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.
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Vocabulary
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| 拜托 拜託 | to request sb to do sth; please! | |
| 震 震 | to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing thunder; ☳ | |
| 出手 出手 | to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task | |
| 担 擔 | to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility | |
| 鹿 鹿 | deer | |
| 规矩 規矩 | lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved | |
| 押 押 | to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign | |
| 废 廢 | to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste | |
| 人性 人性 | human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes | |
| 难怪 難怪 | (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) | |
| 取代 取代 | to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution | |
| 蜜 蜜 | honey | |
| 铜 銅 | copper (chemistry); see also 红铜 | |
| 采 採 | to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather | |
| 无论如何 無論如何 | whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means | |
| 宁愿 寧願 | would rather ... (than ...) | |
| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 来临 來臨 | to approach; to come closer | |
| 弥补 彌補 | to complement; to make up for a deficiency | |
| 爹 爹 | dad | |
| 谨慎 謹慎 | cautious; prudent | |
| 熬 熬 | to boil; to simmer | |
| 讨 討 | to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study | |
| 质疑 質疑 | to call into question; to question (truth or validity) | |
| 欺骗 欺騙 | to deceive; to cheat | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 尚 尚 | still; yet; to value; to esteem | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 杀手 殺手 | killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player | |
| 逮捕 逮捕 | to arrest; to apprehend; an arrest | |
| 粘 粘 | to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to | |
| 寻 尋 | to search; to look for; to seek | |
| 拳 拳 | fist; boxing | |
| 屁股 屁股 | buttocks; bottom; butt; back part | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 计 計 | to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge | |
| 他人 他人 | another person; sb else; other people | |
| 勒 勒 | to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 斯, lux | |
| 枚 枚 | classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old) | |
| 并非 並非 | really isn't | |
| 制 製 | to manufacture; to make | |
| 毫无 毫無 | not in the least; to completely lack | |
| 需 需 | to require; to need; to want; necessity; need | |
| 所谓 所謂 | so-called; what is called | |
| 丝 絲 | silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) |