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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4.9 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
十七 十七 shí qī seventeen; 17 ∼HSK 1
并不 並不 bìng bù not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
人肉 人肉 rén ròu to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting in doxing); human (used attributively, as in, human shield) ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
前几天 前幾天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
打天下 打天下 dǎ tiān xià to seize power; to conquer the world; to establish and expand a business; to carve out a career for oneself ∼HSK 1
打不过 打不過 dǎ bu guò to be unable to defeat; to be no match for (sb) ∼HSK 1
三次 三次 sān cì third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) ∼HSK 1
出家人 出家人 chū jiā rén monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist) ∼HSK 1
听不到 聽不到 tīng bu dào can't hear ∼HSK 1
要有 要有 yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
咕咕叫 咕咕叫 gū gū jiào sound made by an empty stomach ∼HSK 1
半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
人人 人人 rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
要诀 要訣 yào jué the key trick; the secret of success ∼HSK 1
吃坏 吃壞 chī huài to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating ∼HSK 1
坏了 壞了 huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
最高 最高 zuì gāo tallest; highest; supreme (court etc) ∼HSK 1
四大 四大 sì dà the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters,,, 大字報|大 ∼HSK 1
用饭 用飯 yòng fàn to eat; to have a meal ∼HSK 1
考进 考進 kǎo jìn to gain entry by passing an exam; to be admitted to (a college etc) ∼HSK 1
放开 放開 fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
十二 十二 shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
后脑 後腦 hòu nǎo hindbrain; back of the head ∼HSK 1
住手 住手 zhù shǒu to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand ∼HSK 1
看不出 看不出 kàn bu chū can't discern ∼HSK 1
现 現 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible ∼HSK 1
做错 做錯 zuò cuò to make an error ∼HSK 1
有钱 有錢 yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
喝茶 喝茶 hē chá to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") ∼HSK 1
女的 女的 nǚ de woman ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
十六 十六 shí liù sixteen; 16 ∼HSK 1
小菜 小菜 xiǎo cài appetizer; small side dish; easy job; piece of cake; see also ∼HSK 1
白饭 白飯 bái fàn plain cooked rice; rice with nothing to go with it ∼HSK 1
吃白饭 吃白飯 chī bái fàn to eat plain rice; (fig.) to eat and not pay for it; to sponge off others; to freeload ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
再怎么 再怎麼 zài zěn me no matter how... ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
一家 一家 yī jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1