Tai Chi Zero

Tai Chi Zero 2012

太极1：从零开始 tàijí ： cónglíngkāishǐ

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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4.29 Intermediate Director Stephen Fung 🍅 61%

Cast

Jayden Yuan Jayden Yuan The Freak Fung Hak-On Fung Hak-On Lao Zhao Stephen Fung Stephen Fung Nan Shu Qi Shu Qi Mother Yang Andrew Lau Wai-Keung Andrew Lau Wai-Keung Father Yang Bruce Leung Siu-Lung Bruce Leung Siu-Lung Dong AngelaBaby AngelaBaby Chen Yu Niang Eddie Peng Yu-Yan Eddie Peng Yu-Yan Fang Zi Jing Dillon Wu Di Dillon Wu Di Chen You Zhi Chen Sicheng Chen Sicheng Chen Geng Yun

Vocabulary

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老娘 老孃 lǎo niáng my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
手筋 手筋 shǒu jīn flexor tendon (coll.); tesuji (a skillful move in the game of Go) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 手筋 "tesuji") Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
叔祖 叔祖 shū zǔ grandfather's younger brother ∼HSK 6
拳脚 拳腳 quán jiǎo Chinese boxing; fist and feet; punching and kicking ∼HSK 6
清兵 清兵 qīng bīng Qing troops; Manchu soldiers ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
洋人 洋人 yáng rén foreigner; Westerner ∼HSK 6
经络 經絡 jīng luò energy channels; meridian (TCM); (dialect) trick; tactic ∼HSK 6
偷袭 偷襲 tōu xí to mount a sneak attack; to raid ∼HSK 6
招式 招式 zhāo shì (martial arts) formalized move ∼HSK 6
出招 出招 chū zhāo to make a move (in martial arts or figuratively) ∼HSK 6
昏睡 昏睡 hūn shuì to sleep heavily (due to illness, fatigue etc) ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
大祸 大禍 dà huò disaster; calamity ∼HSK 6
洋枪 洋槍 yáng qiāng western style guns (in former times) ∼HSK 6
不尽 不盡 bù jìn not completely; endlessly ∼HSK 6
不妙 不妙 bù miào (of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring ∼HSK 6
耗损 耗損 hào sǔn to waste ∼HSK 6
不顺 不順 bù shùn unfavorable; adverse ∼HSK 6
洋服 洋服 yáng fú Western-style clothes ∼HSK 6
洋车 洋車 yáng chē rickshaw ∼HSK 6
天晓得 天曉得 tiān xiǎo de Heaven knows! ∼HSK 6
拨空 撥空 bō kòng to make time ∼HSK 6
承蒙 承蒙 chéng méng to be indebted (to sb) ∼HSK 6
舒舒服服 舒舒服服 shū shu fu fu comfortable; with ease ∼HSK 6
祖坟 祖墳 zǔ fén ancestral tomb ∼HSK 6
包藏祸心 包藏禍心 bāo cáng - huò xīn (idiom) to harbor evil intentions; to conceal malice ∼HSK 6
闭关 閉關 bì guān to close the passes; to seal off the country; seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) ∼HSK 6
识货 識貨 shí huò to know what's what ∼HSK 6
拍胸脯 拍胸脯 pāi xiōng pú to vouch for ∼HSK 6
受尽 受盡 shòu jìn to suffer enough from; to suffer all kinds of; to have one's fill of ∼HSK 6
堂堂 堂堂 táng táng grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance ∼HSK 6
切勿 切勿 qiè wù by no means ∼HSK 6
蹉跎 蹉跎 cuō tuó (literary) to slip; (of looks etc) to fade away; (of time) to slip away; to squander (time, opportunities); to dillydally ∼HSK 6
野马 野馬 yě mǎ feral horse; free-roaming horse; wild horse ∼HSK 6
说理 說理 shuō lǐ to reason; to argue logically ∼HSK 6
开窍 開竅 kāi qiào to get it straight; to start to understand things properly; enlightenment dawns ∼HSK 6
有样学样 有樣學樣 yǒu yàng xué yàng to imitate what sb else does; to follow sb's example ∼HSK 6
路轨 路軌 lù guǐ track (railroad, streetcar etc) ∼HSK 6
时限 時限 shí xiàn time limit ∼HSK 6
退隐 退隱 tuì yǐn to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion; to retire ∼HSK 6
铁轨 鐵軌 tiě guǐ rail; railroad track ∼HSK 6
洋文 洋文 yáng wén foreign language (esp. Western) (old) ∼HSK 6
吃皇粮 吃皇糧 chī huáng liáng lit. to eat from government coffers; to serve as a government employee; to live off government money ∼HSK 6
自求多福 自求多福 zì qiú duō fú 自: self, private, personal; from · 求: seek; demand, request; beseech · 多: much, many; more than, over · 福: happiness, good fortune, blessing ∼HSK 6
清风 清風 qīng fēng cool breeze; fig. pure and honest ∼HSK 6
掺和 摻和 chān huo to mix; to put together; to interfere in; to get involved in ∼HSK 6