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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民风 民風 mín fēng popular customs; folkways; the character of the people of a nation (or region etc) ∼HSK 4
遂 遂 suí comply with, follow along; thereupon ∼HSK 4
铁律 鐵律 tiě lǜ an iron law; a cast-iron rule ∼HSK 4
前锋 前鋒 qián fēng vanguard; front line; a forward (sports) ∼HSK 4
速成 速成 sù chéng crash (course); accelerated (process); quick (fix); instant (success); to achieve in a short time ∼HSK 4
大伙 大夥 dà huǒ everybody; everyone; we all ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
难测 難測 nán cè hard to fathom ∼HSK 4
底细 底細 dǐ xì inside information; the ins and outs of the matter; how things stand; what's up ∼HSK 4
总归 總歸 zǒng guī anyhow; after all; eventually ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
唯有 唯有 wéi yǒu only ∼HSK 4
估 估 gū merchant; estimate, guess, presume ∼HSK 4
申诉 申訴 shēn sù to file a complaint; to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc); complaint; appeal ∼HSK 4
王八蛋 王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
二轮 二輪 èr lún second round (of a match or election) ∼HSK 4
顶戴 頂戴 dǐng dài cap badge (official sign of rank in Qing dynasty) ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
噩梦 噩夢 è mèng nightmare ∼HSK 4
梦到 夢到 mèng dào to dream of; to dream about ∼HSK 4
火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake ∼HSK 4
一轮 一輪 yī lún first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc) ∼HSK 4
污 汙 wū filthy, dirty, impure, polluted ∼HSK 4
自保 自保 zì bǎo to defend oneself; self-defense; self-preservation ∼HSK 4
刁民 刁民 diāo mín (derogatory) unruly people ∼HSK 4
林子 林子 lín zi woods; grove; forest ∼HSK 4
研究院 研究院 yán jiū yuàn research institute; academy ∼HSK 4
登门 登門 dēng mén to visit sb at home ∼HSK 4
兑 兌 Duì cash; exchange ∼HSK 4
多言 多言 duō yán wordy; talkative ∼HSK 4
连败 連敗 lián bài consecutive defeats; to lose several times in a row ∼HSK 4
定当 定當 dìng dāng necessarily ∼HSK 4
厨 廚 chú kitchen; closet; cupboard ∼HSK 4
江米 江米 jiāng mǐ polished glutinous rice ∼HSK 4
尾 尾 wěi tail, extremity; end, stern ∼HSK 4
为啥 為啥 wèi shá dialectal equivalent of ∼HSK 4
役 役 yì service; a servant, laborer; to serve ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
后头 後頭 hòu tou behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future HSK 4
深厚 深厚 shēn hòu deep; profound HSK 4
叶子 葉子 yè zi leaf; (slang) marijuana HSK 4
专心 專心 zhuān xīn to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth) HSK 4
台阶 臺階 tái jiē steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology) HSK 4
老家 老家 lǎo jiā native place; place of origin; home state or region HSK 4
豆腐 豆腐 dòu fu tofu; bean curd HSK 4
鲜 鮮 xiān fresh; bright (in color); delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods HSK 4
延续 延續 yán xù to continue; to go on; to last HSK 4
上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family HSK 4
打败 打敗 dǎ bài to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated HSK 4