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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| 了不得 了不得 | terrific; terrible; (after) very | |
| 有份 有份 | to have a share of (responsibility etc); to be concerned; to be involved | |
| 言 言 | words, speech; speak, say | |
| 卖唱 賣唱 | to sing for a living | |
| 没有关系 沒有關係 | it doesn't matter | |
| 表哥 表哥 | older male cousin via female line | |
| 每次 每次 | every time | |
| 八成 八成 | eighty percent; most probably; most likely | |
| 让开 讓開 | to get out of the way; to step aside | |
| 千里 千里 | a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance | |
| 卖掉 賣掉 | to sell off | |
| 得看 得看 | (it) depends on... | |
| 义 義 | right conduct, righteousness | |
| 什么地方 什麼地方 | somewhere; someplace; where | |
| 分店 分店 | branch (of a chain store); annex | |
| 远近 遠近 | far and near; distance | |
| 今晚 今晚 | tonight | |
| 发给 發給 | to issue; to grant; to distribute | |
| 街坊 街坊 | neighborhood; neighbor | |
| 不只 不只 | not only; not merely | |
| 交出 交出 | to hand over | |
| 满嘴 滿嘴 | a full mouth of (sth physical); to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) | |
| 停手 停手 | to stop (what one is doing) | |
| 讲道 講道 | to preach; a sermon | |
| 响头 響頭 | to bump one's head; to kowtow with head-banging on the ground | |
| 倒着 倒著 | backwards; in reverse; upside down | |
| 吃草 吃草 | to graze; to eat grass | |
| 碰头 碰頭 | to meet; to hold a meeting | |
| 不一样 不一樣 | different; distinctive; unlike | |
| 成全 成全 | to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off | |
| 茅房 茅房 | toilet (rural euphemism); thatched hut or house | |
| 没问题 沒問題 | no problem | |
| 百姓 百姓 | common people | |
| 十万 十萬 | hundred thousand | |
| 分头 分頭 | separately; severally; parted hair | |
| 够本 夠本 | to break even; to get one's money's worth | |
| 内人 內人 | my wife (humble) | |
| 只怕 只怕 | I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely | |
| 听不懂 聽不懂 | unable to make sense of what one is hearing | |
| 做完 做完 | to finish; to complete the task | |
| 有帮助 有幫助 | helpful | |
| 欲 慾 | desire, want, long for; intend | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 还嘴 還嘴 | to retort; to answer back | |
| 天道 天道 | natural law; heavenly law; weather (dialect) | |
| 满天 滿天 | whole sky | |
| 不见得 不見得 | not necessarily; not likely | |
| 站住 站住 | to stand | |
| 走进 走進 | to enter | |
| 斤 斤 | catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g |