大闹天宫

大鬧天宮

dànào Tiāngōng

phrase

Meanings

1 Havoc in Heaven, the episode of Journey to the West in which Sun Wukong wreaks havoc in the Heavenly Palace
2 Havoc in Heaven, the animated film of the episode made in 1961 and 1964
3 to turn a place upside down

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

老师一出门，几个学生就在教室里大闹天宫。

Lǎoshī yì chūmén, jǐ ge xuésheng jiù zài jiàoshì lǐ dànào Tiāngōng.

As soon as the teacher stepped out, a few students turned the classroom upside down.

HSK 3

孙悟空大闹天宫的故事，中国孩子都知道。

Sūn Wùkōng dànào Tiāngōng de gùshi, Zhōngguó háizi dōu zhīdào.

Every Chinese child knows the story of Sun Wukong wreaking havoc in heaven.

HSK 5

我小时候看过动画片《大闹天宫》。

Wǒ xiǎoshíhou kàn guo dònghuàpiàn 《 Dànào Tiāngōng 》.

As a child I watched the cartoon Havoc in Heaven.

Tips

culture

In chapters 5 to 7 of 《西游记》, 孙悟空, given the title 齐天大圣 but no real power, eats the peaches of immortality and Laozi's elixir and beats back the armies of heaven, until the Buddha traps him under a mountain. The cartoon 《大闹天宫》 by the Shanghai Animation Film Studio is a classic of Chinese animation.

Stroke Order

大 dà

闹 nào

天 tiān

宫 gōng