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
Filter the words you want to study before watching.
| 浮气 浮氣 | feeble breath; frivolity; flippancy | |
| 作主 作主 | to decide; to have the final say | |
| 临死 臨死 | facing death; at death's door | |
| 骨灰 骨灰 | bone ash; cremation ashes; cremains | |
| 看得起 看得起 | to show respect for; to think highly of | |
| 气功 氣功 | qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation | |
| 无边 無邊 | without boundary; not bordered | |
| 叹气 嘆氣 | to sigh; to heave a sigh | |
| 挨打 挨打 | to take a beating; to get thrashed; to come under attack | |
| 造反 造反 | to rebel; to revolt | |
| 一齐 一齊 | at the same time; simultaneously | |
| 看得见 看得見 | can see; visible | |
| 徒弟 徒弟 | apprentice; disciple | |
| 花瓶 花瓶 | flower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) | |
| 一代 一代 | generation | |
| 巧妙 巧妙 | ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice | |
| 不怎么 不怎麼 | not very; not particularly | |
| 早晚 早晚 | morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day | |
| 寺 寺 | Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 好不容易 好不容易 | with great difficulty; very difficult | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 哎哟 哎喲 | hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 裂 裂 | to split; to crack; to break open; to rend | |
| 出名 出名 | well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 跪 跪 | to kneel | |
| 反抗 反抗 | to resist; to rebel | |
| 扁 扁 | small boat | |
| 看好 看好 | to keep an eye on | |
| 园 園 | 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 | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 添 添 | to add; to increase; to replenish | |
| 刚好 剛好 | just; exactly; to happen to be | |
| 内衣 內衣 | undergarment; underwear | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 放手 放手 | to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand | |
| 老鼠 老鼠 | rat; mouse | |
| 刮 刮 | to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 伤口 傷口 | wound; cut | |
| 一番 一番 | Some | |
| 佛 佛 | Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 税 稅 | taxes; duties | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 扎 扎 | (of troops) to be stationed (at); Taiwan pr. [zhá] |