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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| 六十 六十 | sixty; 60 | |
| 行商 行商 | traveling salesman; itinerant trader; hawker; peddler | |
| 现 現 | appear, manifest, become visible | |
| 好朋友 好朋友 | good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 学好 學好 | to follow good examples | |
| 果 果 | fruit; result | |
| 衣 衣 | clothes, clothing; cover, skin | |
| 老弟 老弟 | (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy; old pal | |
| 高人 高人 | very able person | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 人影 人影 | the shadow of a human figure; a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) | |
| 门人 門人 | disciple; follower; hanger-on (at an aristocrat's home) | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 四十 四十 | forty; 40 | |
| 并不 並不 | not at all; by no means | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 两回事 兩回事 | two quite different things; two unrelated matters | |
| 小觑 小覷 | to despise; to have contempt for | |
| 就学 就學 | to attend school | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 就正 就正 | (literary and deferential) to solicit comments (on one's writing) | |
| 住手 住手 | to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand | |
| 你我 你我 | you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 在下 在下 | under; myself (humble) | |
| 为上 為上 | to be valued above all else | |
| 习 習 | practice; flapping wings | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 百年 百年 | hundred years; century; lifetime | |
| 半点 半點 | the least bit | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 小小 小小 | very small; very few; very minor | |
| 机 機 | desk; machine; moment | |
| 有喜 有喜 | to be expecting; to be with child | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 说白了 說白了 | to speak frankly | |
| 请进 請進 | "please come in" | |
| 一家人 一家人 | household; the whole family | |
| 要不是 要不是 | if it were not for; but for | |
| 看病 看病 | to visit a doctor; to see a patient | |
| 玩儿 玩兒 | to play; to have fun; to hang out | |
| 上车 上車 | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 外国 外國 | foreign (country) | |
| 请问 請問 | Excuse me, may I ask...? | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 听见 聽見 | to hear | |
| 唱歌 唱歌 | to sing a song |