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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| 身手 身手 | skill; talent; agility | |
| 山药 山藥 | Dioscorea polystachya; yam | |
| 气度 氣度 | bearing; manner; presence | |
| 不像话 不像話 | unreasonable; shocking; outrageous | |
| 拿出 拿出 | to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) | |
| 玩意儿 玩意兒 | erhua variant of 玩意; toy; thing; trick | |
| 斤 斤 | catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g | |
| 走开 走開 | to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside | |
| 脏 臟 | viscera; (anatomy) organ | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 不但 不但 | not only (... but also ...) | |
| 刻 刻 | quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 咱 偺 | see 咱 | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 熟 熟 | ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] | |
| 出门 出門 | to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married | |
| 有意思 有意思 | interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 道理 道理 | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 舒服 舒服 | comfortable; feeling well | |
| 同事 同事 | colleague; co-worker | |
| 练 練 | to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk | |
| 响 響 | echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 名单 名單 | list of names | |
| 讲话 講話 | a speech; to speak; to talk; to address | |
| 颜色 顏色 | color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff | |
| 轻 輕 | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage | |
| 大量 大量 | great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous | |
| 满意 滿意 | satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction | |
| 墙 牆 | wall | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 蓝 藍 | blue; indigo plant | |
| 想起 想起 | to recall; to think of; to call to mind | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind |