Tai-Chi Master

Tai-Chi Master 1993

tài 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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hài to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity HSK 5
shòu thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive HSK 5
yǎo to bite; to nip HSK 5
certainly; must; will; necessarily HSK 5
tán to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials) HSK 5
zhǐ bu guò only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... HSK 5
yìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial HSK 5
shèng to remain; to be left; to have as remainder HSK 5
huò shì or; either one or the other HSK 5
zuì intoxicated HSK 5
làn soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad HSK 5
quán shì jiè worldwide; entire world HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
suì (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous HSK 5
cāi to guess HSK 5
to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music) HSK 5
gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
cōng ming intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) HSK 5
to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
nán hard to (predict, imagine etc) HSK 5
yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
shì type; form; pattern; style HSK 5
fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
jué to refuse; to decline; to reject HSK 5
qiāng gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots HSK 5
huī to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate HSK 5
qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
fàng to renounce; to abandon; to give up HSK 5
Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
kòng zhì to control HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
rén xià to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity Idiom ∼HSK 4
yìng wài to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom); (fig.) to act together Idiom ∼HSK 4
lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] Colloquialism HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4