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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福如东海 福如東海 fú rú Dōng Hǎi may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
一本万利 一本萬利 yī běn wàn lì small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out Idiom ∼HSK 6
轻举妄动 輕舉妄動 qīng jǔ wàng dòng to act blindly without thinking (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
苟且偷安 苟且偷安 gǒu qiě tōu ān seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself; taking things easily without attending to responsibilities Idiom ∼HSK 6
油腔滑调 油腔滑調 yóu qiāng huá diào flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech); glib-tongued; oily Idiom ∼HSK 6
招兵买马 招兵買馬 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); fig. to raise an army; to recruit new staff Idiom ∼HSK 6
不打自招 不打自招 bù dǎ zì zhāo to confess without being pressed; to make a confession without duress Idiom ∼HSK 6
三头六臂 三頭六臂 sān tóu - liù bì lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom); fig. superhuman abilities; exceptional capability Idiom ∼HSK 6
螳臂挡车 螳臂擋車 táng bì - dǎng chē lit. a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom); fig. to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible Idiom ∼HSK 6
抛砖引玉 拋磚引玉 pāo zhuān yǐn yù lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom); fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling Idiom ∼HSK 6
自投罗网 自投羅網 zì tóu luó wǎng to walk right into the trap Idiom ∼HSK 6
孤家寡人 孤家寡人 gū jiā guǎ rén one who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path; (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person) Idiom ∼HSK 6
高枕无忧 高枕無憂 gāo zhěn wú yōu to sleep peacefully (idiom); (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries Idiom ∼HSK 6
恶贯满盈 惡貫滿盈 è guàn mǎn yíng lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil; replete with vice; guilty of monstrous crimes Idiom ∼HSK 6
利欲熏心 利慾薰心 lì yù xūn xīn blinded by greed (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
众叛亲离 眾叛親離 zhòng pàn qīn lí lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom); fig. to find oneself utterly isolated Idiom ∼HSK 6
安居乐业 安居樂業 ān jū lè yè to live in peace and work happily (idiom) Idiom HSK 6
饭桶 飯桶 fàn tǒng rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead; a good-for-nothing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
心狠手辣 心狠手辣 xīn hěn - shǒu là (idiom) vicious; merciless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
好险 好險 hǎo xiǎn to have a close call; to have a narrow escape Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
贱货 賤貨 jiàn huò bitch; slut Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不识抬举 不識抬舉 bù shí tái jǔ fail to appreciate sb's kindness; not know how to appreciate favors Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
拍马屁 拍馬屁 pāi mǎ pì to flatter; to fawn on; to butter sb up; toadying; bootlicking Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
志同道合 志同道合 zhì tóng - dào hé (idiom) to be devoted to a common cause; to be like-minded Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
欺上瞒下 欺上瞞下 qī shàng mán xià 欺: cheat, double-cross, deceive · 上: top; superior, highest; go up, send up · 瞒: deceive, lie; eyes half-closed · 下: under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
叛党 叛黨 pàn dǎng to betray one's party; to defect (from the communist party); renegade faction ∼HSK 6
罗汉 羅漢 luó hàn (Buddhism) arhat ∼HSK 6
无尘 無塵 wú chén free of dust (Buddhist) ∼HSK 6
白蚁 白蟻 bái yǐ termite; white ant ∼HSK 6
练功 練功 liàn gōng to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 6
般若 般若 bō rě (Buddhism) wisdom; insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā) ∼HSK 6
娘子 娘子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
罪过 罪過 zuì guo sin; offense ∼HSK 6
悟道 悟道 wù dào to comprehend the truth; to become enlightened ∼HSK 6
欺侮 欺侮 qī wǔ to bully ∼HSK 6
丹田 丹田 dān tián pubic region; point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides ∼HSK 6
好生之德 好生之德 hào shēng zhī dé 好: good, excellent, fine; well · 生: life, living, lifetime; birth · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 德: ethics, morality, virtue ∼HSK 6
何来 何來 hé lái wherefore ∼HSK 6
凡事 凡事 fán shì everything ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
仙人 仙人 xiān rén Daoist immortal; celestial being ∼HSK 6
横扫千军 橫掃千軍 héng sǎo qiān jūn total annihilation ∼HSK 6
住持 住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist; abbot; head monk ∼HSK 6
提壶 提壺 tí hú unidentified type of bird referred to in ancient Chinese poems ∼HSK 6
招式 招式 zhāo shì (martial arts) formalized move ∼HSK 6
普渡众生 普渡眾生 pǔ dù zhòng shēng 普: universal, general, widespread · 渡: cross, ferry over; ferry · 众: multitude, crowd; masses, public · 生: life, living, lifetime; birth ∼HSK 6