

jūn — 1. monarch 2. lord 3. gentleman 4. ruler

奏

zòu — 1. to play music 2. to achieve 3. to present a memorial to the emperor (old) (HSK 6)

言

yán — 1. words 2. speech 3. to say 4. to talk

解救

jiě jiù — 1. to rescue 2. to help out of difficulties 3. to save the situation (HSK 7-9)

他們

tā men — they; them (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

苦難

kǔ nàn — suffering (HSK 7-9)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

三藏闻言，点头叹道：「这桩事暗昧难明。一则是朝廷失政，二来是汝等有灾。既然天降血雨，污了宝塔，那时节何不启本奏君，致令受苦？」众僧道：「爷爷，我等凡人，怎知天意？况前辈俱未辨得，我等如何处之？」三藏道：「悟空，今日甚时分了？」行者道：「有申时前后。」三藏道：「我欲面君倒换关文，奈何这众僧之事不得明白，难以对君奏言。我当时离了长安，在法门寺里立愿：上西方逢庙烧香，遇寺拜佛，见塔扫塔。今日至此，遇有受屈僧人，乃因宝塔之累。你与我办一把新笤帚，待我沐浴了，上去扫扫，即看这污秽之事何如，不放光之故何如，访著端的，方好面君奏言，解救他们这苦难也。」

這些枷鎖的和尚聽說，連忙去廚房取把廚刀，遞與八戒道：「爺爺，你將此刀打開那柱子上鎖的小和尚鐵鎖，放他去安排齋飯香湯，伏侍老爺進齋沐浴。When the cangue-bearing monks heard this, they hurried to the kitchen, fetched a kitchen knife, and handed it to Bajie, saying, “Grandfather, use this knife to break the iron chains binding the young monks to the pillars, and let them prepare a vegetarian meal and hot scented water, so that they may serve your lordship while you eat and bathe.我等且上街化把新笤帚來與老爺掃塔。」八戒笑道：「開鎖有何難哉？Meanwhile, we shall go into the streets and beg for a new broom for your lordship to sweep the pagoda.” Bajie laughed and said, “What is difficult about opening locks?不用刀斧，教我那一位毛臉老爺，他是開鎖的積年。」行者真個近前，使個解鎖法，用手一抹，幾把鎖俱退落下。No knife or ax is needed. Let that shaggy-faced lord of mine do it; he is an old hand at opening locks.” The Pilgrim stepped forward, performed a lock-opening spell, and with one sweep of his hand made all the locks fall away.那小和尚俱跑到廚中，淨刷鍋灶，安排茶飯。The young monks all ran into the kitchen, scrubbed the stoves and pots clean, and prepared tea and food.三藏師徒們吃了齋，漸漸天昏。After Sanzang and his disciples had eaten their vegetarian meal, the sky gradually darkened.只見那枷鎖的和尚拿了兩把笤帚進來，三藏甚喜。Presently the cangue-bearing monks returned with two brooms, much to Sanzang’s delight.

這些

zhè xiē — these (HSK 1)

枷鎖

jiā suǒ — 1. stocks and chain 2. in fetters

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

和尚

hé shang — Buddhist monk (HSK 7-9)

聽說

tīng shuō — 1. to hear (sth said) 2. one hears (that) 3. hearsay 4. listening and speaking (HSK 2)

連忙

lián máng — promptly; at once (HSK 3)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

廚房

chú fáng — 1. kitchen 2. classifier: 間 (jiān) (HSK 5)

取

qǔ — 1. to take 2. to get 3. to choose 4. to fetch (HSK 2)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

廚

chú — kitchen

刀

Dāo — surname Dao (HSK 3)

遞

dì — 1. to hand over; to pass on; to deliver 2. (bound form) progressively; in the proper order (HSK 5)

與

yú — variant of 歟 (yú) (HSK 6)

八戒

Bā jiè — see 豬八戒 (Zhū Bā jiè)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

爺爺

yé ye — (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

將

jiāng — 1. will 2. shall 3. to use 4. to take 5. to checkmate 6. just a short while ago 7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 (bǎ)) (HSK 5)

此

cǐ — this; these (HSK 4)

刀

Dāo — surname Dao (HSK 3)

打開

dǎ kāi — 1. to open 2. to show (a ticket) 3. to turn on 4. to switch on (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

柱子

zhù zi — 1. pillar 2. classifier: 根 (gēn) (HSK 6)

上鎖

shàng suǒ — to lock; to be locked

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

和尚

hé shang — Buddhist monk (HSK 7-9)

鐵

Tiě — surname Tie (HSK 3)

鎖

suǒ — 1. to lock; to lock up 2. a lock (classifier: 把 (bǎ)) (HSK 5)

放

fàng — 1. to put 2. to place 3. to release 4. to free 5. to let go 6. to let out 7. to set off (fireworks) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

安排

ān pái — 1. to arrange 2. to plan 3. to set up 4. arrangements 5. plans (HSK 3)

齋飯

zhāi fàn — food given to Buddhist monks as alms

香湯

xiāng tāng — warm bathwater infused with aromatic herbs; scented bathwater

伏侍

fú shi — variant of 服侍 (fú shi)

老爺

lǎo ye — 1. (respectful) lord 2. master 3. (coll.) maternal grandfather

進

jìn — 1. to go forward 2. to advance 3. to go in 4. to enter 5. to put in 6. to submit 7. to take in 8. to admit 9. (math.) base of a number system 10. classifier for sections in a building or residential compound (HSK 1)

齋

zhāi — 1. to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc 2. vegetarian diet 3. study room 4. building 5. to give alms (to a monk)

沐浴

mù yù — 1. to bathe; to take a bath 2. (fig.) to be bathed in; to be immersed in

我等

wǒ děng — 1. we 2. us (archaic)

且

qiě — 1. and 2. moreover 3. yet 4. for the time being 5. to be about to 6. both (... and...) (HSK 7-9)

上街

shàng jiē — 1. to go onto the streets 2. to go shopping

化

huā — variant of 花 (huā)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

新

Xīn — 1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 (Xīn jiāng) 2. abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 (Xīn jiā pō) 3. surname Xin (HSK 1)

笤帚

tiáo zhou — 1. whisk broom 2. small broom 3. classifier: 把 (bǎ)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

與

yú — variant of 歟 (yú) (HSK 6)

老爺

lǎo ye — 1. (respectful) lord 2. master 3. (coll.) maternal grandfather

掃

sǎo — 1. to sweep (with a brush or broom) 2. to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 3. to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan (HSK 4)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

八戒

Bā jiè — see 豬八戒 (Zhū Bā jiè)

笑

xiào — 1. to laugh; to smile 2. to laugh at (HSK 1)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

開鎖

kāi suǒ — to unlock

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

何

Hé — surname He

難

nán — 1. difficult (to...) 2. problem 3. difficulty 4. difficult 5. not good (HSK 1)

哉

zāi — (exclamatory or interrogative particle)

不用

bù yòng — need not (HSK 1)

刀

Dāo — surname Dao (HSK 3)

斧

fǔ — hatchet

教

Jiào — surname Jiao (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

位

wèi — 1. position 2. location 3. place 4. seat 5. classifier for people (honorific) 6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) 7. (physics) potential (HSK 2)

毛

Máo — surname Mao (HSK 1)

臉

liǎn — 1. face 2. classifier: 張 (zhāng), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

老爺

lǎo ye — 1. (respectful) lord 2. master 3. (coll.) maternal grandfather

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

開鎖

kāi suǒ — to unlock

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

積年

jī nián — 1. for a long time 2. over many years 3. old 4. advanced in age

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

真個

zhēn gè — (dialect) really; truly; indeed

近前

jìn qián — 1. to come close 2. to get near to 3. front

使

shǐ — 1. to make 2. to cause 3. to enable 4. to use 5. to employ 6. to send 7. to instruct sb to do sth 8. envoy 9. messenger (HSK 3)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

解鎖

jiě suǒ — 1. to unlock 2. to release

法

Fǎ — 1. France 2. French 3. abbr. for 法國 (Fǎ guó) 4. Taiwan pr. (Fà) (HSK 4)

用

yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)

手

shǒu — 1. hand 2. (formal) to hold 3. person engaged in certain types of work 4. person skilled in certain types of work 5. personal(ly) 6. convenient 7. classifier for skill 8. classifier: 雙 (shuāng), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

抹

mā — to wipe (HSK 7-9)

幾

jī — (literary) almost (HSK 1)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

鎖

suǒ — 1. to lock; to lock up 2. a lock (classifier: 把 (bǎ)) (HSK 5)

俱

jù — 1. (literary) all; both; entirely; without exception 2. (literary) to be together 3. (literary) to be alike

退落

tuì luò — to subside

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

和尚

hé shang — Buddhist monk (HSK 7-9)

俱

jù — 1. (literary) all; both; entirely; without exception 2. (literary) to be together 3. (literary) to be alike

跑

páo — (of an animal) to paw (the ground) (HSK 1)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

廚

chú — kitchen

中

Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)

淨

jìng — 1. clean 2. completely 3. only 4. net (income, exports etc) 5. (Chinese opera) painted face male role (HSK 6)

刷

shuā — 1. a brush 2. to paint; to daub 3. to brush; to scrub 4. (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) 5. (onom.) swish; rustle 6. to swipe (a card) 7. to scroll on (a phone) 8. (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc) (HSK 4)

鍋灶

guō zào — 1. stove 2. cooking burner

安排

ān pái — 1. to arrange 2. to plan 3. to set up 4. arrangements 5. plans (HSK 3)

茶

chá — 1. tea 2. tea plant 3. classifier: 杯 (bēi), 壺 (hú) (HSK 1)

飯

fàn — 1. cooked rice 2. classifier: 碗 (wǎn) 3. meal 4. classifier: 頓 (dùn) 5. (loanword) fan 6. devotee (HSK 1)

三藏

Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

師徒

shī tú — master and disciple

們

men — plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

吃

chī — 1. to eat; to consume 2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc) 3. to eradicate; to destroy 4. to absorb 5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

齋

zhāi — 1. to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc 2. vegetarian diet 3. study room 4. building 5. to give alms (to a monk)

漸漸

jiàn jiàn — gradually (HSK 4)

天

tiān — 1. day 2. sky 3. heaven (HSK 1)

昏

hūn — 1. muddle-headed 2. twilight 3. to faint 4. to lose consciousness (HSK 6)

只見

zhǐ jiàn — 1. to see (the same thing) over and over again 2. to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) (HSK 5)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

枷鎖

jiā suǒ — 1. stocks and chain 2. in fetters

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

和尚

hé shang — Buddhist monk (HSK 7-9)

拿

ná — 1. to hold 2. to seize 3. to catch 4. to apprehend 5. to take 6. (used in the same way as 把 (bǎ): to mark the following noun as a direct object) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

笤帚

tiáo zhou — 1. whisk broom 2. small broom 3. classifier: 把 (bǎ)

進來

jìn lái — to come in (HSK 1)

三藏

Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

甚

shén — variant of 什 (shén)

喜

xǐ — 1. to be fond of 2. to like 3. to enjoy 4. to be happy 5. to feel pleased 6. happiness 7. delight 8. glad

这些枷锁的和尚听说，连忙去厨房取把厨刀，递与八戒道：「爷爷，你将此刀打开那柱子上锁的小和尚铁锁，放他去安排斋饭香汤，伏侍老爷进斋沐浴。我等且上街化把新笤帚来与老爷扫塔。」八戒笑道：「开锁有何难哉？不用刀斧，教我那一位毛脸老爷，他是开锁的积年。」行者真个近前，使个解锁法，用手一抹，几把锁俱退落下。那小和尚俱跑到厨中，净刷锅灶，安排茶饭。三藏师徒们吃了斋，渐渐天昏。只见那枷锁的和尚拿了两把笤帚进来，三藏甚喜。

正說處，一個小和尚點了燈來請洗澡。While they were still talking, a young monk came with a lamp and invited him to bathe.此時滿天星月光輝，譙樓上更鼓齊發。By then the sky was filled with the radiance of stars and moon, while the watch drums sounded together from the city tower.正是那：It was truly a scene of this kind:

正

zhēng — first month of the lunar year (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

處

chǔ — 1. to reside 2. to live 3. to dwell 4. to be in 5. to be situated at 6. to stay 7. to get along with 8. to be in a position of 9. to deal with 10. to discipline 11. to punish (HSK 4)

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

和尚

hé shang — Buddhist monk (HSK 7-9)

點

diǎn — 1. to touch briefly; to tap 2. to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) 3. to order (food etc); to select 4. to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) 5. to hint at; to imply 6. to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops 7. to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite 8. to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down 9. point; dot; spot; speck 10. dot stroke in Chinese characters 11. (math.) decimal point 12. point in time or space 13. (after a number) o'clock 14. a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more 15. classifier for small amounts (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

燈

dēng — 1. lamp 2. light 3. lantern 4. classifier: 盞 (zhǎn) (HSK 2)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

請

qǐng — 1. to ask 2. to invite 3. please (do sth) 4. to treat (to a meal etc) 5. to request (HSK 1)

洗澡

xǐ zǎo — 1. to bathe 2. to take a shower (HSK 2)

此時

cǐ shí — 1. now 2. this moment (HSK 5)

滿天星

mǎn tiān xīng — 1. Baby's Breath 2. Gypsophila paniculata

月光

yuè guāng — moonlight

輝

huī — (bound form) radiance; brilliance; to shine

譙

Qiáo — surname Qiao

樓上

lóu shàng — 1. upstairs 2. (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread (HSK 1)

更鼓

gēng gǔ — 1. drum marking night watches 2. night watchman's clapper

齊

Qí — 1. (name of states and dynasties at several different periods) 2. surname Qi (HSK 3)

發

fā — 1. to send out 2. to show (one's feeling) 3. to issue 4. to develop 5. to make a bundle of money 6. classifier for gunshots (rounds) (HSK 2)

正是

zhèng shì — is precisely (HSK 2)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

正说处，一个小和尚点了灯来请洗澡。此时满天星月光辉，谯楼上更鼓齐发。正是那：

三藏沐浴畢，穿了小袖褊衫，束了環絛，足下換一雙軟公鞋，手裡拿一把新笤帚，對眾僧道：「你等安寢，待我掃塔去來。」行者道：「塔上既被血雨所污，又況日久無光，恐生惡物；When Sanzang had finished bathing, he put on a narrow-sleeved short robe, fastened a ringed sash about his waist, changed into a pair of soft official shoes, and took a new broom in his hand. He said to the monks, “Go to rest, all of you, while I sweep the pagoda.” The Pilgrim said, “The pagoda was defiled by a rain of blood and has long ceased to shine; I fear some evil creature may have taken up residence there.一則夜靜風寒，又沒個伴侶：自去恐有差池，老孫與你同上如何？」三藏道：「甚好，甚好。」兩人各持一把，先到大殿上，點起琉璃燈，燒了香，佛前拜道：「弟子陳玄奘奉東土大唐差往靈山參見我佛如來取經，今至祭賽國金光寺，遇本僧言寶塔被污，國王疑僧盜寶，啣冤取罪，上下難明。Besides, the night is still and the wind is cold, and you would have no companion. I fear some mishap if you go alone. How would it be if old Sun went up with you?” Sanzang said, “Excellent, excellent.” Each carrying a broom, they first went to the main hall, lit a crystal lamp, burned incense, and bowed before the Buddha, saying, “Your disciple Chen Xuanzang has been sent by the Great Tang in the Eastern Land to visit our Buddha the Tathagata at Ling Shan and obtain the scriptures. Having now reached the Golden Light Monastery in the Kingdom of Jisai, I have heard its monks say that the precious pagoda was defiled and that the king, suspecting them of stealing its treasure, convicted them unjustly, while no one high or low can ascertain the truth.弟子竭誠掃塔，望我佛威靈，早示污塔之原因，莫致凡夫之冤屈。」祝罷，與行者開了塔門，自下層望上而掃。Your disciple shall sweep the pagoda with perfect sincerity. I pray that our Buddha, in his awesome spiritual power, will swiftly reveal the cause of its defilement and spare innocent mortals from wrongful suffering.” After making this prayer, he and the Pilgrim opened the pagoda door and swept upward from the lowest story.只見這塔，真是：The pagoda was truly a sight to behold:

三藏

Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

沐浴

mù yù — 1. to bathe; to take a bath 2. (fig.) to be bathed in; to be immersed in

畢

Bì — surname Bi

穿

chuān — 1. to bore through; to pierce; to perforate 2. to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street) 3. to thread; to string together 4. to wear; to put on (clothes, shoes etc.) 5. verb complement indicating thoroughness or completion (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

袖

xiù — 1. sleeve 2. to tuck inside one's sleeve

褊

biǎn — 1. narrow 2. urgent

衫

shān — 1. garment 2. jacket with open slits in place of sleeves

束

Shù — surname Shu (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

環

Huán — surname Huan (HSK 3)

絛

dí — see 絛綸 (dí lún)

足下

zú xià — 1. you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) 2. below the foot

換

huàn — 1. to exchange 2. to change (clothes etc) 3. to substitute 4. to switch 5. to convert (currency) (HSK 2)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

雙

Shuāng — surname Shuang (HSK 3)

軟

ruǎn — 1. soft 2. flexible (HSK 5)

公

gōng — 1. public 2. collectively owned 3. common 4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) 5. make public 6. fair 7. just 8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 9. honorable (gentlemen) 10. father-in-law 11. male (animal) (HSK 6)

鞋

xié — 1. shoe 2. classifier: 雙 (shuāng), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

手裡

shǒu lǐ — 1. in hand 2. (a situation is) in sb's hands (HSK 4)

拿

ná — 1. to hold 2. to seize 3. to catch 4. to apprehend 5. to take 6. (used in the same way as 把 (bǎ): to mark the following noun as a direct object) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

新

Xīn — 1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 (Xīn jiāng) 2. abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 (Xīn jiā pō) 3. surname Xin (HSK 1)

笤帚

tiáo zhou — 1. whisk broom 2. small broom 3. classifier: 把 (bǎ)

對

duì — 1. right; correct 2. towards; at; for 3. concerning; regarding 4. to treat (sb a certain way) 5. to face 6. (bound form) opposite; facing; matching 7. to match together; to adjust 8. to fit; to suit 9. to answer; to reply 10. to add; to pour in (a fluid) 11. to check; to compare 12. classifier: couple; pair (HSK 1)

眾

Zhòng — abbr. for 眾議院 (Zhòng yì yuàn), House of Representatives

僧

sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

你等

nǐ děng — (archaic) you all

安寢

ān qǐn — to sleep peacefully

待

dāi — to stay; to remain (HSK 5)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

掃

sǎo — 1. to sweep (with a brush or broom) 2. to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 3. to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan (HSK 4)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

既

jì — 1. already 2. since 3. both... (and...) (HSK 4)

被

bèi — 1. quilt 2. to cover (with) 3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) 4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) 5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip") (HSK 3)

血雨

xuè yǔ — 1. rain of blood 2. heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm

所

suǒ — 1. actually 2. place 3. classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc 4. that which 5. particle introducing a relative clause or passive 6. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

污

wū — 1. dirty 2. filthy 3. foul 4. corrupt 5. to smear 6. to defile 7. dirt 8. filth

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

況

kuàng — 1. moreover 2. situation

日久

rì jiǔ — with the passage of time; over time

無

mó — used in 南無 (nā mó) (HSK 4)

光

guāng — 1. light; ray (classifier: 道 (dào)) 2. bright; shiny 3. only; merely 4. used up; finished 5. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered (HSK 3)

恐

kǒng — 1. afraid 2. frightened 3. to fear

生

shēng — 1. to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born 2. to arise; to occur 3. to light (a fire) 4. to live; to be alive 5. life 6. raw; uncooked; unprocessed 7. unfamiliar; strange 8. (bound form) student; person engaged in a field 9. (bound form) male role in traditional opera 10. (bound form) life; lifetime 11. (bound form) means of livelihood 12. (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼 (shēng téng)) 13. (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽 (shēng lā yìng zhuài)) (HSK 2)

惡

ě — used in 惡心 (ě xīn) (HSK 7-9)

物

wù — 1. (bound form) thing 2. (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself

一則

yī zé — on the one hand

夜

yè — night (HSK 2)

靜

jìng — 1. still 2. calm 3. quiet 4. not moving (HSK 3)

風寒

fēng hán — 1. wind chill 2. cold weather 3. common cold (medicine)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

沒

méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

伴侶

bàn lǚ — 1. companion 2. mate 3. partner (HSK 7-9)

自

zì — 1. (bound form) self; oneself 2. from; since 3. naturally; as a matter of course (HSK 4)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

恐

kǒng — 1. afraid 2. frightened 3. to fear

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

差池

chā chí — 1. mistake 2. error 3. mishap

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

孫

Sūn — surname Sun

與

yú — variant of 歟 (yú) (HSK 6)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

同上

tóng shàng — as above; ditto; idem

如何

rú hé — 1. how 2. what way 3. what (HSK 3)

三藏

Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

甚

shén — variant of 什 (shén)

好

hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)

甚

shén — variant of 什 (shén)

好

hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

各

gè — 1. each 2. every (HSK 3)

持

chí — 1. to hold 2. to grasp 3. to support 4. to maintain 5. to persevere 6. to manage 7. to run (i.e. administer) 8. to control (HSK 7-9)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

先

xiān — 1. beforehand; first; earlier 2. at first; originally 3. for the time being; for now 4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) (HSK 1)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

大殿

dà diàn — main hall of a Buddhist temple

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

點

diǎn — 1. to touch briefly; to tap 2. to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) 3. to order (food etc); to select 4. to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) 5. to hint at; to imply 6. to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops 7. to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite 8. to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down 9. point; dot; spot; speck 10. dot stroke in Chinese characters 11. (math.) decimal point 12. point in time or space 13. (after a number) o'clock 14. a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more 15. classifier for small amounts (HSK 1)

起

qǐ — 1. to rise 2. to raise 3. to get up 4. to set out 5. to start 6. to appear 7. to launch 8. to initiate (action) 9. to draft 10. to establish 11. to get (from a depot or counter) 12. verb suffix, to start 13. starting from (a time, place, price etc) 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance 15. classifier for groups: batch, group (HSK 1)

琉璃

liú li — 1. colored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture 2. colored or clear glass art object

燈

dēng — 1. lamp 2. light 3. lantern 4. classifier: 盞 (zhǎn) (HSK 2)

燒

shāo — 1. to burn; to set on fire 2. to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc) 3. to braise 4. to cook; to prepare food 5. to run a fever 6. fever 7. (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away (HSK 4)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

香

xiāng — 1. fragrant 2. sweet smelling 3. aromatic 4. savory or appetizing 5. (to eat) with relish 6. (of sleep) sound 7. perfume or spice 8. joss or incense stick 9. classifier: 根 (gēn) (HSK 3)

佛

Fó — Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀 (Fó tuó)) (HSK 6)

前

qián — 1. front 2. forward 3. ahead 4. first 5. top (followed by a number) 6. future 7. ago 8. before 9. BC (e.g. 前293年) 10. former 11. formerly (HSK 1)

拜

bài — 1. to bow to; to pay one's respects 2. (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) 3. to make a courtesy call 4. (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony 5. to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) 6. (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

弟子

dì zǐ — disciple; follower (HSK 7-9)

陳

Chén — 1. surname Chen 2. Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state 3. Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝 (Nán Cháo)

玄奘

Xuán zàng — Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645

奉

fèng — 1. to offer (tribute) 2. to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) 3. to esteem 4. to revere 5. to believe in (a religion) 6. to wait upon 7. to accept orders (from superior)

東土

Dōng tǔ — 1. the East 2. China

大唐

Dà Táng — the Tang dynasty (618-907)

差

chā — 1. difference; discrepancy 2. (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) 3. (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly (HSK 1)

往

wǎng — 1. to go (in a direction) 2. to 3. towards 4. (of a train) bound for 5. past 6. previous (HSK 2)

靈山

Líng shān — see 靈山縣 (Líng shān Xiàn)

參見

cān jiàn — 1. to refer to 2. see also 3. compare (cf.) 4. to pay respect to (HSK 7-9)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

佛

Fó — Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀 (Fó tuó)) (HSK 6)

如來

rú lái — tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)

取經

qǔ jīng — 1. to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures 2. to learn by studying another's experience (HSK 7-9)

今

jīn — 1. now 2. the present time 3. current 4. contemporary 5. this (day, year etc)

至

zhì — 1. to arrive 2. most 3. to 4. until (HSK 5)

祭賽

jì sài — to give sacrifice

國

Guó — surname Guo (HSK 1)

金

Jīn — 1. surname Jin 2. surname Kim (Korean) 3. Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234) (HSK 3)

光

guāng — 1. light; ray (classifier: 道 (dào)) 2. bright; shiny 3. only; merely 4. used up; finished 5. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered (HSK 3)

寺

sì — 1. Buddhist temple 2. mosque 3. government office (old) (HSK 6)

遇

Yù — surname Yu (HSK 4)

本

běn — 1. (bound form) root; stem 2. (bound form) origin; source 3. (bound form) one's own; this 4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc) 5. (bound form) original 6. (bound form) inherent 7. originally; initially 8. capital; principal 9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc (HSK 1)

僧

sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))

言

yán — 1. words 2. speech 3. to say 4. to talk

寶塔

Bǎo tǎ — see 寶塔區 (Bǎo tǎ Qū)

被

bèi — 1. quilt 2. to cover (with) 3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) 4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) 5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip") (HSK 3)

污

wū — 1. dirty 2. filthy 3. foul 4. corrupt 5. to smear 6. to defile 7. dirt 8. filth

國王

guó wáng — king (HSK 6)

疑

yí — (bound form) to doubt; to suspect

僧

sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))

盜

dào — 1. to steal 2. to rob 3. to plunder 4. thief 5. bandit 6. robber (HSK 7-9)

寶

bǎo — 1. jewel 2. gem 3. treasure 4. precious (HSK 4)

啣

xián — variant of 銜 (xián)

冤

yuān — 1. injustice 2. grievance 3. wrong (HSK 7-9)

取

qǔ — 1. to take 2. to get 3. to choose 4. to fetch (HSK 2)

罪

zuì — 1. guilt 2. crime 3. fault 4. blame 5. sin (HSK 6)

上下

shàng xià — 1. the top and bottom of sth 2. the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom 3. to go up and down 4. before and after (as in 上下文 (shàng xià wén) "context") 5. (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so 6. (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 (shàng xià hé mù) "harmony between superiors and subordinates") 7. all members of a group (as in 舉國上下 (jǔ guó shàng xià) "the entire nation") 8. relative superiority (as in 不相上下 (bù xiāng shàng xià) "evenly matched") (HSK 5)

難

nán — 1. difficult (to...) 2. problem 3. difficulty 4. difficult 5. not good (HSK 1)

明

Míng — 1. Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) 2. surname Ming 3. Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 (Yán dì) descended from Shennong 神農 (Shén nóng) Farmer God

弟子

dì zǐ — disciple; follower (HSK 7-9)

竭誠

jié chéng — wholeheartedly

掃

sǎo — 1. to sweep (with a brush or broom) 2. to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 3. to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan (HSK 4)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

望

wàng — 1. full moon 2. to hope 3. to expect 4. to visit 5. to gaze (into the distance) 6. to look towards 7. towards (HSK 7-9)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

佛

Fó — Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀 (Fó tuó)) (HSK 6)

威靈

wēi líng — 1. authority 2. prestige 3. supernatural spirit

早

zǎo — 1. early 2. morning 3. Good morning! 4. long ago 5. prematurely (HSK 1)

示

shì — 1. to show 2. to reveal

污

wū — 1. dirty 2. filthy 3. foul 4. corrupt 5. to smear 6. to defile 7. dirt 8. filth

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

原因

yuán yīn — 1. cause 2. origin 3. root cause 4. reason 5. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

莫

Mò — surname Mo

致

zhì — 1. (literary) to send; to transmit; to convey 2. (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently (HSK 7-9)

凡夫

fán fū — 1. common person 2. ordinary guy 3. mortal man

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

冤屈

yuān qū — 1. to treat unjustly 2. an injustice

祝

Zhù — surname Zhu (HSK 3)

罷

bà — 1. to stop 2. to cease 3. to dismiss 4. to suspend 5. to quit 6. to finish

與

yú — variant of 歟 (yú) (HSK 6)

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

開

kāi — 1. to open (transitive or intransitive) 2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run 4. to boil 5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) 6. (directional complement) away; off 7. carat (gold) 8. abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文 (Kāi ěr wén) 9. abbr. for 開本 (kāi běn), book format (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

門

Mén — surname Men (HSK 1)

自

zì — 1. (bound form) self; oneself 2. from; since 3. naturally; as a matter of course (HSK 4)

下層

xià céng — 1. underlayer 2. lower class 3. lower strata 4. substrate

望

wàng — 1. full moon 2. to hope 3. to expect 4. to visit 5. to gaze (into the distance) 6. to look towards 7. towards (HSK 7-9)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

而

ér — 1. and 2. as well as 3. and so 4. but (not) 5. yet (not) 6. (indicates causal relation) 7. (indicates change of state) 8. (indicates contrast) (HSK 4)

掃

sǎo — 1. to sweep (with a brush or broom) 2. to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 3. to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan (HSK 4)

只見

zhǐ jiàn — 1. to see (the same thing) over and over again 2. to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) (HSK 5)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

真是

zhēn shi — 1. indeed; truly 2. (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)

三藏沐浴毕，穿了小袖褊衫，束了环绦，足下换一双软公鞋，手里拿一把新笤帚，对众僧道：「你等安寝，待我扫塔去来。」行者道：「塔上既被血雨所污，又况日久无光，恐生恶物；一则夜静风寒，又没个伴侣：自去恐有差池，老孙与你同上如何？」三藏道：「甚好，甚好。」两人各持一把，先到大殿上，点起琉璃灯，烧了香，佛前拜道：「弟子陈玄奘奉东土大唐差往灵山参见我佛如来取经，今至祭赛国金光寺，遇本僧言宝塔被污，国王疑僧盗宝，啣冤取罪，上下难明。弟子竭诚扫塔，望我佛威灵，早示污塔之原因，莫致凡夫之冤屈。」祝罢，与行者开了塔门，自下层望上而扫。只见这塔，真是：

