Tai Chi Hero

Tai Chi Hero 2012

太极2：英雄崛起 tàijí ： yīngxióng juéqǐ

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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5.07 Advanced Director Stephen Fung 🍅 45%

Cast

Jayden Yuan Jayden Yuan Yang Lu Chan Yuan Wenkang Yuan Wenkang Prince Dun AngelaBaby AngelaBaby Chen Yu Niang Shu Qi Shu Qi Mother Yang Stephen Fung Stephen Fung Nan Xiong Xinxin Xiong Xinxin Uncle Qin Shen Si Shen Si Brother Tofu Wei Ai-Xuan Zhao Di Eddie Peng Yu-Yan Eddie Peng Yu-Yan Fang Zi Jing William Feng William Feng Chen Zai Yang

Vocabulary

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经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
以礼相待 以禮相待 yǐ lǐ xiāng dài to treat sb with due respect (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
逃之夭夭 逃之夭夭 táo zhī yāo yāo to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime); to show a clean pair of heels Idiom ∼HSK 6
因祸得福 因禍得福 yīn huò dé fú to have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom); a blessing in disguise Idiom ∼HSK 6
易如反掌 易如反掌 yì rú fǎn zhǎng easy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy; no effort at all Idiom ∼HSK 6
天翻地覆 天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head Idiom ∼HSK 6
成家立业 成家立業 chéng jiā lì yè to get married and start a career (idiom); to settle down; to establish oneself Idiom ∼HSK 6
浑然一体 渾然一體 hún rán yī tǐ to blend into one another; to blend together well Idiom ∼HSK 6
聪明伶俐 聰明伶俐 cōng ming - líng lì (idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted Idiom ∼HSK 6
兹事体大 茲事體大 zī shì tǐ dà this is no small thing (idiom); to have a serious matter at hand Idiom ∼HSK 6
不计其数 不計其數 bù jì qí shù lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless; innumerable Idiom ∼HSK 6
筋疲力尽 筋疲力盡 jīn pí lì jìn body weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired; spent Idiom ∼HSK 6
毕恭毕敬 畢恭畢敬 bì gōng bì jìng reverent and respectful; extremely deferential Idiom ∼HSK 6
大难临头 大難臨頭 dà nàn lín tóu to be facing imminent calamity (idiom); disaster is looming Idiom ∼HSK 6
肝脑涂地 肝腦塗地 gān nǎo tú dì to offer one's life in sacrifice Idiom ∼HSK 6
迎刃而解 迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom); fig. easily solved Idiom ∼HSK 6
以柔克刚 以柔克剛 yǐ róu kè gāng to use softness to conquer strength (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
负荆请罪 負荊請罪 fù jīng qǐng zuì lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom); fig. to offer sb a humble apology Idiom ∼HSK 6
脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist; to turn over a new leaf; fig. to change wholly; to create from other material (story, artwork etc) Idiom ∼HSK 6
融为一体 融為一體 róng wéi yī tǐ to fuse together (idiom); hypostatic union (religion) Idiom ∼HSK 6
欺上瞒下 欺上瞞下 qī shàng mán xià 欺: cheat, double-cross, deceive · 上: top; superior, highest; go up, send up · 瞒: deceive, lie; eyes half-closed · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
有余 有餘 yǒu yú to have an abundance Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
人各有志 人各有志 rén gè yǒu zhì 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 各: each, individually, every, all · 有: have, own, possess; exist · 志: purpose, will, determination; annals Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
叔祖 叔祖 shū zǔ grandfather's younger brother ∼HSK 6
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
练功 練功 liàn gōng to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 6
洋人 洋人 yáng rén foreigner; Westerner ∼HSK 6
拳法 拳法 quán fǎ boxing; fighting technique ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
德性 德性 dé xìng moral integrity ∼HSK 6
精气神 精氣神 jīng qì shén the three energies of Chinese medicine:,, and ∼HSK 6
族灭 族滅 zú miè to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) ∼HSK 6
耕耘 耕耘 gēng yún plowing and weeding; farm work; fig. to work or study diligently ∼HSK 6
大牢 大牢 dà láo prison ∼HSK 6
余孽 餘孽 yú niè remaining evil element; surviving members (of an evil former regime); dregs (of a colonial administration) ∼HSK 6
听命 聽命 tīng mìng to obey an order; to take orders; to accept a state of affairs ∼HSK 6
钦犯 欽犯 qīn fàn criminal whose arrest has been ordered by the emperor ∼HSK 6
讨教 討教 tǎo jiào to consult; to ask for advice ∼HSK 6
相助 相助 xiāng zhù help ∼HSK 6
受挫 受挫 shòu cuò thwarted; obstructed; setback ∼HSK 6
溃败 潰敗 kuì bài to be utterly defeated; to be routed ∼HSK 6