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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活口 活口 huó kǒu sb who witnesses a crime and is not killed by the perpetrator; a captive who can provide information ∼HSK 3
重围 重圍 chóng wéi to redouble a siege ∼HSK 3
转圜 轉圜 zhuǎn huán to save or redeem (a situation); to mediate; to intercede ∼HSK 3
未能 未能 wèi néng cannot; to fail to; unable to ∼HSK 3
村民 村民 cūn mín villager ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
调头 調頭 diào tóu variant of ∼HSK 3
劲 勁 jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
保住 保住 bǎo zhù to preserve; to save ∼HSK 3
把门 把門 bǎ mén to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate ∼HSK 3
活路 活路 huó lù through road; way out; way to survive; means of subsistence ∼HSK 3
乐师 樂師 yuè shī musician ∼HSK 3
终 終 zhōng end; finally, in the end ∼HSK 3
脏乱 髒亂 zāng luàn dirty and disordered; in a mess ∼HSK 3
确 確 què sure, certain; real, true ∼HSK 3
易手 易手 yì shǒu to change hands ∼HSK 3
干活 幹活 gàn huó to work; to be employed ∼HSK 3
马蹄 馬蹄 mǎ tí horse's hoof; horseshoe; Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta) ∼HSK 3
相生 相生 xiāng shēng to engender one another ∼HSK 3
输赢 輸贏 shū yíng win or loss; outcome ∼HSK 3
认得 認得 rèn de to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know HSK 3
搬家 搬家 bān jiā to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth) HSK 3
前后 前後 qián hòu around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear HSK 3
本事 本事 běn shì source material; original story HSK 3
必然 必然 bì rán inevitable; certain; necessity HSK 3
早已 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past HSK 3
铁路 鐵路 tiě lù railroad; railway HSK 3
建设 建設 jiàn shè to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute HSK 3
功夫 功夫 gōng fu skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort HSK 3
安装 安裝 ān zhuāng to install; to erect; to fix; to mount; installation HSK 3
玩具 玩具 wán jù plaything; toy HSK 3
才能 才能 cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
后果 後果 hòu guǒ consequences; aftermath HSK 3
至今 至今 zhì jīn so far; to this day; until now HSK 3
能不能 能不能 néng bùnéng Can you HSK 3
传说 傳說 chuán shuō legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... HSK 3
补 補 bǔ to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement HSK 3
围 圍 wéi to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) HSK 3
动力 動力 dòng lì motive power; force; (fig.) motivation; impetus HSK 3
赶快 趕快 gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3
工厂 工廠 gōng chǎng factory HSK 3
机器 機器 jī qì machine HSK 3
造 造 zào to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops HSK 3
将来 將來 jiāng lái in the future; future; the future HSK 3
甜 甜 tián sweet HSK 3
缺 缺 quē deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of HSK 3
村 村 cūn village HSK 3
男子 男子 nán zǐ a man; a male HSK 3
背后 背後 bèi hòu behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back HSK 3