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大闹天宫

大闹天宫

Havoc in Heaven

Level 5 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 69 vocabulary words

Source: 《西游记》 · Journey to the West

孙sūn悟wù空kōng学xué成本chéng běn领lǐng,玉yù帝dì封fēng他tā当dāng弼bì马mǎ温wēn,管guǎn天上tiān shàng的de马mǎ。他tā知道zhī dào官guān小xiǎo,反fǎn下xià天tiān宫gōng,自称zì chēng齐qí天tiān大dà圣shèng。

Sun Wukong, newly powerful, was made Stablemaster of Heaven, a tiny post. Furious, he returned to earth calling himself Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

玉yù帝dì派pài天tiān兵bīng天tiān将jiāng打dǎ他tā,都dōu打dǎ不过bú guò他tā,只好zhǐ hǎo请qǐng他tā上shàng天tiān,封fēng了le齐qí天tiān大dà圣shèng的de空kōng名míng。

Heaven's armies couldn't beat him, so they gave him the empty title to keep him quiet.

王wáng母mǔ娘niáng娘niáng开kāi蟠pán桃táo会huì,没有méi yǒu请qǐng他tā。孙sūn悟wù空kōng把bǎ仙xiān桃táo吃chī了le个gè够gòu,又yòu把bǎ太tài上shàng老lǎo君jūn的de仙丹xiān dān吃chī了le,大dà闹nào天tiān宫gōng。

When the Peach Banquet left him off the list, Wukong ate the immortal peaches and Laozi's elixir and made havoc in heaven.

玉yù帝dì请qǐng来lái如rú来lái佛fó,把bǎ孙sūn悟wù空kōng压yā在zài五wǔ行háng山shān下xià,一yì压yā五wǔ百bǎi年nián。

The Buddha himself came, and pinned the Monkey King under Five Elements Mountain, five hundred years.

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