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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| 警告 警告 | to warn; to admonish | |
| 之下 之下 | under; beneath; less than | |
| 答 答 | bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答, used in 答应, 理 etc | |
| 忍 忍 | to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself | |
| 立 立 | to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 锁 鎖 | to lock; to lock up; a lock | |
| 必 必 | certainly; must; will; necessarily | |
| 硬 硬 | hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial | |
| 礼 禮 | gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 仔细 仔細 | careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out | |
| 为止 為止 | until; (used in combination with words like 到 or 至 in constructs of the form 到...到...为止) | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 中央 中央 | central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state) | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 尊重 尊重 | to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper | |
| 手段 手段 | method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 难以 難以 | hard to (predict, imagine etc) | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 式 式 | type; form; pattern; style | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 至 至 | to arrive; most; to; until | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 令 令 | to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 其 其 | his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 轻松 輕鬆 | light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously | Xiehouyu |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 直隶 直隸 | Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei | Proper Noun |
| 武功 武功 | Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi | Proper Noun |
| 天理教 天理教 | Tenrikyo (Japanese religion) | Proper Noun |
| 西洋 西洋 | the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) | Proper Noun |
| 大清 大清 | Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | Proper Noun |
| 东印度公司 東印度公司 | East India Company | Proper Noun |
| 特洛伊 特洛伊 | ancient city of Troy | Proper Noun |
| 大英 大英 | Daying county in Suining, Sichuan; Great Britain | Proper Noun |