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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| 玉 玉 | jade | |
| 没错 沒錯 | that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong | |
| 误会 誤會 | to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding | |
| 江 江 | river | |
| 淡 淡 | insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮) nitrogen | |
| 尽力 盡力 | to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort | |
| 败 敗 | to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 薄 薄 | thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile | |
| 转身 轉身 | (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) | |
| 阵 陣 | disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration | |
| 相处 相處 | to be in contact (with sb); to associate; to interact; to get along (well, poorly) | |
| 抓紧 抓緊 | to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing sth) | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 帽子 帽子 | hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name | |
| 夫妻 夫妻 | husband and wife; married couple | |
| 折 折 | to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) | |
| 稳 穩 | settled; steady; stable | |
| 教训 教訓 | to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson | |
| 聚 聚 | to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize | |
| 维护 維護 | to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain | |
| 勇气 勇氣 | courage; valor | |
| 单独 單獨 | alone; by oneself; on one's own | |
| 散 㪚 | scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine | |
| 袋 袋 | pouch; bag; sack; pocket | |
| 地下 地下 | underground; subterranean; covert | |
| 遇 遇 | to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance | |
| 登 登 | to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) | |
| 松 松 | pine | |
| 肚子 肚子 | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 脑袋 腦袋 | head; skull; brains; mental capability | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 承担 承擔 | to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) | |
| 吸 吸 | to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale | |
| 严格 嚴格 | strict; stringent; tight; rigorous | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 结 結 | (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] | |
| 贴 貼 | to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 即将 即將 | on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of | |
| 兴趣 興趣 | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 顶 頂 | apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc |