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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| 上菜 上菜 | to serve food | |
| 大开 大開 | to open wide | |
| 日月 日月 | the sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month; season; life and livelihood | |
| 要说 要說 | as for; when it comes to | |
| 后话 後話 | something to be taken up later in speech or writing | |
| 放出 放出 | to let off; to give out | |
| 包子 包子 | bao (steamed stuffed bun) | |
| 过日子 過日子 | to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along | |
| 半天 半天 | half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair | |
| 早饭 早飯 | breakfast | |
| 有名 有名 | famous; well-known | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 奶 奶 | breast; milk; to breastfeed | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 在家 在家 | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 一会儿 一會兒 | a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] | |
| 生气 生氣 | to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 见面 見面 | to meet; to see each other | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 帮忙 幫忙 | to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 家人 家人 | family member; (old) servant | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 右 右 | (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence | |
| 饿 餓 | to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 左 左 | surname Zuo | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 坏 壞 | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 风 風 | wind; news; style; custom; manner | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 关 關 | mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve | |
| 早上 早上 | early morning | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 第 第 | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just | |
| 回到 回到 | to return to | |
| 床 床 | bed; couch; classifier for beds |