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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| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 力 力 | power; force; strength; ability; strenuously | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 线 線 | thread; string; wire; line; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) | |
| 代表 代表 | representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of | |
| 精神 精神 | spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 整个 整個 | whole; entire; total | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 继续 繼續 | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with | |
| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 需要 需要 | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs | |
| 时 時 | o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 被 被 | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 正好 正好 | just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that | Xiehouyu |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 黄飞鸿 黃飛鴻 | Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master | Proper Noun |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 让开 讓開 | to get out of the way; to step aside | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 白米 白米 | (polished) rice | |
| 来得 來得 | to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to | |
| 够用 夠用 | adequate; sufficient; enough | |
| 改天 改天 | another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check | |
| 今晚 今晚 | tonight | |
| 有份 有份 | to have a share of (responsibility etc); to be concerned; to be involved | |
| 每次 每次 | every time | |
| 夫 夫 | man, male adult, husband; those | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 当回事 當回事 | to take seriously (often with negative expression: "don't take it too seriously"); to treat conscientiously | |
| 动手动脚 動手動腳 | to come to blows; to paw; to grope; to get fresh | |
| 器 器 | receptacle, vessel; instrument | |
| 小孩子 小孩子 | child | |
| 两句 兩句 | (say) a few words | |
| 挺住 挺住 | to stand firm; to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain) | |
| 一套 一套 | suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior | |
| 得看 得看 | (it) depends on... | |
| 别客气 別客氣 | don't mention it; no formalities, please | |
| 小孩 小孩 | child |