| 悟空 | Wù Kōng | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 You2 Ji4] |
| 吴承恩 | Wú Chéng ēn | Wu Cheng'en (1500-1582), author (or compiler) of novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 |
| 白骨精 | Bái gǔ jīng | White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]) / (fig.) sly and cunning person |
| 猴王 | Hóu wáng | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] |
| 金箍棒 | jīn gū bàng | golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] |
| 齐天大圣 | Qí tiān Dà shèng | Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] |
| 倒打一耙 | dào dǎ yī pá | lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack / to make bogus accusations (against one's victim) |
| 花果山 | Huā guǒ Shān | Mount Huaguo in Jiangsu, featured in 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4], tourist destination / (also the name of mountains in other parts of China) |
| 孙悟空 | Sūn Wù kōng | Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠[Qi1 long2 zhu1] |
| 唐三藏 | Táng Sān zàng | Tripitaka, the central character of the 16th century novel "Journey to the West" 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4], based on the monk Xuanzang 玄奘[Xuan2 zang4] (602-664) |
| 四大名著 | sì dà míng zhù | the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] |
| 敖广 | Áo Guǎng | Ao Guang, Dragon King of the East Sea, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] |
| 大闹天宫 | Dà nào Tiān gōng | Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 |
| 如来佛的掌心 | Rú lái fó de zhǎng xīn | the palm of the Buddha's hand (a metaphor for a higher authority or force from whose control one cannot break free, from 西遊記|西游记[Xi1you2 Ji4], "Journey to the West") |
| 孙行者 | Sūn xíng zhě | Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1], the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] |
| 后西游记 | Hòu Xī yóu Jì | one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 |
| 敖顺 | Áo Shùn | Ao Shun, Dragon King of the North Sea in 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4] |
| 紧箍咒 | jǐn gū zhòu | the Band-tightening Spell (in 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]) / a spell or incantation for controlling sb |
| 续西游记 | Xù Xī yóu Jì | one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 |
| 西游补 | Xī yóu bǔ | one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 |
| 西游记 | Xī yóu Jì | "Journey to the West", Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩[Wu2 Cheng2 en1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, also called "Pilgrimage to the West" or "Monkey" |
| 猪八戒 | Zhū Bā jiè | Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation |