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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| 好像 好像 | as if; to seem like | |
| 黑 黑 | abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 | |
| 套 套 | to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ) | |
| 留 㽞 | to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve | |
| 药 藥 | medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); to poison | |
| 算 算 | to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 办 辦 | to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with | |
| 懂 懂 | to understand; to comprehend | |
| 靠 靠 | to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) | |
| 份 份 | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 | |
| 直接 直接 | direct (opposite: indirect 间接); immediate; straightforward | |
| 越 越 | generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 | |
| 以为 以為 | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) | |
| 生 生 | to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student | |
| 讲 講 | to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture | |
| 改变 改變 | to change; to alter; to transform | |
| 掉 掉 | to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) | |
| 真正 真正 | genuine; real; true; really; indeed | |
| 特别 特別 | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular | |
| 办法 辦法 | means; method; way (of doing sth) | |
| 变 變 | to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion | |
| 帮助 幫助 | assistance; aid; to help; to assist | |
| 求 求 | to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech | |
| 完成 完成 | to complete; to accomplish | |
| 道 道 | road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) | |
| 接受 接受 | to accept; to receive | |
| 只要 只要 | if only; so long as | |
| 虽然 雖然 | although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc) | |
| 以后 以後 | after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future | |
| 可是 可是 | but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed | |
| 全 全 | all; whole; entire; every; complete | |
| 完 完 | to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire | |
| 不错 不錯 | correct; right; not bad; pretty good | |
| 结果 結果 | to bear fruit | |
| 参加 參加 | to participate; to take part; to join | |
| 过去 過去 | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by | |
| 见到 見到 | to see | |
| 为什么 為什麼 | why?; for what reason? | |
| 件 件 | item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc | |
| 条 條 | strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) | |
| 感觉 感覺 | feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive | |
| 其他 其他 | other; (sth or sb) else; the rest | |
| 成为 成為 | to become; to turn into | |
| 长 長 | length; long; forever; always; constantly | |
| 必须 必須 | to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily | |
| 而且 而且 | (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore | |
| 成 成 | to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth | |
| 第一 第一 | first; number one; primary | |
| 不要 不要 | don't!; must not |