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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| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 授 授 | give to, transmit; confer | |
| 铁律 鐵律 | an iron law; a cast-iron rule | |
| 武 武 | military; martial, warlike | |
| 屠户 屠戶 | butcher | |
| 伯 伯 | variant of | |
| 受潮 受潮 | to get moist; to get damp | |
| 电灯 電燈 | electric light | |
| 轮子 輪子 | wheel; (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner | |
| 一律 一律 | same; uniformly; all; without exception | |
| 缩短 縮短 | to curtail; to cut down | |
| 着火 著火 | to catch fire | |
| 步行 步行 | to go on foot; to walk | |
| 老家 老家 | native place; place of origin; home state or region | |
| 豆腐 豆腐 | tofu; bean curd | |
| 玉 玉 | jade | |
| 楼梯 樓梯 | stair; staircase | |
| 事先 事先 | in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior | |
| 不在乎 不在乎 | not to care | |
| 翻译 翻譯 | to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation | |
| 无所谓 無所謂 | to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be | |
| 阵 陣 | disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration | |
| 事物 事物 | thing; object | |
| 模型 模型 | model; mold; matrix; pattern | |
| 遇见 遇見 | to meet | |
| 聚 聚 | to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize | |
| 对付 對付 | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) | |
| 依靠 依靠 | to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on | |
| 地下 地下 | underground; subterranean; covert | |
| 睡着 睡著 | to fall asleep | |
| 在乎 在乎 | to care about; equivalent of 在于 | |
| 辣 辢 | hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn | |
| 结构 結構 | structure; composition; makeup; architecture | |
| 脑袋 腦袋 | head; skull; brains; mental capability | |
| 新鲜 新鮮 | fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon | |
| 操作 操作 | to work; to operate; to manipulate | |
| 维持 維持 | to keep; to maintain; to preserve | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 批 批 | to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 列 列 | to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 内部 內部 | interior; inside (part, section); internal | |
| 立即 立即 | immediately | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support |