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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微分 微分 wēi fēn (math.) differential (of a function); differential (equation etc); to differentiate; differentiation ∼HSK 4
失意 失意 shī yì disappointed; frustrated ∼HSK 4
谋 謀 móu plan, scheme; strategem ∼HSK 4
示众 示眾 shì zhòng to publicly expose ∼HSK 4
死定 死定 sǐ dìng to be screwed; to be toast ∼HSK 4
同道 同道 tóng dào same principle ∼HSK 4
不简单 不簡單 bù jiǎn dān not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous ∼HSK 4
当兵 當兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army; to be a soldier ∼HSK 4
安息 安息 Ān xī Parthia (ancient country in central Asia) ∼HSK 4
冲进 衝進 chōng jìn to rush in; to charge in ∼HSK 4
打头阵 打頭陣 dǎ tóu zhèn to take the lead ∼HSK 4
效 俲 xiào result, effect; effectiveness ∼HSK 4
前程 前程 qián chéng future (career etc) prospects ∼HSK 4
全责 全責 quán zé full responsibility ∼HSK 4
药效 藥效 yào xiào medicinal effect ∼HSK 4
适者生存 適者生存 shì zhě shēng cún survival of the fittest ∼HSK 4
民变 民變 mín biàn mass uprising; popular revolt; civil commotion ∼HSK 4
效法 效法 xiào fǎ to imitate; to follow the example of ∼HSK 4
过细 過細 guò xì extremely careful; meticulous; overattentive ∼HSK 4
梦境 夢境 mèng jìng dreamland ∼HSK 4
淡薄 淡薄 dàn bó thin; light; flagging; faint ∼HSK 4
宁 寧 nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
不测 不測 bù cè unexpected; measureless; unexpected circumstance; contingency; mishap ∼HSK 4
符 符 Fú i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm ∼HSK 4
不及 不及 bù jí to fall short of; not as good as; too late ∼HSK 4
无极 無極 wú jí everlasting; unbounded ∼HSK 4
转动 轉動 zhuǎn dòng to turn sth around; to swivel HSK 4
赏 賞 shǎng to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) HSK 4
未必 未必 wèi bì not necessarily; maybe not HSK 4
豆腐 豆腐 dòu fu tofu; bean curd HSK 4
打扫 打掃 dǎ sǎo to clean; to sweep HSK 4
准时 準時 zhǔn shí on time; punctual; on schedule HSK 4
瓜 瓜 guā melon; gourd; squash HSK 4
避 避 bì to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from HSK 4
大规模 大規模 dà guī mó large scale; extensive; wide scale; broad scale HSK 4
前途 前途 qián tú prospects; future outlook; journey HSK 4
嘴巴 嘴巴 zuǐ ba mouth; slap in the face HSK 4
小伙子 小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man; young guy; lad; youngster HSK 4
败 敗 bài to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither HSK 4
多年 多年 duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
棵 棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc HSK 4
汇报 匯報 huì bào to report; to give an account of; to collect information and report back HSK 4
伙 夥 huǒ companion; partner; group; classifier for groups of people; to combine; together HSK 4
善良 善良 shàn liáng good and honest; kindhearted HSK 4
沉 沉 chén to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy HSK 4
阵 陣 zhèn disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration HSK 4
晒 晒 shài variant of 晒 HSK 4
大哥 大哥 dà gē eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
负担 負擔 fù dān to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden HSK 4
县 縣 xiàn county HSK 4