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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| 谁 誰 | who; also pr. [shuí] | |
| 吃 吃 | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) | |
| 喜欢 喜歡 | to like; to be fond of | |
| 跟 跟 | heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns) | |
| 这些 這些 | these | |
| 地 地 | -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct | |
| 爱 愛 | to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen) | |
| 怎么 怎麼 | how?; what?; why? | |
| 你们 你們 | you (plural) | |
| 前 前 | front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly | |
| 家 傢 | used in 家伙 and 家俱 | |
| 事 事 | matter; thing; item; work; affair | |
| 走 走 | to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 走); to change (shape, form, meaning) | |
| 时候 時候 | time; length of time; moment; period | |
| 知道 知道 | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhī dao] | |
| 小 小 | small; tiny; few; young | |
| 次 次 | next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time | |
| 呢 呢 | particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation | |
| 再 再 | again; once more; re-; second; another; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) | |
| 最 㝡 | most; the most; -est (superlative suffix) | |
| 太 太 | highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely | |
| 出 出 | to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc | |
| 天 天 | day; sky; heaven | |
| 等 等 | class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; to wait for; to await; et cetera; and so on; et al. (and other authors); after; as soon as; once | |
| 两 兩 | two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) | |
| 多 多 | many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]); (bound form) multi-; poly- | |
| 用 用 | to use; to employ; to have to; to eat or drink; expense or outlay; usefulness; hence; therefore | |
| 年 年 | year | |
| 现在 現在 | now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays | |
| 真 真 | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine | |
| 里 裡 | lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 里 | |
| 中 中 | within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right | |
| 下 下 | down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action | |
| 从 從 | from; through; via; to follow; to obey; to engage in (an activity); never (in negative sentence); (Taiwan pr. [zòng]) retainer; assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor | |
| 大 大 | big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother) | |
| 没 沒 | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not | |
| 过 過 | to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too- | |
| 吧 吧 | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume. | |
| 点 點 | point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order (food in a restaurant); to touch briefly; to hint; to light; to ignite; to pour a liquid drop by drop; (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更; dot stroke in Chinese characters; classifier for items | |
| 什么 什麼 | what?; something; anything | |
| 做 做 | to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner) | |
| 看 看 | to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard | |
| 他们 他們 | they | |
| 能 能 | can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy | |
| 没有 沒有 | haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be | |
| 给 給 | to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier) | |
| 想 想 | to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) | |
| 去 去 | to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) | |
| 她 她 | she | |
| 还 還 | still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else |