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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shé to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) HSK 4
wěn settled; steady; stable HSK 4
yùn qi luck (good or bad) HSK 4
duì fu 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) HSK 4
zhēn needle; pin; injection; stitch HSK 4
yuán 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) HSK 4
jiàng to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend HSK 4
yǐn 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 HSK 4
zi belly; abdomen; stomach HSK 4
nǎo dai head; skull; brains; mental capability HSK 4
xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon HSK 4
shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
féi fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
bīng soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike HSK 4
to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) HSK 4
gài lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build HSK 4
nào 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 HSK 4
miǎn to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from HSK 4
benefit; (in sb's) interest HSK 4
to breathe HSK 4
tiē 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 HSK 4
bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
tǎng to recline; to lie down HSK 4
bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
guān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body HSK 4
yíng to win; to gain HSK 4
tiǎo zhàn to challenge; challenge HSK 4
wěn dìng steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify HSK 4
to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind HSK 4
fǒu otherwise; if not; or (else) HSK 4
xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
què really; indeed HSK 4
ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
chōng (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 HSK 4
shāng hài to injure; to harm HSK 4
fǎn 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 HSK 4
gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
wèi zhi position; place; seat HSK 4
yīng to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall HSK 4
Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
dān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
bāo kuò to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of HSK 4
France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] HSK 4