Tai-Chi Master 1993
太极张三丰
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.
Vocabulary
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| 折 折 | to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) | |
| 稳 穩 | settled; steady; stable | |
| 运气 運氣 | luck (good or bad) | |
| 对付 對付 | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) | |
| 针 針 | needle; pin; injection; stitch | |
| 圆 圓 | circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) | |
| 降 降 | to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend | |
| 引 引 | to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters | |
| 肚子 肚子 | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 脑袋 腦袋 | head; skull; brains; mental capability | |
| 新鲜 新鮮 | fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 肥 肥 | fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 批 批 | to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 避免 避免 | to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from | |
| 利益 利益 | benefit; (in sb's) interest | |
| 呼吸 呼吸 | to breathe | |
| 贴 貼 | to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 躺 躺 | to recline; to lie down | |
| 摆 擺 | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 赢得 贏得 | to win; to gain | |
| 挑战 挑戰 | to challenge; challenge | |
| 稳定 穩定 | steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify | |
| 落 落 | to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 的确 的確 | really; indeed | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 冲 沖 | (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 反 反 | contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 无论 無論 | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... | |
| 兄弟 兄弟 | brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal | |
| 位置 位置 | position; place; seat | |
| 应 應 | to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 包括 包括 | to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] |