Ip Man 2008
叶问
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the lead role, and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung.
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Vocabulary
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| 趴 趴 | to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent | |
| 功 功 | meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) | |
| 股份 股份 | a share (in a company); stock | |
| 烫 燙 | to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot | |
| 讨 討 | to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study | |
| 攻 攻 | to attack; to accuse; to study | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 秩序 秩序 | order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society) | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 顺便 順便 | conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort | |
| 创 創 | a wound; cut; injury; trauma | |
| 拳 拳 | fist; boxing | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 感激不尽 感激不盡 | can't thank sb enough (idiom) | Idiom |
| 雕虫小技 雕蟲小技 | insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment | Idiom |
| 不堪一击 不堪一擊 | (idiom) unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow | Idiom |
| 乱哄哄 亂哄哄 | noisy and in disarray; in an uproar | Xiehouyu |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 切磋 切磋 | to compare notes; to learn from one another | |
| 闭门 閉門 | to close a door | |
| 练功 練功 | to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) | |
| 咏春拳 詠春拳 | Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art) | |
| 踢馆 踢館 | to challenge an established martial arts school to a fight (to prove one's skills or gain reputation); (fig.) to prove oneself by competing against those already established in a particular field | |
| 好样的 好樣的 | (idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage | |
| 四两拨千斤 四兩撥千斤 | lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom); fig. to achieve much with little effort | |
| 消气 消氣 | to cool one's temper | |
| 良多 良多 | considerably; much; quite a bit | |
| 中招 中招 | senior high school enrollment | |
| 新出炉 新出爐 | fresh out of the oven; fig. novelty just announced; recently made available | |
| 为师 為師 | as your teacher | |
| 面料 面料 | material for making clothes | |
| 合股 合股 | joint stock; ply (e.g. 2-ply yarn) | |
| 清白 清白 | pure; innocent | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 师母 師母 | term of respect for a teacher's wife | |
| 散播 散播 | to spread; to disperse; to disseminate | |
| 摊子 攤子 | booth; vendor's stall; (fig.) organizational structure; scale of operations | |
| 入股 入股 | to invest | |
| 光耀 光耀 | dazzling; brilliant | |
| 打拳 打拳 | to do shadowboxing | |
| 凡事 凡事 | everything |