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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嫂 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
承让 承讓 chéng ràng you let me win (said politely after winning a game) ∼HSK 5
洒家 灑家 sǎ jiā (archaic) I; me (used by males during the Song and Yuan dynasties) ∼HSK 5
奎 奎 kuí stride of man; one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions ∼HSK 5
亡 亡 wáng death, destroyed; lose, perish ∼HSK 5
征兆 徵兆 zhēng zhào omen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign ∼HSK 5
董 董 Dǒng direct, supervise; surname ∼HSK 5
恭候 恭候 gōng hòu to look forward to sth; to wait respectfully ∼HSK 5
官府 官府 guān fǔ authorities; feudal official ∼HSK 5
炎 炎 yán flame, blaze; hot ∼HSK 5
皓 暠 hào bright, luminous; clear; hoary ∼HSK 5
尊 尊 zūn honored ∼HSK 5
搞定 搞定 gǎo dìng to fix; to settle; to wangle ∼HSK 5
驴 驢 lǘ donkey, ass ∼HSK 5
夷 夷 yí ancient barbarian tribes ∼HSK 5
碟 碟 dié small dish, plate ∼HSK 5
舍身 捨身 shě shēn to give one's life ∼HSK 5
涉 涉 shè ford stream, wade across ∼HSK 5
簋 簋 guǐ a square basket of bamboo for holding grain used at sacrifices, feast ∼HSK 5
绕道 繞道 rào dào to go by a roundabout route; to take a detour; (medicine or civil engineering) bypass ∼HSK 5
塘 塘 táng pond; tank; dike, embankment ∼HSK 5
击退 擊退 jī tuì to beat back; to repel ∼HSK 5
鉴 鑑 jiàn mirror, looking glass; reflect ∼HSK 5
敌营 敵營 dí yíng enemy camp ∼HSK 5
火石 火石 huǒ shí flint (stone) ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
痴傻 癡傻 chī shǎ stupid; foolish ∼HSK 5
忧 憂 yōu sad, grieved; grief, melancholy ∼HSK 5
立马 立馬 lì mǎ at once; immediately; promptly; swiftly ∼HSK 5
廷 廷 tíng court ∼HSK 5
孟 孟 Mèng first in series; great, eminent ∼HSK 5
遗风 遺風 yí fēng tradition or style from the past; old ways; surviving tradition; relic ∼HSK 5
癫狂 癲狂 diān kuáng deranged; mad; cracked; zany ∼HSK 5
食量 食量 shí liàng quantity of food one eats; food intake ∼HSK 5
饮酒 飲酒 yǐn jiǔ drink wine ∼HSK 5
蔬果 蔬果 shū guǒ vegetables and fruits ∼HSK 5
撵 攆 niǎn drive away, expel, oust ∼HSK 5
在旁 在旁 zài páng alongside; nearby ∼HSK 5
迭 迭 dié repeatedly, frequently ∼HSK 5
仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
陜 陜 xiá narrow; mountain pass ∼HSK 5
甘 甘 Gān sweetness; sweet, tasty ∼HSK 5
问罪 問罪 wèn zuì to denounce; to condemn; to call to account; to punish ∼HSK 5
巨响 巨響 jù xiǎng loud sound ∼HSK 5
辨 辨 biàn distinguish, discriminate ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
殊不知 殊不知 shū bù zhī little imagined; scarcely realized ∼HSK 5
豆花 豆花 dòu huā jellied tofu; soft bean curd ∼HSK 5
抵 抵 dǐ resist, oppose; deny; off-set ∼HSK 5