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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施主 施主 shī zhǔ donor (Buddhist address) ∼HSK 6
长命百岁 長命百歲 cháng mìng bǎi suì 长: long; length; excel in; leader · 命: life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction · 百: one hundred; numerous, many · 岁: year; age; harvest ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
师母 師母 shī mǔ term of respect for a teacher's wife ∼HSK 6
印堂 印堂 yìn táng the part of the forehead between the eyebrows; yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows ∼HSK 6
招降 招降 zhāo xiáng to ask for sb's surrender ∼HSK 6
剃度 剃度 tì dù to take the tonsure; to shave the head; tonsure (shaved head of Buddhist monk) ∼HSK 6
经文 經文 jīng wén scripture text ∼HSK 6
念经 念經 niàn jīng to recite or chant Buddhist scripture ∼HSK 6
金鸡独立 金雞獨立 jīn jī dú lì golden rooster stands on one leg (tai chi posture); standing on one leg ∼HSK 6
豹子 豹子 bào zi leopard ∼HSK 6
蛇形 蛇形 shé xíng S-shaped; serpentine; coiled like a snake ∼HSK 6
告密 告密 gào mì to inform against sb ∼HSK 6
拳打 拳打 quán dǎ to punch ∼HSK 6
有形 有形 yǒu xíng material; tangible; visible; shapely ∼HSK 6
猛虎 猛虎 měng hǔ fierce tiger ∼HSK 6
出拳 出拳 chū quán to throw a punch ∼HSK 6
臂力 臂力 bì lì arm strength ∼HSK 6
麻雀 麻雀 má què sparrow; (dialect) mahjong ∼HSK 6
头功 頭功 tóu gōng first class merit ∼HSK 6
切磋 切磋 qiē cuō to compare notes; to learn from one another ∼HSK 6
点到即止 點到即止 diǎn dào jí zhǐ to touch on sth and leave it there; to take care not to overdo sth ∼HSK 6
出招 出招 chū zhāo to make a move (in martial arts or figuratively) ∼HSK 6
狠毒 狠毒 hěn dú vicious; malicious; savage ∼HSK 6
稍安毋躁 稍安毋躁 shāo ān wú zào variant of ∼HSK 6
佛法 佛法 fó fǎ Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha); Buddhist doctrine ∼HSK 6
门徒 門徒 mén tú disciple ∼HSK 6
护短 護短 hù duǎn to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong ∼HSK 6
俗世 俗世 sú shì the mundane world; the world of mortals ∼HSK 6
化缘 化緣 huà yuán (of a monk) to beg ∼HSK 6
老伯 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) ∼HSK 6
迟钝 遲鈍 chí dùn slow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought) ∼HSK 6
花招 花招 huā zhāo trick; maneuver; razzle-dazzle; (martial arts) fancy move; flourish ∼HSK 6
土皇帝 土皇帝 tǔ huáng dì local tyrant ∼HSK 6
镇守 鎮守 zhèn shǒu (of troops stationed in a strategic area) to defend; (fig.) to stand guard; to protect ∼HSK 6
几样 幾樣 jǐ yàng several kinds ∼HSK 6
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
灵符 靈符 líng fú a Daoist talisman ∼HSK 6
斋饭 齋飯 zhāi fàn vegetarian alms food ∼HSK 6
随俗 隨俗 suí sú according to custom; to do as local custom requires; do as the Romans do ∼HSK 6
入世 入世 rù shì to engage with secular society; to involve oneself in human affairs; to join the WTO ∼HSK 6
大驾光临 大駕光臨 dà jià guāng lín we are honored by your presence ∼HSK 6
相公 相公 xiàng gong lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband ∼HSK 6
入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family ∼HSK 6
打地铺 打地鋪 dǎ dì pù to make one's bed on the floor ∼HSK 6
睁眼瞎 睜眼瞎 zhēng yǎn xiā an illiterate; sb who has blurred vision; sb who is willfully blind ∼HSK 6
蒙面 蒙面 méng miàn to cover one's face; to wear a mask; brazen; shameless ∼HSK 6
飞贼 飛賊 fēi zéi cat burglar; burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls; intruding enemy airman; air marauder ∼HSK 6
足足 足足 zú zú fully; no less than; as much as; extremely ∼HSK 6
家丁 家丁 jiā dīng (old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc ∼HSK 6