bā jiāo Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)

bā jiāo shàn palm-leaf fan

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

tú dì apprentice; disciple

xī tiān the Western Paradise (Buddhism)

qǔ jīng to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures; to learn by studying another's experience

huǒ yàn shān Mountain of Flames of legend; fig. insurmountable obstacle; Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang

xióng xióng raging; flaming

dà huǒ conflagration; large fire

pū miè to eradicate; to extinguish

sūn wù kōng Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西游记

zhēn xī to treasure; to value; to cherish

shàn zi fan

gāo shān high mountain; alpine

jiào xun lesson; moral; to chide sb; to lecture sb

chèn make use of

quán dǎ jiǎo tī lit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up; fig. determined to sort out a problem

xìng chōng chōng full of joy and expectations; animatedly

shān huǒ wildfire; forest fire

shuí zhī lit. who knows; who would have thought; unexpectedly; unpredictably

bù liǎo unable to; without end

shāo shāng burn (injury)

zhàng fu husband

mó wáng devil king; evil person

fū ren lady; madam; Mrs.

zāo gāo too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad

kǒu jué mnemonic chant; rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc)

xiàn chū appear

yuán xíng archetype; original shape; true colors

wū li in the house

tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round; running around in circles; fig. frantically busy

jīn gū bàng Golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西游记

dǎ bài to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated

huǒ yàn blaze; flame

shī tú master and disciple

gǎn lù to hasten on with one's journey; to hurry on