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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慕容 慕容 Mù róng a branch of the Xianbei nomadic people; two-character surname Murong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
少林 少林 Shào lín the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
达摩 達摩 Dá mó Dharma, the teaching of Buddha; Bodhidharma Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
契丹 契丹 Qì dān Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
盘龙 盤龍 Pán lóng Panlong district of Kunming city, Yunnan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
佛性 佛性 Fó xìng Buddha nature Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
铁拳 鐵拳 Tiě quán Tekken (video game) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
佛光 佛光 Fó guāng Buddha's teachings; aura (around the head of Buddha) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
方丈 方丈 Fāng zhang one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
观音 觀音 Guānyīn Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
土地公 土地公 Tǔ dì Gōng Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
锦衣卫 錦衣衛 Jǐn yī wèi Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大清 大清 Dà Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
神佛 神佛 Shén Fó Gods and Buddhas Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
安舒 安舒 ān shū at peace; relaxed; serene ∼HSK 4
丰 豐 fēng abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty ∼HSK 4
自有 自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc) ∼HSK 4
尾 尾 wěi tail, extremity; end, stern ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
烦乱 煩亂 fán luàn anxious; agitated ∼HSK 4
艺 藝 yì art; talent, ability; craft ∼HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
做官 做官 zuò guān to take an official post; to become a government employee ∼HSK 4
宝地 寶地 bǎo dì blessed land; a place rich in beauty or natural resources etc; (term of respect) your place ∼HSK 4
冬瓜 冬瓜 dōng guā wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida); white gourd; white hairy melon; Chinese squash ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
穴 穴 xué cave, den, hole; KangXi radical 116 ∼HSK 4
练兵 練兵 liàn bīng to drill troops; army training ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
好象 好象 hǎo xiàng variant of 好像 ∼HSK 4
管教无方 管教無方 guǎn jiào wú fāng unable to discipline a child; incapable of dealing with (unruly child) ∼HSK 4
顶嘴 頂嘴 dǐng zuǐ to talk back; to answer back ∼HSK 4
才怪 才怪 cái guài it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative) ∼HSK 4
打翻 打翻 dǎ fān to overturn; to overthrow; to strike down (an enemy) ∼HSK 4
处女 處女 chǔ nǚ virgin; maiden; maiden (voyage etc); virgin (land); (a novelist's) first (work) ∼HSK 4
承 承 Chéng inherit, receive; succeed ∼HSK 4
肚 肚 dǔ belly; abdomen; bowels ∼HSK 4
穷苦 窮苦 qióng kǔ impoverished; destitute ∼HSK 4
父老 父老 fù lǎo elders ∼HSK 4
人肉沙包 人肉沙包 rén ròu shā bāo human punching bag ∼HSK 4
翻本 翻本 fān běn to win back one's money (gambling etc) ∼HSK 4