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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上刑 上刑 shàng xíng severe punishment; worst punishment; to torture ∼HSK 6
受尽 受盡 shòu jìn to suffer enough from; to suffer all kinds of; to have one's fill of ∼HSK 6
窝囊气 窩囊氣 wō nang qì pent-up frustration; petty annoyances ∼HSK 6
大功 大功 dà gōng great merit; great service ∼HSK 6
还债 還債 huán zhài to settle a debt ∼HSK 6
洋服 洋服 yáng fú Western-style clothes ∼HSK 6
延宕 延宕 yán dàng to postpone; to keep putting sth off ∼HSK 6
附议 附議 fù yì to second a motion ∼HSK 6
开炮 開砲 kāi pào to open fire ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
应验 應驗 yìng yàn to come true; to come about as predicted; to be fulfilled ∼HSK 6
身家性命 身家性命 shēn jiā xìng mìng one's life and one's family's fortunes (idiom); everything one has including life itself ∼HSK 6
堪忧 堪憂 kān yōu worrying; bleak ∼HSK 6
逃命 逃命 táo mìng to escape; to flee; to run for one's life ∼HSK 6
乾坤 乾坤 qián kūn yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe ∼HSK 6
亲临 親臨 qīn lín to visit in person; to personally attend ∼HSK 6
海涵 海涵 hǎi hán (polite expression) to be magnanimous enough to forgive or tolerate (one's errors or shortcomings) ∼HSK 6
岂敢 豈敢 qǐ gǎn how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise ∼HSK 6
息怒 息怒 xī nù to calm down; to quell one's anger ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
摄入 攝入 shè rù to take in; to absorb; to consume; intake; consumption ∼HSK 6
魂魄 魂魄 hún pò soul ∼HSK 6
剿灭 剿滅 jiǎo miè to eliminate (by armed force) ∼HSK 6
不成器 不成器 bù chéng qì good-for-nothing; worthless; (of a person) failing to amount to anything (idiom) ∼HSK 6
险恶 險惡 xiǎn è dangerous; sinister; vicious ∼HSK 6
奇技淫巧 奇技淫巧 qí jì yín qiǎo bizarre skills and wicked craft (idiom); useless ingenuity; frivolous or decadent gadgetry ∼HSK 6
师哥 師哥 shī gē older martial brother ∼HSK 6
拳拳 拳拳 quán quán (literary) earnest; sincere ∼HSK 6
平身 平身 píng shēn rise (to subjects bowing) ∼HSK 6
枉法 枉法 wǎng fǎ to circumvent the law ∼HSK 6
株连 株連 zhū lián to involve others (in a crime); guilt by association ∼HSK 6
一面之词 一面之詞 yī miàn zhī cí one side of the story; one-sided statement ∼HSK 6
分晓 分曉 fēn xiǎo the result (becomes apparent); now one understands ∼HSK 6
玄妙 玄妙 xuán miào mysterious; profound; abstruse ∼HSK 6
精纯 精純 jīng chún pure; unadulterated; exquisite ∼HSK 6
同源 同源 tóng yuán homology (biology); a common origin ∼HSK 6
清蒸 清蒸 qīng zhēng steamed in broth ∼HSK 6
什锦 什錦 shí jǐn (food) assorted; mixed; assortment ∼HSK 6
二龙戏珠 二龍戲珠 èr lóng xì zhū two dragons playing with a pearl (idiom); a traditional decorative motif ∼HSK 6
延年 延年 yán nián to prolong life ∼HSK 6
生辉 生輝 shēng huī to dazzle; to brighten up (a room etc) ∼HSK 6
虚实 虛實 xū shí what is true and what is false; (to get to know) the real situation ∼HSK 6
依我看 依我看 yī wǒ kàn in my opinion ∼HSK 6
宗师 宗師 zōng shī great scholar respected for learning and integrity ∼HSK 6
案情 案情 àn qíng details of a case; case ∼HSK 6
外头 外頭 wài tou outside; out HSK 6
造反 造反 zào fǎn to rebel; to revolt HSK 6
徒弟 徒弟 tú dì apprentice; disciple HSK 6
先锋 先鋒 xiān fēng vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde HSK 6
茄子 茄子 qié zi eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal; Guinea squash; phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed); equivalent of "say cheese" HSK 6