唐僧用帚子掃了一層，又上一層。Tang Seng swept one story, then went up to the next.如此掃至第七層上，卻早二更時分。In this way he had swept as far as the seventh story when it was already the second watch.那長老漸覺困倦，行者道：「困了，你且坐下，等老孫替你掃罷。」三藏道：「這塔是多少層數？」行者道：「怕不有十三層哩。」長老耽著勞倦道：「是必掃了，方趁本願。」又掃了三層，腰酸腿痛，就於十層上坐倒道：「悟空，你替我把那三層掃淨下來罷。」行者抖擻精神，登上第十一層，霎時又上到第十二層。The elder gradually grew weary, and the Pilgrim said, “If you are tired, sit down awhile and let old Sun finish the sweeping for you.” Sanzang asked, “How many stories has this pagoda?” The Pilgrim replied, “There must be thirteen.” Despite his exhaustion, the elder said, “I must sweep them all to fulfill my original vow.” He swept three more stories, but then, with aching waist and painful legs, sat down on the tenth story and said, “Wukong, sweep the remaining three stories clean for me.” Rousing his spirits, the Pilgrim climbed to the eleventh story and, in another instant, reached the twelfth.正掃處，只聽得塔頂上有人言語。As he was sweeping, he suddenly heard people talking on the topmost story.行者道：「怪哉！The Pilgrim said, “Strange!怪哉！Very strange!這早晚有三更時分，怎麼得有人在這頂上言語？It must be around the third watch already; how can anyone be talking at the top of the pagoda at this hour?斷乎是邪物也，且看看去。」It must certainly be some evil creature. Let me go and see.”

唐僧

Táng sēng — Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645

用

yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)

帚

zhǒu — broom

子

zǐ — 1. son 2. child 3. seed 4. egg 5. small thing 6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat 7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) 9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

掃

sǎo — 1. to sweep (with a brush or broom) 2. to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 3. to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan (HSK 4)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一層

yī céng — one layer; one level

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

一層

yī céng — one layer; one level

如此

rú cǐ — like this; so; such (HSK 5)

掃

sǎo — 1. to sweep (with a brush or broom) 2. to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 3. to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan (HSK 4)

至

zhì — 1. to arrive 2. most 3. to 4. until (HSK 5)

第

dì — 1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 (dì liù) "sixth") 2. (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed 3. (old) residence of a high official 4. (literary) but; however 5. (literary) only; just

七

qī — 1. seven 2. 7 (HSK 1)

層

céng — 1. to pile on top of one another 2. layer; stratum 3. floor (of a building); story 4. (math.) sheaf 5. classifier for layers (HSK 2)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

卻

què — 1. but 2. yet 3. however 4. while 5. to go back 6. to decline 7. to retreat 8. nevertheless 9. even though (HSK 4)

早

zǎo — 1. early 2. morning 3. Good morning! 4. long ago 5. prematurely (HSK 1)

二更

èr gēng — second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)

時分

shí fēn — 1. time 2. period during the day 3. one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

長老

zhǎng lǎo — 1. elder 2. term of respect for a Buddhist monk

漸

jiān — to imbue

覺

jiào — 1. a nap 2. a sleep 3. classifier: 場 (cháng) (HSK 6)

困倦

kùn juàn — 1. tired 2. weary

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

困

kùn — 1. to trap 2. to surround 3. hard-pressed 4. stranded 5. destitute (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

且

qiě — 1. and 2. moreover 3. yet 4. for the time being 5. to be about to 6. both (... and...) (HSK 7-9)

坐下

zuò xia — to sit down (HSK 1)

等

děng — 1. to wait for; to await 2. by the time; when; till 3. and so on; etc.; et al. 4. (bound form) class; rank; grade 5. (bound form) equal to; same as 6. (used to end an enumeration) 7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) (HSK 1)

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

孫

Sūn — surname Sun

替

tì — 1. to substitute for 2. to take the place of 3. to replace 4. for 5. on behalf of 6. to stand in for (HSK 4)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

掃

sǎo — 1. to sweep (with a brush or broom) 2. to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 3. to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan (HSK 4)

罷

bà — 1. to stop 2. to cease 3. to dismiss 4. to suspend 5. to quit 6. to finish

三藏

Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

多少

duō shǎo — 1. number; amount 2. somewhat (HSK 1)

層

céng — 1. to pile on top of one another 2. layer; stratum 3. floor (of a building); story 4. (math.) sheaf 5. classifier for layers (HSK 2)

數

shǔ — 1. to count 2. to count as; to regard as 3. to enumerate; to list (HSK 2)

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

怕

Pà — surname Pa (HSK 2)

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

十三

shí sān — 1. thirteen 2. 13

層

céng — 1. to pile on top of one another 2. layer; stratum 3. floor (of a building); story 4. (math.) sheaf 5. classifier for layers (HSK 2)

哩

lǐ — mile

長老

zhǎng lǎo — 1. elder 2. term of respect for a Buddhist monk

耽

dān — 1. to indulge in 2. to delay

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

勞倦

láo juàn — 1. exhausted 2. worn out

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

必

bì — 1. certainly 2. must 3. will 4. necessarily (HSK 5)

掃

sǎo — 1. to sweep (with a brush or broom) 2. to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 3. to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan (HSK 4)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

方

Fāng — surname Fang (HSK 4)

趁

chèn — 1. to avail oneself of 2. to take advantage of (HSK 7-9)

本

běn — 1. (bound form) root; stem 2. (bound form) origin; source 3. (bound form) one's own; this 4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc) 5. (bound form) original 6. (bound form) inherent 7. originally; initially 8. capital; principal 9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc (HSK 1)

願

yuàn — 1. (bound form) wish; hope; desire 2. to be willing 3. to wish (that sth may happen); may ... 4. vow; pledge (HSK 5)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

掃

sǎo — 1. to sweep (with a brush or broom) 2. to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 3. to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan (HSK 4)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

三

Sān — surname San (HSK 1)

層

céng — 1. to pile on top of one another 2. layer; stratum 3. floor (of a building); story 4. (math.) sheaf 5. classifier for layers (HSK 2)

腰

yāo — 1. the waist and lower back 2. (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) 3. the waist of trousers or a skirt 4. (metonym) money pouch; pocket 5. (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) (HSK 4)

酸

suān — 1. sour 2. tart 3. sick at heart 4. grieved 5. sore 6. aching 7. pedantic 8. impractical 9. to make sarcastic remarks about sb 10. an acid (HSK 4)

腿

tuǐ — 1. leg 2. classifier: 條 (tiáo) (HSK 2)

痛

tòng — 1. ache 2. pain 3. sorrow 4. deeply 5. thoroughly (HSK 3)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

於

yú — 1. (of time or place) in; at; on 2. (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for 3. (indicating a source) from; out of 4. (used in comparison) than 5. (used in the passive voice) by (HSK 6)

十

shí — 1. ten 2. 10 (HSK 1)

層

céng — 1. to pile on top of one another 2. layer; stratum 3. floor (of a building); story 4. (math.) sheaf 5. classifier for layers (HSK 2)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

坐

Zuò — surname Zuo (HSK 1)

倒

dǎo — 1. to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally 2. to fail; to go bankrupt 3. to overthrow 4. to change (trains or buses) 5. to move around 6. to resell at a profit (HSK 2)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

悟空

Wù Kōng — Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記 (Xī Yóu Jì)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

替

tì — 1. to substitute for 2. to take the place of 3. to replace 4. for 5. on behalf of 6. to stand in for (HSK 4)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

三

Sān — surname San (HSK 1)

層

céng — 1. to pile on top of one another 2. layer; stratum 3. floor (of a building); story 4. (math.) sheaf 5. classifier for layers (HSK 2)

掃

sǎo — 1. to sweep (with a brush or broom) 2. to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 3. to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan (HSK 4)

淨

jìng — 1. clean 2. completely 3. only 4. net (income, exports etc) 5. (Chinese opera) painted face male role (HSK 6)

下來

xià lai — 1. to come down 2. (completed action marker) 3. (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) 4. (indicates continuation from the past towards us) 5. to be harvested (of crops) 6. to be over (of a period of time) 7. to go among the masses (said of leaders) (HSK 3)

罷

bà — 1. to stop 2. to cease 3. to dismiss 4. to suspend 5. to quit 6. to finish

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

抖擻精神

dǒu sǒu jīng shén — 1. to gather one's spirits 2. to pull oneself together

登上

dēng shàng — 1. to climb over 2. to ascend onto 3. to mount

第

dì — 1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 (dì liù) "sixth") 2. (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed 3. (old) residence of a high official 4. (literary) but; however 5. (literary) only; just

十一

Shí Yī — PRC National Day (October 1st)

層

céng — 1. to pile on top of one another 2. layer; stratum 3. floor (of a building); story 4. (math.) sheaf 5. classifier for layers (HSK 2)

霎時

shà shí — in a split second

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

第

dì — 1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 (dì liù) "sixth") 2. (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed 3. (old) residence of a high official 4. (literary) but; however 5. (literary) only; just

十二

shí èr — 1. twelve 2. 12

層

céng — 1. to pile on top of one another 2. layer; stratum 3. floor (of a building); story 4. (math.) sheaf 5. classifier for layers (HSK 2)

正

zhēng — first month of the lunar year (HSK 1)

掃

sǎo — 1. to sweep (with a brush or broom) 2. to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of 3. to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan (HSK 4)

處

chǔ — 1. to reside 2. to live 3. to dwell 4. to be in 5. to be situated at 6. to stay 7. to get along with 8. to be in a position of 9. to deal with 10. to discipline 11. to punish (HSK 4)

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

聽

tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

頂上

dǐng shàng — 1. on top of 2. at the summit

有人

yǒu rén — 1. someone 2. people 3. anyone 4. there is someone there 5. occupied (as in restroom) (HSK 2)

