Tai Chi Hero

Tai Chi Hero 2012

2: tài yīngxióng jué

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%

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Vocabulary

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dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
diān to go crazy; to lose one's mind ∼HSK 2
wán toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 2
lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
fēng feudal fiefdom; land held as a vassal in feudal society; enfeoffment ∼HSK 2
xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
guò How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad ∼HSK 2
shǐ to defecate; to shit; to crap ∼HSK 2
xié zi shoe ∼HSK 2
zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
nián tóu start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest ∼HSK 2
huí to send back; to return ∼HSK 2
a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
man, male adult, husband; those ∼HSK 2
chá fēng to sequester; to seize (assets); to seal up; to close down ∼HSK 2
dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
fēng tiáo seal ∼HSK 2
tóu to start; at first; beginning ∼HSK 2
dāng shang to take up duty as; to assume a position; to assume; to take on (an office) ∼HSK 2
shí time; auspicious time; time and date; long period of time; this day ∼HSK 2
chū to vent one's anger; to breathe out; to exhale ∼HSK 2
zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
qiān kilometer ∼HSK 2
niǎo chòng bird gun ∼HSK 2
tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
wài jiā in addition; extra ∼HSK 2
hǎo bàn easy to do; easy to manage ∼HSK 2
mài diào to sell off ∼HSK 2
tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
tuī shǒu promoter; advocate; driving force; pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi) ∼HSK 2
chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
jiāo chū to hand over ∼HSK 2
píng to level the land; level ground; plain ∼HSK 2
zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
cái by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
ràng kāi to get out of the way; to step aside ∼HSK 2
dài qu to take along with one ∼HSK 2
diǎo rén (vulgar) damned wretch; fucker; also pr. [niao3 ren2] ∼HSK 2
jiǎo liào fetters; leg-irons ∼HSK 2
chéng shì to accomplish the objective; to succeed ∼HSK 2
bèi to depart from; to deviate from; deviation ∼HSK 2
receptacle, vessel; instrument ∼HSK 2
gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
nàn misfortune; crisis; grave danger; critical situation; disaster; emergency; to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament ∼HSK 2
suǒ néng according to one's capabilities; what sb is capable of ∼HSK 2
诿 tuī wěi to shirk responsibility; to blame others; to pass the buck ∼HSK 2
tīng xìn to listen to information; to get the news; to believe what one hears ∼HSK 2