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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| 过江之鲫 過江之鯽 | 过: pass, pass through, go across · 江: large river; yangzi; surname · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 鲫: Carassius auratus, crucian carp | Idiom |
| 船坚炮利 船堅炮利 | 船: ship, boat, vessel · 坚: hard, strong, firm; resolute · 炮: large gun, cannon; artillery · 利: gains, advantage, profit, merit | Idiom |
| 秋毫不犯 秋毫不犯 | 秋: autumn, fall; year · 毫: fine hair; measure of length · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 犯: commit crime, violate; criminal | Idiom |
| 水落石出 水落石出 | as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); the truth comes to light | Idiom |
| 乱七八糟 亂七八糟 | (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled | Idiom |
| 捣乱 搗亂 | to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally | Xiehouyu |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 丢人 丟人 | to lose face | Xiehouyu |
| 荒唐 荒唐 | beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated | Xiehouyu |
| 着手 著手 | to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out | Xiehouyu |
| 闺女 閨女 | maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter | Colloquialism |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 愣 愣 | to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly | Colloquialism |
| 逮 逮 | (coll.) to catch; to seize | Colloquialism |
| 耗 耗 | to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally | Colloquialism |
| 揍 揍 | to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 赐教 賜教 | (honorific) to impart one's wisdom; to enlighten | |
| 搞鬼 搞鬼 | to make mischief; to play tricks | |
| 太极拳 太極拳 | shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan; traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation; a martial art | |
| 贯通 貫通 | to link up; to thread together | |
| 发扬光大 發揚光大 | to develop and promote; to carry forward; to bring to great height of development | |
| 功底 功底 | training in the basic skills; knowledge of the fundamentals | |
| 底子 底子 | base; foundation; bottom | |
| 精妙 精妙 | exquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art) | |
| 哆嗦 哆嗦 | to tremble; to shiver; uncontrolled shaking of the body | |
| 基本功 基本功 | basic skills; fundamentals | |
| 告状 告狀 | to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit | |
| 由来 由來 | origin | |
| 何苦 何苦 | why bother?; is it worth the trouble? | |
| 来年 來年 | next year; the coming year | |
| 出息 出息 | to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) | |
| 乡亲 鄉親 | fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home | |
| 赶赴 趕赴 | to hurry; to rush | |
| 难处 難處 | trouble; difficulty; problem | |
| 祖宗 祖宗 | ancestor; forebear | |
| 绝技 絕技 | consummate skill; supreme feat; tour-de-force; stunt | |
| 标致 標致 | beautiful (of woman); pretty | |
| 祸害 禍害 | disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck | |
| 势必 勢必 | to be bound to; undoubtedly will | |
| 太极 太極 | the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology | |
| 确凿 確鑿 | definite; conclusive; undeniable; authentic; also pr. [què zuò] | |
| 尤为 尤為 | especially | |
| 公墓 公墓 | public cemetery | |
| 放肆 放肆 | wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent | |
| 官兵 官兵 | (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops | |
| 品德 品德 | moral character | |
| 碑 碑 | a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele | |
| 稀罕 稀罕 | rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xī hǎn] | |
| 糟蹋 糟蹋 | to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zāo ta] |