Tai Chi Hero 2012
太极2：英雄崛起
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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 怎 怎 | how (variant of 怎么) | |
| 口说无凭 口說無憑 | (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement; just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true | |
| 彻查 徹查 | to investigate thoroughly | |
| 刑 刑 | punishment, penalty; law | |
| 膳 膳 | meals, provisions, board | |
| 开锅 開鍋 | to season a wok; to take the lid off a pot; (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil; (fig.) to become rowdy | |
| 阖 闔 | close; whole, entire; all; leaf | |
| 食补 食補 | tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful); to eat such foods | |
| 酿 釀 | brew, ferment | |
| 锅子 鍋子 | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; hotpot | |
| 展翅 展翅 | to spread wings | |
| 鹤 鶴 | crane; Grus species (various) | |
| 鹊 鵲 | magpie; Pica species (various) | |
| 只见 只見 | to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly) | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 齐全 齊全 | complete; comprehensive | |
| 赠 贈 | to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old) | |
| 鸭子 鴨子 | duck; male prostitute (slang) | |
| 斜 斜 | inclined; slanting; oblique; tilting | |
| 预备 預備 | to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory | |
| 调动 調動 | to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc); movement of personnel; to mobilize; to bring into play | |
| 原理 原理 | principle; theory | |
| 交代 交代 | to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 一带 一帶 | region; district | |
| 沟 溝 | ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine | |
| 相应 相應 | to correspond; answering (one another); to agree (among the part); corresponding; relevant; appropriate; (modify) accordingly | |
| 夜间 夜間 | nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes) | |
| 肠 腸 | intestines | |
| 愁 愁 | to worry about | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 模样 模樣 | look; style; appearance; approximation; about; also pr. [mó yàng] | |
| 当前 當前 | the present time; to be faced with | |
| 眼光 眼光 | gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things | |
| 总算 總算 | at long last; finally; on the whole | |
| 修复 修復 | to restore; to renovate; (computing) to repair (a corrupted file etc) | |
| 上下 上下 | up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about | |
| 扶 扶 | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help | |
| 伸 伸 | to stretch; to extend | |
| 超越 超越 | to surpass; to exceed; to transcend | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 广 广 | "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc | |
| 建造 建造 | to construct; to build | |
| 遵守 遵守 | to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement) | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 双手 雙手 | both hands | |
| 看出 看出 | to make out; to see | |
| 询问 詢問 | to inquire | |
| 大事 大事 | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way | |
| 虎 虎 | tiger | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once |