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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考虑 考慮 kǎo lǜ to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
定 定 dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
自 自 zì self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
担心 擔心 dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
过眼云烟 過眼雲煙 guò yǎn yún yān ephemeral (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 3
送死 送死 sòng sǐ to throw away one's life Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
乱来 亂來 luàn lái to act recklessly; to mess around Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
死路一条 死路一條 sǐ lù yī tiáo (idiom) dead end; road to ruin Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
自打 自打 zì dǎ (coll.) since Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
太爷 太爺 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather; sb's father; older people; the head of the house (used by servants); a district magistrate Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
张三 張三 Zhāng Sān Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three:,, Tom, Dick and Harry; (dialect) wolf Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
朝阳 朝陽 Cháo yáng Chaoyang, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province; Chaoyang, a county in Chaoyang City, Liaoning; Chaoyang, an inner district of Beijing; Chaoyang, a district of Changchun City, Jilin; Chaoyang, a district of Shantou City, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
马大 馬大 Mǎ dà Martha (biblical name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
打铁 打鐵 dǎ tiě to forge ironware ∼HSK 3
去死 去死 qù sǐ go to hell!; drop dead! ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
朝廷 朝廷 cháo tíng court; imperial household; dynasty ∼HSK 3
统 統 tǒng govern, command, control; unite ∼HSK 3
富贵 富貴 fù guì riches and honor ∼HSK 3
门派 門派 mén pài sect; school (group of followers of a particular doctrine) ∼HSK 3
指路 指路 zhǐ lù to give directions ∼HSK 3
打赢 打贏 dǎ yíng to win; to beat (one's opponent) ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
连累 連累 lián lei to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] ∼HSK 3
士 士 Shì scholar, gentleman; soldier ∼HSK 3
该死 該死 gāi sǐ Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
属下 屬下 shǔ xià subordinate; affiliated to; subsidiary ∼HSK 3
修道 修道 xiū dào to practice Daoism ∼HSK 3
退后 退後 tuì hòu to stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions ∼HSK 3
输给 輸給 shū gěi to lose to (sb); to be outdone by ∼HSK 3
强身健体 強身健體 qiáng shēn jiàn tǐ to keep fit and healthy ∼HSK 3
木 木 Mù tree; wood, lumber; wooden ∼HSK 3
马步 馬步 mǎ bù (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse) ∼HSK 3
沙 沙 Shā sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated ∼HSK 3
叔 叔 shū uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] ∼HSK 3
铁板 鐵板 tiě bǎn iron panel; hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan) ∼HSK 3
修练 修練 xiū liàn to practice (an activity); to perform ∼HSK 3
对心 對心 duì xīn congenial; to one's liking ∼HSK 3