Tai-Chi Master

Tai-Chi Master 1993

太极张三丰 tàijí zhāngsān fēng

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.

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Vocabulary

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斋 齋 zhāi vegetarian fast ∼HSK 5
似 似 sì resemble (literary) ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
绊 絆 bàn loop, catch; fetter, shackle ∼HSK 5
跤 跤 jiāo stumble, fall down; wrestle ∼HSK 5
慈悲 慈悲 cíbēi compassion ∼HSK 5
我辈 我輩 wǒ bèi (literary) we; us ∼HSK 5
习武 習武 xí wǔ to practice martial arts ∼HSK 5
武艺 武藝 wǔyì martial arts ∼HSK 5
不公 不公 bù gōng unjust; unfair ∼HSK 5
孽 孼 niè evil; son of concubine; ghost ∼HSK 5
徒 徒 Tú disciple ∼HSK 5
魔 魔 mó demon ∼HSK 5
勤 勤 qín industrious, diligent, attentive ∼HSK 5
小姑 小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister; husband's younger sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
欺 欺 qī bully, deceive ∼HSK 5
眉 眉 méi eyebrows; upper margin of book ∼HSK 5
乳 乳 rǔ breast, nipples; milk, suckle ∼HSK 5
鸽 鴿 gē pigeon, dove; Columba species (various) ∼HSK 5
闭嘴 閉嘴 bì zuǐ Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 ∼HSK 5
阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 Ēmítuófó Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) ∼HSK 5
疗伤 療傷 liáo shāng healing; to heal; to make healthy again ∼HSK 5
杀头 殺頭 shā tóu to behead ∼HSK 5
叉烧 叉燒 chā shāo char siu; barbecued pork ∼HSK 5
献丑 獻醜 xiàn chǒu (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display ∼HSK 5
胸口 胸口 xiōng kǒu chest ∼HSK 5
擅 擅 shàn monopolize; claim; arbitrarily; to dare ∼HSK 5
军备 軍備 jūn bèi (military) arms; armaments ∼HSK 5
朝庭 朝庭 cháo tíng variant of ∼HSK 5
不忍 不忍 bù rěn cannot bear to ∼HSK 5
弟兄 弟兄 dì xiong brothers ∼HSK 5
斩首 斬首 zhǎn shǒu to behead; to decapitate ∼HSK 5
拦住 攔住 lán zhù to stop; to bar the way ∼HSK 5
发酒疯 發酒瘋 fā jiǔ fēng to get wildly drunk ∼HSK 5
大军 大軍 dà jūn army; main forces ∼HSK 5
佬 佬 lǎo (Cant.) man, person; mature ∼HSK 5
淫 淫 yín obscene, licentious, lewd ∼HSK 5
嘴硬 嘴硬 zuǐ yìng reluctant to admit a mistake ∼HSK 5
军心 軍心 jūn xīn (military) troop morale; (fig.) team morale ∼HSK 5
将士 將士 jiàng shì officers and soldiers ∼HSK 5
召 召 Shào imperial decree; summon ∼HSK 5
枯 枯 kū dried out, withered, decayed ∼HSK 5
前尘 前塵 qián chén the past; impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism) ∼HSK 5
恒 恆 Héng constant, regular, persistent ∼HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
疾 疾 jí illness, disease, sickness; to hate ∼HSK 5
惧 懼 jù fear, be afraid of, dread ∼HSK 5
弹回 彈回 tán huí to rebound ∼HSK 5
发疯 發瘋 fā fēng to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind ∼HSK 5
粮行 糧行 liáng háng grain retailer (in former times) ∼HSK 5