言語

yán yǔ — 1. words 2. speech 3. (spoken) language (HSK 5)

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

怪

guài — 1. odd; strange; uncanny 2. (bound form) monster; supernatural being 3. to find strange; to regard as odd 4. to blame 5. (coll.) somewhat; rather (HSK 4)

哉

zāi — (exclamatory or interrogative particle)

怪

guài — 1. odd; strange; uncanny 2. (bound form) monster; supernatural being 3. to find strange; to regard as odd 4. to blame 5. (coll.) somewhat; rather (HSK 4)

哉

zāi — (exclamatory or interrogative particle)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

早晚

zǎo wǎn — 1. morning and evening 2. (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days 3. (coll.) (this, or that) point of time 4. (dialect) at some time in the future (HSK 6)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

三更

sān gēng — 1. third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) 2. midnight 3. also pr. (sān jīn)

時分

shí fēn — 1. time 2. period during the day 3. one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支

怎麼

zěn me — 1. how? 2. what? 3. why? (HSK 1)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

有人

yǒu rén — 1. someone 2. people 3. anyone 4. there is someone there 5. occupied (as in restroom) (HSK 2)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

頂上

dǐng shàng — 1. on top of 2. at the summit

言語

yán yǔ — 1. words 2. speech 3. (spoken) language (HSK 5)

斷乎

duàn hū — certainly

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

邪

xié — 1. demonic 2. iniquitous 3. nefarious 4. evil 5. unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) 6. (coll.) strange 7. abnormal (HSK 7-9)

物

wù — 1. (bound form) thing 2. (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

且

qiě — 1. and 2. moreover 3. yet 4. for the time being 5. to be about to 6. both (... and...) (HSK 7-9)

看看

kàn kan — 1. to take a look at 2. to examine 3. to survey 4. (coll.) pretty soon

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

唐僧用帚子扫了一层，又上一层。如此扫至第七层上，却早二更时分。那长老渐觉困倦，行者道：「困了，你且坐下，等老孙替你扫罢。」三藏道：「这塔是多少层数？」行者道：「怕不有十三层哩。」长老耽著劳倦道：「是必扫了，方趁本愿。」又扫了三层，腰酸腿痛，就于十层上坐倒道：「悟空，你替我把那三层扫净下来罢。」行者抖擞精神，登上第十一层，霎时又上到第十二层。正扫处，只听得塔顶上有人言语。行者道：「怪哉！怪哉！这早晚有三更时分，怎么得有人在这顶上言语？断乎是邪物也，且看看去。」

好猴王，輕輕的挾著笤帚，撒起衣服，鑽出前門，踏著雲頭觀看。Splendid Monkey King! Quietly tucking the broom beneath his arm and gathering up his robe, he slipped out through the front opening and stepped onto a cloud to investigate.只見第十三層塔心裡坐著兩個妖精，面前放一盤下飯、一隻碗、一把壺，在那裡猜拳吃酒哩。There in the heart of the thirteenth story sat two fiends, with a plate of food, a bowl, and a winepot before them, drinking and playing the finger-guessing game.行者使個神通，丟了笤帚，掣出金箍棒，攔住塔門，喝道：「好怪物，偷塔上寶貝的原來是你。」兩個怪物慌了，急起身，拿壺拿碗亂摜。The Pilgrim worked his magic, threw aside the broom, pulled out his gold-banded cudgel, blocked the pagoda door, and shouted, “So, you monsters are the ones who stole the treasure from the pagoda!” The two monsters panicked, sprang to their feet, and flung pot and bowl about in confusion.被行者橫鐵棒攔住道：「我若打死你，沒人供狀。」只把棒逼將去。The Pilgrim held them back with his iron cudgel and said, “If I beat you to death, there will be no one to give evidence.” He merely pressed forward with the staff.那怪貼在壁上，莫想掙扎得動。The monsters were pinned against the wall and could not struggle free, however they tried.口裡只叫：「饒命，饒命。They could only cry, “Spare our lives! Spare our lives!不干我事，自有偷寶貝的在那裡也。」行者使個拿法，一隻手抓將過來，徑拿下第十層塔中，報道：「師父，拿住個偷寶貝之賊了。」三藏正自盹睡，忽聞此言，又驚又喜道：「是那裡拿來的？」行者把怪物揪到面前跪下道：「他在塔頂上猜拳吃酒耍子，是老孫聽得喧譁，一縱雲，跳到頂上攔住。It had nothing to do with us—the one who stole the treasure is elsewhere.” The Pilgrim used a grappling spell, seized one in each hand, and carried them straight down to the tenth story, where he announced, “Master, I have caught the thieves who stole the treasure.” Sanzang had been dozing, but when he suddenly heard this, he was both startled and delighted. “Where did you catch them?” he asked. The Pilgrim dragged the monsters before him and made them kneel, saying, “They were on the pagoda’s top story, drinking wine and playing the finger-guessing game. Old Sun heard the clamor, vaulted onto a cloud, leaped to the top, and barred their way.未曾著力，但恐一棒打死，沒人供狀，故此輕輕捉來。I used hardly any force, for I feared that one blow might kill them and leave no one to testify; so I captured them gently.師父可取他個口詞，看他是那裡妖精，偷的寶貝在於何處。」Master, you may take their statement and find out what sort of fiends they are and where the stolen treasure is.”

好

hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)

猴王

Hóu wáng — Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記 (Xī yóu Jì)

輕輕

qīng qīng — lightly; softly

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

挾

jiā — old variant of 夾 (jiā)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

笤帚

tiáo zhou — 1. whisk broom 2. small broom 3. classifier: 把 (bǎ)

撒

sā — 1. to let go 2. to cast 3. to let loose 4. to discharge 5. to give expression to 6. (coll.) to pee (HSK 7-9)

起

qǐ — 1. to rise 2. to raise 3. to get up 4. to set out 5. to start 6. to appear 7. to launch 8. to initiate (action) 9. to draft 10. to establish 11. to get (from a depot or counter) 12. verb suffix, to start 13. starting from (a time, place, price etc) 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance 15. classifier for groups: batch, group (HSK 1)

衣服

yī fu — 1. clothes 2. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 套 (tào) (HSK 1)

鑽

zuān — 1. to drill 2. to bore 3. to get into 4. to make one's way into 5. to enter (a hole) 6. to thread one's way through 7. to study intensively 8. to dig into 9. to curry favor for personal gain (HSK 6)

出

chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)

前門

Qián mén — Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2

踏

tā — see 踏實 (tā shi) (HSK 6)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

雲頭

yún tóu — cloud

觀看

guān kàn — to watch; to view (HSK 3)

只見

zhǐ jiàn — 1. to see (the same thing) over and over again 2. to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) (HSK 5)

第

dì — 1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 (dì liù) "sixth") 2. (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed 3. (old) residence of a high official 4. (literary) but; however 5. (literary) only; just

十三

shí sān — 1. thirteen 2. 13

層

céng — 1. to pile on top of one another 2. layer; stratum 3. floor (of a building); story 4. (math.) sheaf 5. classifier for layers (HSK 2)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

心裡

xīn li — 1. chest 2. heart; mind (HSK 2)

坐

Zuò — surname Zuo (HSK 1)

著

zhāo — 1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. (zhuó)) 2. trick; tactic 3. (dialect) okay; all right 4. (dialect) to put in; to add (HSK 1)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

妖精

yāo jing — 1. evil spirit 2. alluring woman

面前

miàn qián — 1. in front of 2. facing 3. (in the) presence (of) (HSK 2)

放

fàng — 1. to put 2. to place 3. to release 4. to free 5. to let go 6. to let out 7. to set off (fireworks) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

盤

pán — 1. tray; plate; dish 2. (finance) (bound form) market prices 3. (computing) (bound form) disk 4. to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) 5. to check; to examine; to investigate 6. to transfer; to sell (property) 7. to shift; to move (sth big and heavy) 8. classifier for things resembling a plate or dish 9. classifier for coils 10. classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) (HSK 4)

下飯

xià fàn — 1. to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable) 2. (of a dish) to go well with rice

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

隻

zhī — classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc (HSK 2)

碗

wǎn — 1. bowl 2. cup 3. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

壺

hú — 1. pot 2. classifier for bottled liquid (HSK 6)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

那裡

nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)

猜拳

cāi quán — 1. finger-guessing game 2. rock-paper-scissors game 3. morra

吃

chī — 1. to eat; to consume 2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc) 3. to eradicate; to destroy 4. to absorb 5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) (HSK 1)

酒

jiǔ — 1. wine (esp. rice wine) 2. liquor 3. spirits 4. alcoholic beverage 5. classifier: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng), 罐 (guàn), 桶 (tǒng), 缸 (gāng) (HSK 2)

哩

lǐ — mile

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

使

shǐ — 1. to make 2. to cause 3. to enable 4. to use 5. to employ 6. to send 7. to instruct sb to do sth 8. envoy 9. messenger (HSK 3)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

神通

shén tōng — 1. remarkable ability 2. magical power

丟

diū — 1. to lose 2. to put aside 3. to throw (HSK 5)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

笤帚

tiáo zhou — 1. whisk broom 2. small broom 3. classifier: 把 (bǎ)

掣

chè — 1. to pull 2. to draw 3. to pull back 4. to withdraw 5. to flash past

出

chū — 1. to go out; to come out 2. to arise; to occur 3. to produce; to yield 4. to go beyond; to exceed 5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) 6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (HSK 1)

金箍棒

jīn gū bàng — golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記 (Xī yóu Jì)

攔住

lán zhù — 1. to stop 2. to bar the way

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

門

Mén — surname Men (HSK 1)

喝道

hè dào — 1. to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted) 2. (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way

好

hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)

怪物

guài wu — 1. monster 2. freak 3. eccentric person (HSK 7-9)

偷

tōu — 1. to steal 2. to pilfer 3. to snatch 4. thief 5. stealthily (HSK 5)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

寶貝

bǎo bèi — 1. treasured object 2. treasure 3. darling 4. baby 5. cowry 6. good-for-nothing or queer character (HSK 4)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

