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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| 喜 喜 | like, love, enjoy; joyful thing | |
| 现 現 | appear, manifest, become visible | |
| 衣 衣 | clothes, clothing; cover, skin | |
| 学到 學到 | to learn (sth); to learn about | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 学好 學好 | to follow good examples | |
| 外人 外人 | outsider; foreigner; stranger | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 看不出 看不出 | can't discern | |
| 这天 這天 | this day | |
| 讪笑 訕笑 | to ridicule; to mock | |
| 好不 好不 | not at all...; how very... | |
| 想来 想來 | it may be assumed that | |
| 习 習 | practice; flapping wings | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 找不着 找不著 | to be unable to find | |
| 上书 上書 | to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 还口 還口 | to retort; to answer back | |
| 也就是 也就是 | in other words; i.e. | |
| 外国人 外國人 | foreigner | |
| 做错 做錯 | to make an error | |
| 回事 回事 | (old) to report to one's master | |
| 朋 朋 | friend, pal, acquaintance | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 拿来 拿來 | to bring; to fetch; to get | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 不着 不著 | no need; need not | |
| 女的 女的 | woman | |
| 打小 打小 | (dialect) from childhood; from a young age | |
| 等等 等等 | et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! | |
| 差一点 差一點 | almost; nearly | |
| 中尉 中尉 | lieutenant (navy); first lieutenant (army); subaltern | |
| 再不 再不 | or else; alternatively | |
| 今 今 | now, today, modern era | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 飞过 飛過 | to fly over; to fly past | |
| 八字 八字 | the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 客 客 | guest, traveller; customer | |
| 关口 關口 | pass; gateway; (fig.) juncture | |
| 师姐 師姐 | senior female fellow student or apprentice; daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher | |
| 别有 別有 | to have other...; to have a special... | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 中人 中人 | go-between; mediator; intermediary |