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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千辛万苦 千辛萬苦 qiān xīn wàn kǔ to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; with difficulty; after some effort Idiom ∼HSK 4
来者不拒 來者不拒 lái zhě bù jù to refuse nobody (idiom); all comers welcome Idiom ∼HSK 4
大摇大摆 大搖大擺 dà yáo dà bǎi to strut; swaggering Idiom ∼HSK 4
七零八落 七零八落 qī líng bā luò (idiom) everything broken and in disorder Idiom ∼HSK 4
不学无术 不學無術 bù xué wú shù without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent Idiom ∼HSK 4
死而后已 死而後已 sǐ ér hòu yǐ until death puts an end (idiom); one's whole life; unto one's dying day Idiom ∼HSK 4
口是心非 口是心非 kǒu shì xīn fēi duplicity; hypocrisy (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天理教 天理教 Tiān lǐ jiào Tenrikyo (Japanese religion) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
直隶 直隸 Zhí lì Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
东印度公司 東印度公司 Dōng Yìn dù Gōng sī East India Company Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
特洛伊 特洛伊 Tè luò yī ancient city of Troy Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大不列颠 大不列顛 Dà Bù liè diān Great Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大英 大英 Dà yīng Daying county in Suining, Sichuan; Great Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
武功 武功 Wǔ gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
佛门 佛門 Fó mén Buddhism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
广平 廣平 Guǎng píng Guangping county in Handan, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
绿营 綠營 Lǜ yíng Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
克虏伯 克虜伯 Kè lǔ bó Krupp Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙 孫 Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
芙蓉 芙蓉 Fú róng Furong district of Changsha city, Hunan; Seremban, capital of Sembilan state, Malaysia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
王爷 王爺 wáng ye prince; marquis; nobleman ∼HSK 4
方子 方子 fāng zi prescription (of medicine) ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
菲林 菲林 fēi lín (dialect) film (loanword); roll of film ∼HSK 4
亲王 親王 qīn wáng prince ∼HSK 4
投案 投案 tóu àn to surrender to the authorities; to turn oneself in (for a crime) ∼HSK 4
定下 定下 dìng xià to set (the tone, a target etc); to lay down (the beat) ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
族人 族人 zú rén clansman; clan members; relatives; ethnic minority ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
安危 安危 ān wēi safety and danger; safety ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
草民 草民 cǎo mín the grass roots; the hoi polloi ∼HSK 4
明察 明察 míng chá to note clearly; to perceive ∼HSK 4
闪开 閃開 shǎn kāi to get out of the way ∼HSK 4
旗 旂 qí banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
兵马 兵馬 bīng mǎ troops and horses; military forces ∼HSK 4
天兵 天兵 tiān bīng celestial soldier; (old) imperial troops; (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit; (more generally) bungler; screw-up ∼HSK 4
雄 雄 xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
确是 確是 què shì certainly ∼HSK 4
再拜 再拜 zài bài to bow again; to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times); (in letters, an expression of respect) ∼HSK 4
失聪 失聰 shī cōng to go deaf; to lose one's hearing; deafness; hearing loss ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
远道而来 遠道而來 yuǎn dào ér lái to come from far away ∼HSK 4
粮 糧 liáng food, grain, provisions ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4