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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| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 发癫 發癲 | to go crazy; to lose one's mind | |
| 玩意 玩意 | toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) | |
| 来得 來得 | to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to | |
| 封地 封地 | feudal fiefdom; land held as a vassal in feudal society; enfeoffment | |
| 小孩 小孩 | child | |
| 得很 得很 | (after an adjective) very | |
| 成了 成了 | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! | |
| 过得 過得 | How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad | |
| 拉屎 拉屎 | to defecate; to shit; to crap | |
| 鞋子 鞋子 | shoe | |
| 那种 那種 | that kind of | |
| 年头 年頭 | start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest | |
| 发回 發回 | to send back; to return | |
| 一句 一句 | a line of verse; a sentence | |
| 夫 夫 | man, male adult, husband; those | |
| 查封 查封 | to sequester; to seize (assets); to seal up; to close down | |
| 带走 帶走 | to carry; to take away | |
| 封条 封條 | seal | |
| 起头 起頭 | to start; at first; beginning | |
| 当上 當上 | to take up duty as; to assume a position; to assume; to take on (an office) | |
| 时日 時日 | time; auspicious time; time and date; long period of time; this day | |
| 出气 出氣 | to vent one's anger; to breathe out; to exhale | |
| 战 戰 | war, fighting, battle | |
| 十万 十萬 | hundred thousand | |
| 千米 千米 | kilometer | |
| 鸟铳 鳥銃 | bird gun | |
| 头上 頭上 | overhead; above | |
| 外加 外加 | in addition; extra | |
| 好办 好辦 | easy to do; easy to manage | |
| 卖掉 賣掉 | to sell off | |
| 听不懂 聽不懂 | unable to make sense of what one is hearing | |
| 推手 推手 | promoter; advocate; driving force; pushing hands (two-person training routine esp. in t'ai chi) | |
| 吃饱 吃飽 | to eat one's fill | |
| 交出 交出 | to hand over | |
| 平地 平地 | to level the land; level ground; plain | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 才不 才不 | by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! | |
| 让开 讓開 | to get out of the way; to step aside | |
| 带去 帶去 | to take along with one | |
| 鸟人 鳥人 | (vulgar) damned wretch; fucker; also pr. [niao3 ren2] | |
| 脚镣 腳鐐 | fetters; leg-irons | |
| 成事 成事 | to accomplish the objective; to succeed | |
| 背离 背離 | to depart from; to deviate from; deviation | |
| 器 器 | receptacle, vessel; instrument | |
| 不该 不該 | should not; to owe nothing | |
| 急难 急難 | misfortune; crisis; grave danger; critical situation; disaster; emergency; to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament | |
| 所能 所能 | according to one's capabilities; what sb is capable of | |
| 推诿 推諉 | to shirk responsibility; to blame others; to pass the buck | |
| 听信 聽信 | to listen to information; to get the news; to believe what one hears |