Tai-Chi Master

Tai-Chi Master 1993

tài 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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feeble breath; frivolity; flippancy ∼HSK 6
zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
lín facing death; at death's door ∼HSK 6
huī bone ash; cremation ashes; cremains ∼HSK 6
kàn de to show respect for; to think highly of HSK 6
gōng qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation HSK 6
biān without boundary; not bordered HSK 6
tàn to sigh; to heave a sigh HSK 6
ái to take a beating; to get thrashed; to come under attack HSK 6
zào fǎn to rebel; to revolt HSK 6
at the same time; simultaneously HSK 6
kàn jiàn can see; visible HSK 6
apprentice; disciple HSK 6
huā píng flower vase; (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) HSK 6
dài generation HSK 6
qiǎo miào ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice HSK 6
zěn me not very; not particularly HSK 6
zǎo wǎn morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day HSK 6
Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) HSK 6
yào rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
hǎo róng with great difficulty; very difficult HSK 6
shī fu used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker HSK 6
āi hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise HSK 6
yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
liè to split; to crack; to break open; to rend HSK 6
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
xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
guì to kneel HSK 6
fǎn kàng to resist; to rebel HSK 6
piān small boat HSK 6
kān hǎo to keep an eye on HSK 6
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
chū shì to have an accident; to meet with a mishap HSK 6
tiān to add; to increase; to replenish HSK 6
gāng hǎo just; exactly; to happen to be HSK 6
nèi undergarment; underwear HSK 6
xiōng terrible; fearful HSK 6
fàng shǒu to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand HSK 6
lǎo shǔ rat; mouse HSK 6
guā to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort HSK 6
tiān xià land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule HSK 6
le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) HSK 6
shāng kǒu wound; cut HSK 6
fān Some HSK 6
Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) HSK 6
zhuàn qián to earn money; moneymaking HSK 6
shuì taxes; duties HSK 6
cǎn miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy HSK 6
shí a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time HSK 6
zhā (of troops) to be stationed (at); Taiwan pr. [zhá] HSK 6