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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刀 刀 Dāo surname Dao HSK 3
破 破 pò broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
追 追 duī to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) HSK 3
痛 痛 tòng ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly HSK 3
达到 達到 dá dào to reach; to achieve; to attain HSK 3
救 捄 jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
乱 亂 luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
祝 祝 zhù to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies HSK 3
老板 老闆 lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
难道 難道 nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
表演 表演 biǎo yǎn play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate HSK 3
反应 反應 fǎn yìng to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction HSK 3
基本 基本 jī běn basic; fundamental; main; elementary HSK 3
本来 本來 běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
紧张 緊張 jǐn zhāng nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce HSK 3
经历 經歷 jīng lì experience; to experience; to go through HSK 3
各 各 gè each; every HSK 3
报 報 bào to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge HSK 3
赢 贏 yíng to beat; to win; to profit HSK 3
责任 責任 zé rèn responsibility; blame; duty HSK 3
自然 自然 zì rán nature; natural; naturally HSK 3
人生 人生 rén shēng life (one's time on earth) HSK 3
随 隨 suí to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently HSK 3
敢 敢 gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
力 力 lì power; force; strength; ability; strenuously HSK 3
下去 下去 xià qù to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
光 光 guāng light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered HSK 3
抓 抓 zhuā to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch HSK 3
各位 各位 gè wèi everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you HSK 3
利用 利用 lì yòng to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize HSK 3
好好 好好 hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
到底 到底 dào dǐ finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
简单 簡單 jiǎn dān simple; not complicated HSK 3
另外 另外 lìng wài additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore HSK 3
曾经 曾經 céng jīng once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 3
生命 生命 shēng mìng life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature HSK 3
线 線 xiàn thread; string; wire; line; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) HSK 3
容易 容易 róng yì easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3
保持 保持 bǎo chí to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve HSK 3
个人 個人 gè rén individual; personal; oneself HSK 3
下来 下來 xià lai to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) HSK 3
比较 比較 bǐ jiào to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison HSK 3
马 馬 mǎ horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess HSK 3
根本 根本 gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
活 活 huó to live; alive; living; work; workmanship HSK 3
能力 能力 néng lì capability; ability HSK 3
强 強 jiàng stubborn; unyielding HSK 3
处理 處理 chǔ lǐ to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices HSK 3
者 者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this HSK 3
成功 成功 Chéng gōng Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan HSK 3