The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series)

Peking, March 1910 (1993)

Ping Wu: Li

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Quotes 

• Li : [about the Great Wall of China]  They say that in some places, a man died for every yard of the wall.

  Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr. : Wow. Must be the longest graveyard in the world.

• Li : A man does not act without thinking. Everything in nature depends upon balance. Action must be controlled by knowledge.

• Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr. : Mr. Li, what's the Chinese word for mother?

  Li : Ma.

  Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr. : Hey, ma!

  Anna Jones : Oh Henry, you know how much I dislike it when you call me that.

  Henry 'Indiana' Jones, Jr. : It's Chinese.

  Li : No, not quite. I'm afraid you called your gracious mother a horse.

• Anna Jones : Mr. Li, what are they doing?

  Li : They are praying for your son to have a save journey.

• Li : [translating for Dr. When Ch-iu]  Yin and Yang are the two opposites which control the universe and thus the human body.

  Li : [Dr. When Ch-iu continues in Chinese]  Yin is moist, weak, feminine, Yang is strong, dry, masculine.

  Li : [Dr. When Ch-iu continues in Chinese]  These two must be in harmony for how can their be spring without autumn or summer without winter?