原來

yuán lái — 1. original; former 2. originally; formerly; at first 3. so, actually, as it turns out (HSK 2)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

怪物

guài wu — 1. monster 2. freak 3. eccentric person (HSK 7-9)

慌

huāng — 1. to get panicky; to lose one's head 2. (coll.) (after 得 (dé)) unbearably; terribly (HSK 5)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

急

jí — 1. urgent 2. pressing 3. rapid 4. hurried 5. worried 6. to make (sb) anxious (HSK 2)

起身

qǐ shēn — 1. to get up 2. to leave 3. to set forth

拿

ná — 1. to hold 2. to seize 3. to catch 4. to apprehend 5. to take 6. (used in the same way as 把 (bǎ): to mark the following noun as a direct object) (HSK 1)

壺

hú — 1. pot 2. classifier for bottled liquid (HSK 6)

拿

ná — 1. to hold 2. to seize 3. to catch 4. to apprehend 5. to take 6. (used in the same way as 把 (bǎ): to mark the following noun as a direct object) (HSK 1)

碗

wǎn — 1. bowl 2. cup 3. classifier: 隻 (zhī), 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

亂

luàn — 1. in confusion or disorder 2. in a confused state of mind 3. disorder 4. upheaval 5. riot 6. illicit sexual relations 7. to throw into disorder 8. to mix up 9. indiscriminate 10. random 11. arbitrary (HSK 3)

摜

guàn — 1. to fling 2. to fall 3. to wear

被

bèi — 1. quilt 2. to cover (with) 3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) 4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) 5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip") (HSK 3)

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

橫

héng — 1. horizontal 2. across 3. crosswise 4. horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) 5. to place (sth) flat (on a surface) 6. to cross (a river, etc) 7. in a jumble 8. chaotic 9. (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable 10. violent (HSK 6)

鐵棒

tiě bàng — 1. iron club 2. steel rod

攔住

lán zhù — 1. to stop 2. to bar the way

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

若

rě — 1. used in 般若 (bō rě) 2. used in 蘭若 (lán rě) (HSK 6)

打死

dǎ sǐ — 1. to kill 2. to beat to death

你

nǐ — you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín)) (HSK 1)

沒

méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

供狀

gòng zhuàng — written confession

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

棒

bàng — 1. stick 2. club 3. cudgel 4. smart 5. capable 6. strong 7. wonderful 8. classifier for legs of a relay race (HSK 5)

逼將

bī jiāng — to checkmate (in chess)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

怪

guài — 1. odd; strange; uncanny 2. (bound form) monster; supernatural being 3. to find strange; to regard as odd 4. to blame 5. (coll.) somewhat; rather (HSK 4)

貼

tiē — 1. to stick 2. to paste 3. to post (e.g. on a blog) 4. to keep close to 5. to fit snugly 6. to subsidize 7. allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) 8. sticker 9. classifier for sticking plaster: strip (HSK 4)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

壁

bì — 1. wall 2. rampart

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

莫

Mò — surname Mo

想

xiǎng — 1. to think (about) 2. to think of; to devise 3. to think (that); to believe (that) 4. to desire; to want (to) 5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) (HSK 1)

掙扎

zhēng zhá — to struggle (HSK 7-9)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

動

dòng — 1. (of sth) to move 2. to set in movement 3. to displace 4. to touch 5. to make use of 6. to stir (emotions) 7. to alter 8. abbr. for 動詞 (dòng cí), verb (HSK 1)

口

kǒu — 1. mouth 2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) 3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls (HSK 1)

裡

lǐ — 1. lining 2. interior 3. inside 4. internal 5. also written 裏 (lǐ) (HSK 1)

只

zhī — variant of 隻 (zhī) (HSK 2)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

饒命

ráo mìng — to spare sb's life

饒命

ráo mìng — to spare sb's life

不

bù — 1. no; not so 2. (bound form) not; un- (HSK 1)

干

Gān — surname Gan (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)

自有

zì yǒu — 1. (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc) 2. one's own (apartment, brand etc)

偷

tōu — 1. to steal 2. to pilfer 3. to snatch 4. thief 5. stealthily (HSK 5)

寶貝

bǎo bèi — 1. treasured object 2. treasure 3. darling 4. baby 5. cowry 6. good-for-nothing or queer character (HSK 4)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

那裡

nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

使

shǐ — 1. to make 2. to cause 3. to enable 4. to use 5. to employ 6. to send 7. to instruct sb to do sth 8. envoy 9. messenger (HSK 3)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

拿

ná — 1. to hold 2. to seize 3. to catch 4. to apprehend 5. to take 6. (used in the same way as 把 (bǎ): to mark the following noun as a direct object) (HSK 1)

法

Fǎ — 1. France 2. French 3. abbr. for 法國 (Fǎ guó) 4. Taiwan pr. (Fà) (HSK 4)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

隻

zhī — classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc (HSK 2)

手

shǒu — 1. hand 2. (formal) to hold 3. person engaged in certain types of work 4. person skilled in certain types of work 5. personal(ly) 6. convenient 7. classifier for skill 8. classifier: 雙 (shuāng), 隻 (zhī) (HSK 1)

抓

zhuā — 1. to grab 2. to catch 3. to arrest 4. to snatch 5. to scratch (HSK 3)

將

jiāng — 1. will 2. shall 3. to use 4. to take 5. to checkmate 6. just a short while ago 7. (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把 (bǎ)) (HSK 5)

過來

guò lái — 1. to come over 2. to manage 3. to handle 4. to be able to take care of (HSK 2)

徑

jìng — 1. footpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means 2. directly; straight 3. diameter

拿下

ná xià — 1. to arrest 2. to capture 3. to seize 4. to win (a set, a game etc)

第

dì — 1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 (dì liù) "sixth") 2. (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed 3. (old) residence of a high official 4. (literary) but; however 5. (literary) only; just

十

shí — 1. ten 2. 10 (HSK 1)

層

céng — 1. to pile on top of one another 2. layer; stratum 3. floor (of a building); story 4. (math.) sheaf 5. classifier for layers (HSK 2)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

中

Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)

報道

bào dào — 1. to report (news) 2. report 3. classifier: 篇 (piān), 份 (fèn) (HSK 3)

師父

shī fu — 1. used for 師傅 (in Taiwan) 2. master 3. qualified worker (HSK 6)

拿

ná — 1. to hold 2. to seize 3. to catch 4. to apprehend 5. to take 6. (used in the same way as 把 (bǎ): to mark the following noun as a direct object) (HSK 1)

住

zhù — 1. to live; to reside; to stay 2. to stop; to cease 3. (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

偷

tōu — 1. to steal 2. to pilfer 3. to snatch 4. thief 5. stealthily (HSK 5)

寶貝

bǎo bèi — 1. treasured object 2. treasure 3. darling 4. baby 5. cowry 6. good-for-nothing or queer character (HSK 4)

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

賊

zéi — 1. thief; robber 2. (bound form) traitor; subversive 3. (bound form) evil; wicked 4. sly; shifty; devious 5. (literary) to harm; to injure 6. (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan) (HSK 7-9)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

三藏

Sān zàng — Tripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon of scriptures: sutras, commandments and commentaries

正

zhēng — first month of the lunar year (HSK 1)

自

zì — 1. (bound form) self; oneself 2. from; since 3. naturally; as a matter of course (HSK 4)

盹

dǔn — 1. doze 2. nap

睡

shuì — 1. to sleep 2. to lie down (HSK 1)

忽聞

hū wén — 1. to hear suddenly 2. to learn of sth unexpectedly

此

cǐ — this; these (HSK 4)

言

yán — 1. words 2. speech 3. to say 4. to talk

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

驚

jīng — 1. to startle 2. to be frightened 3. to be scared 4. alarm (HSK 7-9)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

喜

xǐ — 1. to be fond of 2. to like 3. to enjoy 4. to be happy 5. to feel pleased 6. happiness 7. delight 8. glad

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

那裡

nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)

拿來

ná lái — 1. to bring 2. to fetch 3. to get

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

把

bǎ — 1. to hold; to grasp 2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 3. handlebar 4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch 5. classifier for things with handles 6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 (bǎ) + {noun} + {verb}) (HSK 3)

怪物

guài wu — 1. monster 2. freak 3. eccentric person (HSK 7-9)

揪

jiū — 1. to seize 2. to clutch 3. to grab firmly and pull (HSK 7-9)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

面前

miàn qián — 1. in front of 2. facing 3. (in the) presence (of) (HSK 2)

跪下

guì xia — to kneel down

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

頂上

dǐng shàng — 1. on top of 2. at the summit

猜拳

cāi quán — 1. finger-guessing game 2. rock-paper-scissors game 3. morra

吃

chī — 1. to eat; to consume 2. to eat at (a cafeteria etc) 3. to eradicate; to destroy 4. to absorb 5. to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) (HSK 1)

酒

jiǔ — 1. wine (esp. rice wine) 2. liquor 3. spirits 4. alcoholic beverage 5. classifier: 杯 (bēi), 瓶 (píng), 罐 (guàn), 桶 (tǒng), 缸 (gāng) (HSK 2)

耍子

shuǎ zi — 1. to play 2. to have fun

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

孫

Sūn — surname Sun

聽

tīng — 1. to listen to; to hear 2. to heed; to obey 3. a can (loanword from English "tin") 4. classifier for canned beverages 5. to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) 6. (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. (tìng)) (HSK 1)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

喧

xuān — 1. clamor 2. noise

譁

huá — variant of 嘩 (huá)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

縱

zòng — 1. vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. (zōng)) 2. from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. (zōng)) 3. military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. (zōng)) 4. (bound form) to release (a captive) 5. to indulge 6. to leap up 7. (literary) even if

雲

Yún — 1. surname Yun 2. short name for Yunnan 雲南 (Yún nán) (HSK 2)

跳

tiào — 1. to jump 2. to hop 3. to skip over 4. to bounce 5. to palpitate (HSK 3)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

頂上

dǐng shàng — 1. on top of 2. at the summit

攔住

lán zhù — 1. to stop 2. to bar the way

未曾

wèi céng — hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever

著力

zhuó lì — 1. to put effort into sth 2. to try really hard (HSK 7-9)

