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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4.9 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
慎 慎 shèn act with care, be cautious ∼HSK 5
沦 淪 lún be lost; sink, be submerged ∼HSK 5
胁 脅 xié ribs, armpits; flank; threaten ∼HSK 5
燥 燥 zào dry, parched, arid; quick-tempered ∼HSK 5
快活 快活 kuài huo happy; cheerful HSK 5
长寿 長壽 Cháng shòu Changshou suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan HSK 5
舍不得 捨不得 shě bu de to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge HSK 5
一身 一身 yī shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5
泼 潑 pō to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish HSK 5
逃走 逃走 táo zǒu to escape; to flee; to run away HSK 5
摇头 搖頭 yáo tóu to shake one's head HSK 5
交代 交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end HSK 5
愁 愁 chóu to worry about HSK 5
打架 打架 dǎ jià to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows HSK 5
在内 在內 zài nèi (included) in it; among them HSK 5
糟 糟 zāo dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined HSK 5
赔 賠 péi to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss HSK 5
势力 勢力 shì li power; influence; a force (military, political etc) HSK 5
难得 難得 nán dé seldom; rare; hard to come by HSK 5
琴 琴 qín guqin 琴 (a type of zither); musical instrument in general HSK 5
脸色 臉色 liǎn sè complexion; look HSK 5
军人 軍人 jūn rén serviceman; soldier; military personnel HSK 5
大胆 大膽 dà dǎn brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless HSK 5
干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well HSK 5
联络 聯絡 lián luò to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection HSK 5
完了 完了 wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
起码 起碼 qǐ mǎ at the minimum; at the very least HSK 5
敲 敲 qiāo to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge HSK 5
不止 不止 bù zhǐ incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to HSK 5
冲动 衝動 chōng dòng to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge HSK 5
匹 匹 pī mate; one of a pair HSK 5
得了 得了 dé le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
双手 雙手 shuāng shǒu both hands HSK 5
期望 期望 qī wàng to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope HSK 5
局面 局面 jú miàn aspect; phase; situation HSK 5
大事 大事 dà shì major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way HSK 5
罚 罰 fá to punish; to penalize HSK 5
用来 用來 yòng lái to be used for HSK 5
尝 嘗 cháng to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once HSK 5
认 認 rèn to recognize; to know; to admit HSK 5
挡 擋 dàng to arrange; to put in order HSK 5
今日 今日 jīn rì today HSK 5
全都 全都 quán dōu all; without exception HSK 5
警告 警告 jǐng gào to warn; to admonish HSK 5
青 青 Qīng abbr. for 海, Qinghai Province HSK 5
忍 忍 rěn to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself HSK 5
滑 滑 huá to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted HSK 5
骂 罵 mà to scold; to abuse; to curse HSK 5
立 立 lì to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately HSK 5