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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浮气 浮氣 fú qì feeble breath; frivolity; flippancy ∼HSK 6
作主 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death; at death's door ∼HSK 6
骨灰 骨灰 gǔ huī bone ash; cremation ashes; cremains ∼HSK 6
看得起 看得起 kàn de qǐ to show respect for; to think highly of HSK 6
气功 氣功 qì gōng qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation HSK 6
无边 無邊 wú biān without boundary; not bordered HSK 6
叹气 嘆氣 tàn qì to sigh; to heave a sigh HSK 6
挨打 挨打 ái dǎ to take a beating; to get thrashed; to come under attack HSK 6
造反 造反 zào fǎn to rebel; to revolt HSK 6
一齐 一齊 yī qí at the same time; simultaneously HSK 6
看得见 看得見 kàn dé jiàn can see; visible HSK 6
徒弟 徒弟 tú dì apprentice; disciple HSK 6
花瓶 花瓶 huā píng flower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) HSK 6
一代 一代 yī dài generation HSK 6
巧妙 巧妙 qiǎo miào ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice HSK 6
不怎么 不怎麼 bù zěn me not very; not particularly HSK 6
早晚 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day HSK 6
寺 寺 sì Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
好不容易 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty; very difficult HSK 6
师父 師父 shī fu used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker HSK 6
哎哟 哎喲 āi yō hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
裂 裂 liè to split; to crack; to break open; to rend HSK 6
出名 出名 chū míng well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) HSK 6
想不到 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
跪 跪 guì to kneel HSK 6
反抗 反抗 fǎn kàng to resist; to rebel HSK 6
扁 扁 piān small boat HSK 6
看好 看好 kān hǎo to keep an eye on HSK 6
园 園 yuán land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc HSK 6
出事 出事 chū shì to have an accident; to meet with a mishap HSK 6
添 添 tiān to add; to increase; to replenish HSK 6
刚好 剛好 gāng hǎo just; exactly; to happen to be HSK 6
内衣 內衣 nèi yī undergarment; underwear HSK 6
凶 兇 xiōng terrible; fearful HSK 6
放手 放手 fàng shǒu to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand HSK 6
老鼠 老鼠 lǎo shǔ rat; mouse HSK 6
刮 刮 guā to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort HSK 6
天下 天下 tiān xià land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule HSK 6
罢了 罷了 bà le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) HSK 6
伤口 傷口 shāng kǒu wound; cut HSK 6
一番 一番 yì fān Some HSK 6
佛 佛 Fó Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) HSK 6
赚钱 賺錢 zhuàn qián to earn money; moneymaking HSK 6
税 稅 shuì taxes; duties HSK 6
惨 慘 cǎn miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy HSK 6
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time HSK 6
扎 扎 zhā (of troops) to be stationed (at); Taiwan pr. [zhá] HSK 6