但

dàn — 1. but; yet; however; still 2. merely; only; just (HSK 2)

恐

kǒng — 1. afraid 2. frightened 3. to fear

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

棒

bàng — 1. stick 2. club 3. cudgel 4. smart 5. capable 6. strong 7. wonderful 8. classifier for legs of a relay race (HSK 5)

打死

dǎ sǐ — 1. to kill 2. to beat to death

沒

méi — (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not (HSK 1)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

供狀

gòng zhuàng — written confession

故此

gù cǐ — therefore

輕輕

qīng qīng — lightly; softly

捉

zhuō — 1. to clutch 2. to grab 3. to capture (HSK 6)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

師父

shī fu — 1. used for 師傅 (in Taiwan) 2. master 3. qualified worker (HSK 6)

可取

kě qǔ — 1. desirable; worth having 2. (of a suggestion etc) commendable; worthy

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

口

kǒu — 1. mouth 2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) 3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls (HSK 1)

詞

cí — 1. word 2. statement; speech; lyrics 3. a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 (Sòng cháo) (classifier: 首 (shǒu)) (HSK 2)

看

kān — 1. to look after 2. to take care of 3. to watch 4. to guard (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

那裡

nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)

妖精

yāo jing — 1. evil spirit 2. alluring woman

偷

tōu — 1. to steal 2. to pilfer 3. to snatch 4. thief 5. stealthily (HSK 5)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

寶貝

bǎo bèi — 1. treasured object 2. treasure 3. darling 4. baby 5. cowry 6. good-for-nothing or queer character (HSK 4)

在於

zài yú — 1. to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) 2. (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb) (HSK 4)

何處

hé chù — 1. whence 2. where (HSK 7-9)

好猴王，轻轻的挟著笤帚，撒起衣服，钻出前门，踏著云头观看。只见第十三层塔心里坐著两个妖精，面前放一盘下饭、一只碗、一把壶，在那里猜拳吃酒哩。行者使个神通，丢了笤帚，掣出金箍棒，拦住塔门，喝道：「好怪物，偷塔上宝贝的原来是你。」两个怪物慌了，急起身，拿壶拿碗乱掼。被行者横铁棒拦住道：「我若打死你，没人供状。」只把棒逼将去。那怪贴在壁上，莫想挣扎得动。口里只叫：「饶命，饶命。不干我事，自有偷宝贝的在那里也。」行者使个拿法，一只手抓将过来，径拿下第十层塔中，报道：「师父，拿住个偷宝贝之贼了。」三藏正自盹睡，忽闻此言，又惊又喜道：「是那里拿来的？」行者把怪物揪到面前跪下道：「他在塔顶上猜拳吃酒耍子，是老孙听得喧哗，一纵云，跳到顶上拦住。未曾著力，但恐一棒打死，没人供状，故此轻轻捉来。师父可取他个口词，看他是那里妖精，偷的宝贝在于何处。」

那怪物戰戰兢兢，口叫「饒命」，遂從實供道：「我兩個是亂石山碧波潭萬聖龍王差來巡塔的。Trembling all over and crying for mercy, the monsters made a full confession: “The two of us were sent to patrol the pagoda by the Dragon King Wansheng of the Emerald Wave Pool at Tumbled-Rock Mountain.他叫做奔波兒灞，我叫做灞波兒奔；He is called Benbo’erba, and I am called Babo’erben;他是鮎魚怪，我是黑魚精。he is a sheatfish monster, and I am a snakehead demon.因我萬聖老龍生了一個女兒，就喚做萬聖公主。Our old Dragon King Wansheng had a daughter called Princess Wansheng.那公主花容月貌，有二十分人才。The princess has the beauty of flowers and the moon and is more than twice as lovely as any ordinary woman.招得一個駙馬，喚做九頭駙馬，神通廣大。She took a consort named the Nine-Headed Prince Consort, whose magic powers are immense.前年與龍王來此，顯大法力，下了一陣血雨，污了寶塔，偷了塔中的舍利子佛寶。Two years ago, he and the Dragon King came here, displayed their mighty magic, sent down a shower of blood that defiled the pagoda, and stole the śarīra, the Buddha-treasure within it.公主又去大羅天上，靈霄殿前，偷了王母娘娘的九葉靈芝草，養在那潭底下，金光霞彩，晝夜光明。The princess also went to the Great Canopy Heaven and, before the Hall of Numinous Heaven, stole the Queen Mother’s nine-leaf numinous fungus. It is now nourished at the bottom of the pool, where it sheds golden beams and rosy colors and shines by day and night.近日聞得有個孫悟空往西天取經，說他神通廣大，沿路上專一尋人的不是，所以這些時常差我等來此巡探，若還有那孫悟空到時，好準備也。」行者聞言，嘻嘻冷笑道：「那孽畜等這等無禮，怪道前日請牛魔王在那裡赴會，原來他結交這夥潑魔，專幹不良之事。」Lately they heard that a certain Sun Wukong was going west to fetch the scriptures, and that he possessed immense magic powers and made a special business of prying into other people’s wrongdoing. So of late they have often sent us here to patrol and spy, that they might be prepared if Sun Wukong arrived.” Hearing this, the Pilgrim gave a cold chuckle and said, “Those wretched beasts are utterly lawless! No wonder they recently invited the Bull Demon King there to a feast. So they have befriended this gang of vicious demons and devote themselves to evil deeds.”

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

怪物

guài wu — 1. monster 2. freak 3. eccentric person (HSK 7-9)

戰戰兢兢

zhàn zhàn jīng jīng — 1. trembling with fear 2. with fear and trepidation

口

kǒu — 1. mouth 2. classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) 3. classifier for bites or mouthfuls (HSK 1)

叫

jiào — 1. to shout 2. to call 3. to order 4. to ask 5. to be called 6. by (indicates agent in the passive mood) (HSK 1)

饒命

ráo mìng — to spare sb's life

遂

suí — 1. used in 半身不遂 (bàn shēn bù suí) 2. Taiwan pr. (suì)

從

Cóng — surname Cong (HSK 1)

實

shí — 1. real 2. true 3. honest 4. really 5. solid 6. fruit 7. seed 8. definitely

供

gōng — 1. to provide; to supply 2. to be for (the use or convenience of) (HSK 7-9)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

兩

liǎng — 1. two 2. both 3. some 4. a few 5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (jīn) (old) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

亂石

luàn shí — 1. rocks 2. stones 3. rubble 4. riprap

山

Shān — surname Shan (HSK 1)

碧

bì — 1. green jade 2. bluish green 3. blue 4. jade

波

Bō — 1. (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭 (Bō lán)) 2. surname Bo

潭

Tán — surname Tan

萬

Wàn — surname Wan (HSK 2)

聖

shèng — 1. (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) 2. (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) 3. (bound form) holy; sacred

龍王

Lóng wáng — Dragon King (mythology)

差

chā — 1. difference; discrepancy 2. (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) 3. (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly (HSK 1)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

巡

xún — 1. to patrol 2. to make one's rounds 3. classifier for rounds of drinks

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

叫做

jiào zuò — to be called; to be known as

奔波

bēn bō — 1. to rush about 2. to be constantly on the move (HSK 7-9)

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

灞

Bà — name of a river

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

叫做

jiào zuò — to be called; to be known as

灞

Bà — name of a river

波

Bō — 1. (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭 (Bō lán)) 2. surname Bo

兒

ér — 1. child 2. son

奔

bēn — 1. to hurry 2. to rush 3. to run quickly 4. to elope (HSK 7-9)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

鮎

nián — 1. sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus) 2. oriental catfish 3. see also 鯰 (nián)

魚

Yú — surname Yu (HSK 2)

怪

guài — 1. odd; strange; uncanny 2. (bound form) monster; supernatural being 3. to find strange; to regard as odd 4. to blame 5. (coll.) somewhat; rather (HSK 4)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

黑

Hēi — short name for Heilongjiang 黑龍江 (Hēi lóng jiāng) (HSK 2)

魚

Yú — surname Yu (HSK 2)

精

jīng — 1. essence 2. extract 3. vitality 4. energy 5. semen 6. sperm 7. mythical goblin spirit 8. highly perfected 9. elite 10. the pick of sth 11. proficient (refined ability) 12. extremely (fine) 13. selected rice (archaic) (HSK 6)

因

yīn — 1. cause 2. reason 3. because (HSK 6)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

萬

Wàn — surname Wan (HSK 2)

聖

shèng — 1. (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) 2. (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) 3. (bound form) holy; sacred

老

lǎo — 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 2. old (of people) 3. venerable (person) 4. experienced 5. of long standing 6. always 7. all the time 8. of the past 9. very 10. outdated 11. (of meat etc) tough (HSK 1)

龍

Lóng — surname Long (HSK 3)

生

shēng — 1. to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born 2. to arise; to occur 3. to light (a fire) 4. to live; to be alive 5. life 6. raw; uncooked; unprocessed 7. unfamiliar; strange 8. (bound form) student; person engaged in a field 9. (bound form) male role in traditional opera 10. (bound form) life; lifetime 11. (bound form) means of livelihood 12. (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼 (shēng téng)) 13. (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽 (shēng lā yìng zhuài)) (HSK 2)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

女兒

nǚ ér — daughter (HSK 1)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

喚做

huàn zuò — 1. to be called 2. to be referred to as

萬

Wàn — surname Wan (HSK 2)

聖

shèng — 1. (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) 2. (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) 3. (bound form) holy; sacred

公主

gōng zhǔ — princess (HSK 6)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

公主

gōng zhǔ — princess (HSK 6)

花容月貌

huā róng yuè mào — 1. lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom) 2. fig. (of a woman) beautiful

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

二十

èr shí — twenty; 20

分

fēn — 1. to divide; to separate 2. to distribute; to allocate 3. to distinguish (good and bad) 4. (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局 (fēn jú)) 5. fraction 6. one tenth (of certain units) 7. unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm 8. minute (unit of time) 9. minute (angular measurement unit) 10. a point (in sports or games) 11. 0.01 yuan (unit of money) (HSK 1)

人才

rén cái — 1. talent 2. talented person 3. looks 4. attractive looks (HSK 3)

