Tai Chi Zero

Tai Chi Zero 2012

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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%

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Vocabulary

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piàn jiǎ liú 片: slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91 · 甲: armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 留: stop, halt; stay, detain, keep Idiom ∼HSK 7
jīng shēn wide-ranging and profound; broad and deep Idiom HSK 7
gōng jìn seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return Idiom HSK 7
dìng indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious Xiehouyu HSK 7
liú shén to take care; to be careful Xiehouyu HSK 7
dǎo luàn to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally Xiehouyu HSK 7
fèi rubbish; waste material; useless person Xiehouyu HSK 7
guài wu monster; freak; eccentric person Xiehouyu HSK 7
zòu to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) Colloquialism HSK 7
niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
huái shù locust tree (Sophora japonica) HSK 7
chuán passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation HSK 7
chuán rén to teach; to impart; a disciple; descendant HSK 7
kàn nao to enjoy watching a bustling scene; to go where the crowds are HSK 7
jīng miào exquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art) HSK 7
wài foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality) HSK 7
xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home HSK 7
chǎn special local product; (regional) specialty HSK 7
jué zhāo unique skill; unexpected tricky move (as a last resort); masterstroke; finishing blow HSK 7
zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
mèi ignorant; uneducated; ignorance HSK 7
miè shì to loathe; to despise; contempt HSK 7
záo chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel or dig; (literary) (bound form) certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuò] HSK 7
chóu rén foe; one's personal enemy HSK 7
guān bīng (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops HSK 7
time and again; repeatedly; frequently HSK 7
(lit. and fig.) road; path HSK 7
nào shì to cause trouble; to create a disturbance HSK 7
沿 沿 yán along the sides of the road; by the wayside HSK 7
gōu jié to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with HSK 7
chǒu (dialect) to look at HSK 7
xiàng yàng presentable; decent; up to par HSK 7
chī kuī to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately HSK 7
zhí to reach (a place) directly; (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping; (of a train, flight etc) direct; nonstop HSK 7
horsepower HSK 7
chèn to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of situation HSK 7
xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
liàng to empathize; to allow (for sth); to show understanding; to appreciate HSK 7
guò guān to cross a barrier; to get through (an ordeal); to pass (a test); to reach (a standard) HSK 7
duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
céng ground or first floor; bottom (of a pile); lowest rung (of society) HSK 7
suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
hàn wèi to defend; to uphold; to safeguard HSK 7
zhǐ diǎn to point out; to indicate; to give directions; to show how (to do sth); to censure; to pick at HSK 7
寿 shòu mìng life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine) HSK 7
dàng grade; class; quality; level HSK 7
zhǐ xuè to staunch (bleeding); hemostatic (drug) HSK 7
tán phlegm; spittle HSK 7
dāng xīn to take care; to look out HSK 7