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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good fortune; happiness; luck HSK 3
jiào to compare; to dispute; compared to; (before adj.) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiǎo] HSK 3
fēng to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant HSK 3
gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3
jiāng lái in the future; future; the future HSK 3
zhuāng dress; clothing; costume; clothes HSK 3
shí strength HSK 3
cūn village HSK 3
niàn to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) HSK 3
dāng zhōng among; in the middle; in the center HSK 3
jǐn liàng as much as possible; to the greatest extent HSK 3
kǒng fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe HSK 3
tiě iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) HSK 3
qiáo bridge HSK 3
cún to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive HSK 3
gǎn to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) HSK 3
lǐng neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc HSK 3
fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses HSK 3
fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
xìn rèn to trust; to have confidence in HSK 3
rèn to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) HSK 3
chū at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic HSK 3
shēng to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 HSK 3
zhì zuò to make; to manufacture HSK 3
zhèng evidence; proof; testimony HSK 3
jiǎn zhí simply; really HSK 3
bǎn board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious HSK 3
qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known HSK 3
to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure HSK 3
shèng victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear; equal to (a task) HSK 3
zhōu wéi environs; surroundings; periphery HSK 3
100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 HSK 3
dùn to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal HSK 3
gài roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea HSK 3
jǐn tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten HSK 3
zhū hog; pig; swine HSK 3
zhuā zhù to grab hold of; to capture HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
niang girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) HSK 3
xià miàn below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] HSK 3
dài to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon HSK 3
shòu shāng to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed HSK 3
fǎn duì to oppose; to be against; to object to HSK 3
zuò pǐn work (of art); opus HSK 3
kōng empty; air; sky; in vain HSK 3
shì undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation HSK 3
zhí value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty HSK 3
Cháo abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea HSK 3
jīng cǎi wonderful; marvelous; brilliant HSK 3