Tai-Chi Master 1993
太极张三丰
Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As adults, they join opposing sides in a civil war. When one betrays the other, they settle their differences mano-a-mano.
Vocabulary
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| 长辈 長輩 | one's elders; older generation | |
| 通通 通通 | all; entire; complete | |
| 弟子 弟子 | disciple; follower | |
| 纵容 縱容 | to indulge; to connive at | |
| 炭 炭 | wood charcoal; coal | |
| 晒太阳 曬太陽 | to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it) | |
| 不屑 不屑 | to disdain to do sth; to think sth not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity | |
| 提拔 提拔 | to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion | |
| 无非 無非 | only; nothing else | |
| 做主 做主 | see 主 | |
| 复原 復原 | to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery | |
| 剃 剃 | to shave | |
| 日后 日後 | sometime; someday (in the future) | |
| 所作所为 所作所為 | one's conduct and deeds | |
| 黄昏 黃昏 | dusk; evening; nightfall | |
| 风流 風流 | distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle; romantic; dissolute; loose | |
| 入境 入境 | to enter a country | |
| 着眼 著眼 | to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate | |
| 风采 風采 | svelte; elegant manner; graceful bearing | |
| 太平 太平 | peace and security | |
| 辜负 辜負 | to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint | |
| 天性 天性 | nature; innate tendency | |
| 牵挂 牽掛 | to worry about; to be concerned about | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 无形 無形 | incorporeal; virtual; formless; invisible (assets); intangible | |
| 耳光 耳光 | a slap on the face | |
| 不宜 不宜 | not suitable; inadvisable; inappropriate | |
| 换取 換取 | to obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else) | |
| 皇上 皇上 | the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty | |
| 追随 追隨 | to follow; to accompany | |
| 锤 錘 | hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance); to strike with a hammer | |
| 要紧 要緊 | important; urgent | |
| 白白 白白 | in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white | |
| 皱纹 皺紋 | wrinkle | |
| 磕 磕 | to tap; to knock (against sth hard); to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc) | |
| 逢 逢 | to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon | |
| 重心 重心 | center of gravity; central core; main part | |
| 当心 當心 | to take care; to look out | |
| 不容 不容 | must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate | |
| 糊 䊀 | muddled; paste; scorched | |
| 巷 巷 | lane; alley | |
| 保重 保重 | to take care of oneself | |
| 忍耐 忍耐 | to endure; to bear with; to exercise patience; to restrain oneself; patience; endurance | |
| 抗拒 抗拒 | to resist; to defy; to oppose | |
| 不适 不適 | unwell; indisposed; out of sorts | |
| 隐形 隱形 | invisible | |
| 坠 墜 | to fall; to drop; to weigh down | |
| 懒得 懶得 | not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to | |
| 位子 位子 | place; seat | |
| 解散 解散 | to dissolve; to disband |