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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| 京城 京城 | capital of a country | |
| 修习 修習 | to study; to practice | |
| 胡 胡 | recklessly, foolishly; wildly | |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 月台 月臺 | railway platform | |
| 随性 隨性 | casual; laid-back; doing as one pleases | |
| 非要 非要 | to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) | |
| 阿难 阿難 | Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple | |
| 点儿 點兒 | a bit | |
| 死活 死活 | life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me | |
| 不死心 不死心 | unwilling to give up; unresigned | |
| 一转眼 一轉眼 | in the blink of an eye | |
| 监 監 | supervise, control, direct | |
| 白糖 白糖 | (refined) white sugar | |
| 骑马 騎馬 | to ride a horse | |
| 程 程 | journey, trip; schedule, agenda | |
| 传给 傳給 | to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to | |
| 表亲 表親 | cousin (via female line) | |
| 提亲 提親 | to propose marriage | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 民 民 | people, subjects, citizens | |
| 教化 教化 | to enlighten; to civilize; to indoctrinate; to train (an animal) | |
| 差旅费 差旅費 | business travel expenses | |
| 心急 心急 | anxious; impatient | |
| 空手 空手 | empty-handed; unarmed; (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model; karate | |
| 日内 日內 | in a few days; one of these days | |
| 总能 總能 | total energy | |
| 修好 修好 | to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds | |
| 没多久 沒多久 | before long; soon after | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 邮电 郵電 | post and telecommunications | |
| 卡死 卡死 | jammed; stuck; frozen (computer) | |
| 岭 嶺 | mountain ridge, mountain peak | |
| 内伤 內傷 | internal injury; disorder of internal organs (due to improper nutrition, overexertion etc) | |
| 木 木 | tree; wood, lumber; wooden | |
| 朝廷 朝廷 | court; imperial household; dynasty | |
| 罪名 罪名 | charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation | |
| 连坐 連坐 | to treat as guilty those associated with an offender (family, neighbors etc) | |
| 赶出 趕出 | to drive away | |
| 赶走 趕走 | to drive out; to turn back | |
| 异 異 | different, unusual, strange | |
| 奇才 奇才 | genius | |
| 长存 長存 | to last for a long time; to endure; to exist forever | |
| 贾 賈 | surname; merchant; buy, trade | |
| 使出 使出 | to use; to exert | |
| 乱讲 亂講 | to talk nonsense; nonsense! | |
| 油布 油布 | tarpaulin | |
| 阴阳 陰陽 | yin and yang | |
| 板凳 板凳 | wooden bench or stool |