招

zhāo — 1. to recruit 2. to provoke 3. to beckon 4. to incur 5. to infect 6. contagious 7. a move (chess) 8. a maneuver 9. device 10. trick 11. to confess (HSK 6)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

駙馬

fù mǎ — emperor's son-in-law

喚做

huàn zuò — 1. to be called 2. to be referred to as

九

jiǔ — 1. nine 2. 9 (HSK 1)

頭

tóu — 1. head 2. hair style 3. the top 4. end 5. beginning or end 6. a stub 7. remnant 8. chief 9. boss 10. side 11. aspect 12. first 13. leading 14. classifier for pigs or livestock 15. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 2)

駙馬

fù mǎ — emperor's son-in-law

神通廣大

shén tōng guǎng dà — (idiom) to possess great magical power; to possess remarkable abilities

前年

qián nián — the year before last (HSK 2)

與

yú — variant of 歟 (yú) (HSK 6)

龍王

Lóng wáng — Dragon King (mythology)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

此

cǐ — this; these (HSK 4)

顯

xiǎn — 1. to make visible 2. to reveal 3. prominent 4. conspicuous 5. (prefix) phanero- (HSK 5)

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

法力

fǎ lì — magic power

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

一陣

yī zhèn — 1. a burst 2. a fit 3. a peal 4. a spell (period of time) (HSK 7-9)

血雨

xuè yǔ — 1. rain of blood 2. heavy rain colored by loess sandstorm

污

wū — 1. dirty 2. filthy 3. foul 4. corrupt 5. to smear 6. to defile 7. dirt 8. filth

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

寶塔

Bǎo tǎ — see 寶塔區 (Bǎo tǎ Qū)

偷

tōu — 1. to steal 2. to pilfer 3. to snatch 4. thief 5. stealthily (HSK 5)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

塔

tǎ — 1. pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (loanword) (pastry) tart (HSK 6)

中的

zhòng dì — 1. to hit the target 2. (fig.) to hit the nail on the head

舍利子

shè lì zi — see 舍利 (shè lì)

佛

Fó — Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀 (Fó tuó)) (HSK 6)

寶

bǎo — 1. jewel 2. gem 3. treasure 4. precious (HSK 4)

公主

gōng zhǔ — princess (HSK 6)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

去

qù — 1. to go 2. to go to (a place) 3. (of a time etc) last 4. just passed 5. to send 6. to remove 7. to get rid of 8. to reduce 9. to be apart from in space or time 10. to die (euphemism) 11. to play (a part) 12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth 13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) 14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) (HSK 1)

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

羅

Luó — surname Luo (HSK 7-9)

天上

tiān shàng — the sky; the heavens (HSK 2)

靈

líng — 1. quick 2. alert 3. efficacious 4. effective 5. to come true 6. spirit 7. departed soul 8. coffin (HSK 7-9)

霄

xiāo — 1. firmament 2. heaven

殿

diàn — palace hall

前

qián — 1. front 2. forward 3. ahead 4. first 5. top (followed by a number) 6. future 7. ago 8. before 9. BC (e.g. 前293年) 10. former 11. formerly (HSK 1)

偷

tōu — 1. to steal 2. to pilfer 3. to snatch 4. thief 5. stealthily (HSK 5)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

王母娘娘

Wáng mǔ niáng niáng — another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

九

jiǔ — 1. nine 2. 9 (HSK 1)

葉

Yè — surname Ye

靈芝

líng zhī — lingzhi or reishi mushroom (Ganoderma lucidum)

草

cǎo — 1. grass 2. straw 3. manuscript 4. draft (of a document) 5. careless 6. rough 7. classifier: 棵 (kē), 撮 (zuǒ), 株 (zhū), 根 (gēn) (HSK 2)

養

yǎng — 1. to raise (animals) 2. to bring up (children) 3. to keep (pets) 4. to support 5. to give birth (HSK 2)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

潭底

tán dǐ — bottom of a (deep) pond

下

xià — 1. down 2. downwards 3. below 4. lower 5. later 6. next (week etc) 7. second (of two parts) 8. to decline 9. to go down 10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) 11. measure word to show the frequency of an action (HSK 1)

金

Jīn — 1. surname Jin 2. surname Kim (Korean) 3. Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234) (HSK 3)

光

guāng — 1. light; ray (classifier: 道 (dào)) 2. bright; shiny 3. only; merely 4. used up; finished 5. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered (HSK 3)

霞

xiá — rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset

彩

cǎi — 1. (bright) color 2. variety 3. applause 4. applaud 5. lottery prize

晝夜

zhòu yè — 1. day and night 2. period of 24 hours 3. continuously, without stop (HSK 7-9)

光明

guāng míng — 1. light 2. radiance 3. (fig.) bright (prospects etc) 4. openhearted (HSK 3)

近日

jìn rì — 1. (in) the past few days 2. recently 3. (within) the next few days (HSK 6)

聞

Wén — surname Wen (HSK 2)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

個

gě — used in 自個兒 (zì gě r) (HSK 1)

孫悟空

Sūn Wù kōng — 1. Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記 (Xī yóu Jì) 2. Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠 (Qī lóng zhū)

往

wǎng — 1. to go (in a direction) 2. to 3. towards 4. (of a train) bound for 5. past 6. previous (HSK 2)

西天

Xī tiān — the Western Paradise (Buddhism)

取經

qǔ jīng — 1. to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures 2. to learn by studying another's experience (HSK 7-9)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

神通廣大

shén tōng guǎng dà — (idiom) to possess great magical power; to possess remarkable abilities

沿路

yán lù — 1. along the way; on the way 2. area beside a road

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

專一

zhuān yī — 1. single-minded 2. concentrated

尋

xún — 1. to search 2. to look for 3. to seek (HSK 7-9)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

不是

bù shì — 1. no 2. is not 3. not

所以

suǒ yǐ — 1. therefore 2. as a result 3. so 4. the reason why (HSK 2)

這些

zhè xiē — these (HSK 1)

時常

shí cháng — often; frequently (HSK 5)

差

chā — 1. difference; discrepancy 2. (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) 3. (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly (HSK 1)

我等

wǒ děng — 1. we 2. us (archaic)

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

此

cǐ — this; these (HSK 4)

巡

xún — 1. to patrol 2. to make one's rounds 3. classifier for rounds of drinks

探

tàn — 1. to explore 2. to search out 3. to scout 4. to visit 5. to stretch forward (HSK 7-9)

若

rě — 1. used in 般若 (bō rě) 2. used in 蘭若 (lán rě) (HSK 6)

還有

hái yǒu — 1. there still remain(s); there is (or are) still 2. in addition (HSK 1)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

孫悟空

Sūn Wù kōng — 1. Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記 (Xī yóu Jì) 2. Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠 (Qī lóng zhū)

到時

dào shí — at that (future) time

好

hǎo — 1. good 2. appropriate; proper 3. all right! 4. (before a verb) easy to 5. (before a verb) good to 6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so 7. (verb complement indicating completion) 8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms 9. (after a personal pronoun) hello (HSK 1)

準備

zhǔn bèi — 1. preparation 2. to prepare 3. to intend 4. to be about to 5. reserve (fund) (HSK 1)

也

Yě — surname Ye (HSK 1)

行者

xíng zhě — 1. pedestrian 2. walker 3. itinerant monk

聞言

wén yán — to have heard what was said

嘻嘻

xī xī — 1. hee hee 2. happy

冷笑

lěng xiào — 1. to sneer 2. to laugh grimly 3. grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc) 4. bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile (HSK 7-9)

道

dào — 1. road; path (classifier: 條 (tiáo), 股 (gǔ)) 2. (bound form) way; reason; principle 3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization 4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao 5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) 6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) 7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process 8. (old) circuit (administrative division) (HSK 2)

那

Nā — surname Na (HSK 1)

孽畜

niè chù — 1. evil creature (multipurpose curse) 2. evil domestic animal

等

děng — 1. to wait for; to await 2. by the time; when; till 3. and so on; etc.; et al. 4. (bound form) class; rank; grade 5. (bound form) equal to; same as 6. (used to end an enumeration) 7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) (HSK 1)

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

等

děng — 1. to wait for; to await 2. by the time; when; till 3. and so on; etc.; et al. 4. (bound form) class; rank; grade 5. (bound form) equal to; same as 6. (used to end an enumeration) 7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) (HSK 1)

無禮

wú lǐ — 1. rude 2. rudely

怪道

guài dào — no wonder!

前日

qián rì — day before yesterday

請

qǐng — 1. to ask 2. to invite 3. please (do sth) 4. to treat (to a meal etc) 5. to request (HSK 1)

牛魔王

Niú mó wáng — Gyuumao

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

那裡

nà li — there; that place (HSK 1)

赴會

fù huì — to go to a meeting

原來

yuán lái — 1. original; former 2. originally; formerly; at first 3. so, actually, as it turns out (HSK 2)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

結交

jié jiāo — to make friends with

這

zhè — 1. (pronoun) this; these 2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun) 3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. (zhèi), esp. in Beijing) (HSK 1)

夥

huǒ — 1. companion 2. partner 3. group 4. classifier for groups of people 5. to combine 6. together (HSK 4)

潑

pō — 1. to splash 2. to spill 3. rough and coarse 4. brutish (HSK 5)

魔

mó — 1. (bound form) evil spirit; devil 2. (prefix) supernatural; magical

專

zhuān — 1. for a particular person, occasion, purpose 2. focused on one thing 3. special 4. expert 5. particular (to sth) 6. concentrated 7. specialized

幹

gàn — 1. tree trunk 2. main part of sth 3. to manage 4. to work 5. to do 6. capable 7. cadre 8. to kill (slang) 9. to fuck (vulgar) 10. (coll.) pissed off 11. annoyed (HSK 1)

不良

bù liáng — 1. bad; harmful; unhealthy 2. (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty (HSK 5)

之

zhī — 1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)) 2. him 3. her 4. it (HSK 7-9)

事

shì — 1. matter 2. thing 3. item 4. work 5. affair 6. classifier: 件 (jiàn), 樁 (zhuāng), 回 (huí) (HSK 1)