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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| 请教 請教 | to ask for guidance; to consult | |
| 武术 武術 | military skill or technique (in former times); all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development); self-defense; tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage); also called kungfu 功夫 | |
| 认得 認得 | to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know | |
| 认出 認出 | recognition; to recognize | |
| 大夫 大夫 | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 工程师 工程師 | engineer | |
| 整整 整整 | whole; full | |
| 铁路 鐵路 | railroad; railway | |
| 跳舞 跳舞 | to dance | |
| 功夫 功夫 | skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 情感 情感 | feeling; emotion; to move (emotionally) | |
| 保留 保留 | to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later | |
| 较 較 | to compare; to dispute; compared to; (before adj.) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiǎo] | |
| 围 圍 | to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) | |
| 动力 動力 | motive power; force; (fig.) motivation; impetus | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 机器 機器 | machine | |
| 造 造 | to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops | |
| 现代 現代 | Hyundai, South Korean company | |
| 村 村 | village | |
| 背后 背後 | behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back | |
| 尽量 儘量 | as much as possible; to the greatest extent | |
| 女子 女子 | woman; female | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 桥 橋 | bridge | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 困 困 | to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute | |
| 公开 公開 | open; overt; public; to make public; to release | |
| 幸运 幸運 | fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck | |
| 退 退 | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 意外 意外 | unexpected; accident; mishap | |
| 咖啡 咖啡 | coffee (loanword) | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 胜 勝 | victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear; equal to (a task) | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 合 合 | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 | |
| 团 團 | round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) | |
| 保 保 | Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 破坏 破壞 | destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy |