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.
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Vocabulary
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| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 挑战 挑戰 | to challenge; challenge | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 身份 身份 | identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 盘 盤 | plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess | |
| 承认 承認 | to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge | |
| 冲 沖 | thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash | |
| 反 反 | contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system | |
| 投 投 | to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of | |
| 轮 輪 | wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 而是 而是 | rather | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 位置 位置 | position; place; seat | |
| 应 應 | to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall | |
| 似乎 似乎 | it seems; seemingly; as if | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 包括 包括 | to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 束手就擒 束手就擒 | lit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom); fig. to surrender without a fight | Idiom |
| 各就各位 各就各位 | (of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom); (athletics) On your mark! | Idiom |
| 乱来 亂來 | to act recklessly; to mess around | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 突出 突出 | prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 厂子 廠子 | (coll.) factory; mill; yard; depot | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 白银 白銀 | Baiyin, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province | Proper Noun |
| 金刚 金剛 | King Kong | Proper Noun |
| 画图 畫圖 | to draw designs, maps etc; picture (e.g. of life in the city) | Proper Noun |
| 杨 楊 | willow, poplar, aspen; surname | |
| 道台 道臺 | (Ming and Qing dynasties) daotai (title for an official responsible for supervising a circuit), aka taotai and circuit intendant | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 铁道 鐵道 | railway line; rail track | |
| 京城 京城 | capital of a country | |
| 阴阳 陰陽 | yin and yang | |
| 马步 馬步 | (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse) | |
| 容 容 | looks, appearance; figure, form |