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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混蛋 混蛋 hún dàn scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
吐血 吐血 tù xiě to cough up blood; (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
君 君 jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
公公 公公 gōng gong husband's father; father-in-law; grandpa; grandad; (old) form of address for a eunuch ∼HSK 5
师兄 師兄 shīxiōng elder fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
缘 緣 yuán karmic affinity ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
董 董 Dǒng direct, supervise; surname ∼HSK 5
师弟 師弟 shīdì younger fellow disciple ∼HSK 5
军营 軍營 jūn yíng barracks; army camp ∼HSK 5
抚 撫 fǔ pat, console, comfort; pacify ∼HSK 5
乘风 乘風 chéng fēng to ride the wind; to use a fair wind; to take an opportunity ∼HSK 5
僧 僧 sēng monk ∼HSK 5
掌 掌 zhǎng palm of hand, sole of foot, paw ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
凌 凌 Líng pure; virtuous; insult; maltreat ∼HSK 5
哩 哩 lǐ mile ∼HSK 5
害得 害得 hài de to cause or lead to sth bad ∼HSK 5
比武 比武 bǐ wǔ martial arts competition; tournament; to compete in a contest ∼HSK 5
诈 詐 zhà cheat, defraud, swindle; trick ∼HSK 5
道士 道士 dàoshi Daoist priest ∼HSK 5
吏 吏 lì government official, magistrate ∼HSK 5
搞不懂 搞不懂 gǎo bu dǒng unable to make sense of (sth) ∼HSK 5
大师兄 大師兄 dà shī xiōng eldest senior brother ∼HSK 5
上乘 上乘 shàng chéng first-class; best quality; also pr. [shang4 sheng4] ∼HSK 5
师兄弟 師兄弟 shī xiōng dì fellow apprentices; fellow students (male) ∼HSK 5
武林 武林 wǔ lín martial arts (social) circles ∼HSK 5
太监 太監 tài jiàn court eunuch; palace eunuch ∼HSK 5
瑾 瑾 jǐn brilliance of gems; fine jade ∼HSK 5
叉烧包 叉燒包 chā shāo bāo steamed bun stuffed with skewer-roasted pork ∼HSK 5
他杀 他殺 tā shā homicide (law) ∼HSK 5
豆沙 豆沙 dòu shā sweetened bean paste ∼HSK 5
阉 閹 yān castrate; eunuch ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
琨 琨 kūn beautiful jade, precious stones ∼HSK 5
军法 軍法 jūn fǎ martial law ∼HSK 5
柴 柴 Chái firewood, faggots, fuel ∼HSK 5
柔 柔 róu soft; gentle, pliant ∼HSK 5
出品 出品 chū pǐn to produce an item; output; items that are produced ∼HSK 5
戒律 戒律 jiè lǜ monastic discipline; commandment ∼HSK 5
杀生 殺生 shā shēng to take the life of a living creature ∼HSK 5
待会 待會 dāi hui wait a minute; stop a while ∼HSK 5
凤 鳳 Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
雁 雁 yàn wild goose ∼HSK 5
崖 崖 yá cliff, precipice; precipitous ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
面壁 面壁 miàn bì to face the wall; to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism); (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc ∼HSK 5
豆沙包 豆沙包 dòu shā bāo bean paste bun ∼HSK 5