Tai Chi Hero

Tai Chi Hero 2012

太极2：英雄崛起 tàijí ： yīngxióng juéqǐ

Chinese steampunk martial arts blockbuster about the early years of Tai chi master Yang Luchan, the man who founded in the 19th century what has now become the most popular Tai Chi style in the world. The second instalment of the "Tai Chi" trilogy continues the journey of Yang Luchan, a gifted child with a fleshy growth on his forehead who helped save a village from a frightening army of steampunk soldiers bearing strange machines with the knowledge of Tai Chi that they entrusted him with.

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5.07 Advanced Director Stephen Fung 🍅 45%

Cast

Jayden Yuan Jayden Yuan Yang Lu Chan Yuan Wenkang Yuan Wenkang Prince Dun AngelaBaby AngelaBaby Chen Yu Niang Shu Qi Shu Qi Mother Yang Stephen Fung Stephen Fung Nan Xiong Xinxin Xiong Xinxin Uncle Qin Shen Si Shen Si Brother Tofu Wei Ai-Xuan Zhao Di Eddie Peng Yu-Yan Eddie Peng Yu-Yan Fang Zi Jing William Feng William Feng Chen Zai Yang

Vocabulary

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放屁 放屁 fàng pì to fart; to break wind; to talk nonsense; Utter rubbish! ∼HSK 5
手软 手軟 shǒu ruǎn to be lenient; to relent; to be reluctant to make a hard decision; to think twice ∼HSK 5
捋 捋 lǚ to pluck; to gather in the fingers; to rub; to scrape off ∼HSK 5
捺 捺 nà to press down heavily with the fingers ∼HSK 5
肘 肘 zhǒu the elbow; help a person shoulder a load ∼HSK 5
不孝 不孝 bù xiào unfilial ∼HSK 5
正途 正途 zhèng tú (lit. and fig.) the right way; the correct path; the proper course ∼HSK 5
嫡 嫡 dí legal wife, child of legal wife ∼HSK 5
惟 惟 wéi but, however, nevertheless; only ∼HSK 5
拥 擁 yōng embrace, hug, squeeze; crowd ∼HSK 5
誓言 誓言 shì yán to pledge; to promise; oath; vow ∼HSK 5
巴掌 巴掌 bā zhang palm of the hand; classifier: slap ∼HSK 5
即刻 即刻 jí kè immediately; instant; instantly ∼HSK 5
打入 打入 dǎ rù to penetrate; to break into (a market, social group etc); to infiltrate (enemy ranks etc); to banish to; to relegate to; to insert; to inject; to crack (an egg) into (a bowl etc) ∼HSK 5
遗缺 遺缺 yí quē vacancy ∼HSK 5
拆封 拆封 chāi fēng to open (sth that has been sealed) ∼HSK 5
粮饷 糧餉 liáng xiǎng army provisions ∼HSK 5
好棒 好棒 hǎo bàng excellent (interjection) ∼HSK 5
傻子 傻子 shǎ zi idiot; fool ∼HSK 5
来劲 來勁 lái jìn (dialect) to be full of zeal; high-spirited; exhilarating; to stir sb up ∼HSK 5
射程 射程 shè chéng range; reach; firing range ∼HSK 5
炮弹 炮彈 pào dàn artillery shell ∼HSK 5
禁军 禁軍 jìn jūn imperial guard ∼HSK 5
军机 軍機 jūn jī military aircraft; secret plan; Privy Council during the Qing dynasty ∼HSK 5
剿 剿 chāo destroy, exterminate, annihilate ∼HSK 5
闭嘴 閉嘴 bì zuǐ Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 ∼HSK 5
屈 屈 Qū bend, flex; bent, crooked; crouch ∼HSK 5
衍 衍 yǎn overflow, spill over, spread out ∼HSK 5
大炮 大砲 dà pào big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big ∼HSK 5
柴 柴 Chái firewood, faggots, fuel ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
岂 豈 qǐ how could (rhetorical) ∼HSK 5
祈 祈 qí pray; entreat, beseech ∼HSK 5
绝非 絕非 jué fēi absolutely not ∼HSK 5
匪 匪 fěi bandits, robbers, gangsters ∼HSK 5
窟 窟 kū hole, cave; cellar; underground ∼HSK 5
恳请 懇請 kěn qǐng to request earnestly ∼HSK 5
听清 聽清 tīng qīng to hear clearly ∼HSK 5
婆家 婆家 pó jiā husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into) ∼HSK 5
拦住 攔住 lán zhù to stop; to bar the way ∼HSK 5
铐 銬 kào shackles, manacles ∼HSK 5
掌柜 掌櫃 zhǎng guì shopkeeper ∼HSK 5
坎 坎 kǎn pit, hole; snare, trap; crisis ∼HSK 5
坤 坤 kūn earth; feminine, female ∼HSK 5
师兄 師兄 shīxiōng elder fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
修筑 修築 xiū zhù to build ∼HSK 5
吾辈 吾輩 wú bèi (literary) we; us ∼HSK 5
掌厨 掌廚 zhǎng chú to prepare meals; chef ∼HSK 5
食客 食客 shí kè diner (in a restaurant etc); hanger-on; sponger ∼HSK 5
行贿 行賄 xíng huì to offer a bribe ∼HSK 5