Tai Chi Zero 2012
太极1:从零开始
In legendary Chen Village, everyone is a martial arts master, using their powerful Chen Style Tai Chi in all aspects of their lives. Lu Chan has arrived to train, but the villagers are forbidden to teach Chen Style to outsiders, and do their best to discourage him by challenging him to a series of fights. Everyone, from strong men to young children, defeats him using their Tai Chi moves. But when a man from the village's past returns with a frightening steampowered machine and plans to build a railroad through the village at any costs, the villagers realize they may have no choice but to put their faith in Lu Chan... who has a secret power of his own.
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Vocabulary
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| 片甲不留 片甲不留 | 片: slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91 · 甲: armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 留: stop, halt; stay, detain, keep | Idiom |
| 博大精深 博大精深 | wide-ranging and profound; broad and deep | Idiom |
| 急功近利 急功近利 | seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return | Idiom |
| 不定 不定 | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious | Xiehouyu |
| 留神 留神 | to take care; to be careful | Xiehouyu |
| 捣乱 搗亂 | to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally | Xiehouyu |
| 废物 廢物 | rubbish; waste material; useless person | Xiehouyu |
| 怪物 怪物 | monster; freak; eccentric person | Xiehouyu |
| 揍 揍 | to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 槐树 槐樹 | locust tree (Sophora japonica) | |
| 祖传 祖傳 | passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation | |
| 传人 傳人 | to teach; to impart; a disciple; descendant | |
| 看热闹 看熱鬧 | to enjoy watching a bustling scene; to go where the crowds are | |
| 精妙 精妙 | exquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art) | |
| 外籍 外籍 | foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality) | |
| 乡亲 鄉親 | fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home | |
| 特产 特產 | special local product; (regional) specialty | |
| 绝招 絕招 | unique skill; unexpected tricky move (as a last resort); masterstroke; finishing blow | |
| 祖宗 祖宗 | ancestor; forebear | |
| 愚昧 愚昧 | ignorant; uneducated; ignorance | |
| 蔑视 蔑視 | to loathe; to despise; contempt | |
| 凿 鑿 | chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel or dig; (literary) (bound form) certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuò] | |
| 仇人 仇人 | foe; one's personal enemy | |
| 官兵 官兵 | (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops | |
| 屡 屢 | time and again; repeatedly; frequently | |
| 路途 路途 | (lit. and fig.) road; path | |
| 闹事 鬧事 | to cause trouble; to create a disturbance | |
| 沿途 沿途 | along the sides of the road; by the wayside | |
| 勾结 勾結 | to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with | |
| 瞅 瞅 | (dialect) to look at | |
| 像样 像樣 | presentable; decent; up to par | |
| 吃亏 吃虧 | to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately | |
| 直达 直達 | to reach (a place) directly; (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping; (of a train, flight etc) direct; nonstop | |
| 马力 馬力 | horsepower | |
| 趁机 趁機 | to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of situation | |
| 绣 繡 | to embroider; embroidery | |
| 体谅 體諒 | to empathize; to allow (for sth); to show understanding; to appreciate | |
| 过关 過關 | to cross a barrier; to get through (an ordeal); to pass (a test); to reach (a standard) | |
| 多亏 多虧 | thanks to; luckily | |
| 底层 底層 | ground or first floor; bottom (of a pile); lowest rung (of society) | |
| 不算 不算 | to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight | |
| 捍卫 捍衛 | to defend; to uphold; to safeguard | |
| 指点 指點 | to point out; to indicate; to give directions; to show how (to do sth); to censure; to pick at | |
| 寿命 壽命 | life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine) | |
| 档次 檔次 | grade; class; quality; level | |
| 止血 止血 | to staunch (bleeding); hemostatic (drug) | |
| 痰 痰 | phlegm; spittle | |
| 当心 當心 | to take care; to look out |