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
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| 当作 當作 | to treat as; to regard as | |
| 猛 猛 | ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome | |
| 遭遇 遭遇 | to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 大师 大師 | great master; master | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 牺牲 犧牲 | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice | |
| 踩 跴 | to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote | |
| 蒙 濛 | drizzle; mist | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 护 護 | to protect | |
| 原谅 原諒 | to excuse; to forgive; to pardon | |
| 绝 絕 | to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means | |
| 公 公 | public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) | |
| 本身 本身 | itself; in itself; per se | |
| 负 負 | to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc) | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 踢 踢 | to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) | |
| 娱乐 娛樂 | to entertain; to amuse; entertainment; recreation; amusement; hobby; fun; joy | |
| 赚 賺 | to cheat; to swindle | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 学会 學會 | to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association | |
| 军队 軍隊 | armed forces; troops | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 剑 劍 | double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 服 服 | clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 镇 鎮 | to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 逼 偪 | to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 哇 哇 | Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting | |
| 入 入 | to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) | |
| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with | |
| 如 如 | as; as if; such as | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 于 于 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by | |
| 荣华富贵 榮華富貴 | glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom); high position and great wealth | Idiom |
| 寿比南山 壽比南山 | Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom); Long may you live! | Idiom |
| 问心无愧 問心無愧 | lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience | Idiom |
| 单枪匹马 單槍匹馬 | lit. single spear and horse (idiom); fig. single-handed; unaccompanied | Idiom |
| 升官发财 升官發財 | to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom) | Idiom |
| 滚开 滾開 | (of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off! | Xiehouyu |
| 疯疯癫癫 瘋瘋癲癲 | deranged; erratic | Xiehouyu |