The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter

The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter 1984

五郎八卦棍 wǔ láng bāguà gùn

The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family males except the 5th and 6th brother are killed. Fu Sheng loses his mind after the death of his family, while the other brother takes refuge in a Buddhist temple.

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5.45 Advanced Director Lau Kar-Leung IMDb 7.4

Cast

Gordon Liu Chia-Hui Gordon Liu Chia-Hui Yang 5th Brother Alexander Fu Sheng Alexander Fu Sheng Yang 6th Brother Kara Hui Ying-Hung Kara Hui Ying-Hung Yang No. 8 Lily Li Lily Li Mother Yang (She Tai-chun) Phillip Ko Fai Phillip Ko Fai Temple Abbot King Lee King-Chu King Lee King-Chu Temple Abbot Zhihong Lam Hak-Ming Lam Hak-Ming General Pan Mei Johnny Wang Lung-Wei Johnny Wang Lung-Wei Prince Yeh Li Lin Chu Tit-Wo Chu Tit-Wo Ying Kuei Lau Kar-Leung Lau Kar-Leung Hunter, Helps Yang 5th Escape

Vocabulary

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恨 恨 hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
式 式 shì type; form; pattern; style HSK 5
枪 槍 qiāng 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 HSK 5
棒 棒 bàng stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race HSK 5
恢复 恢復 huī fù to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
令 令 líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) HSK 5
千辛万苦 千辛萬苦 qiān xīn wàn kǔ to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; with difficulty; after some effort Idiom ∼HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
佛门 佛門 Fó mén Buddhism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
杨业 楊業 Yáng Yè Yang Ye (died 986), Chinese military general of the Northern Han and the Northern Song dynasties, defended the Song against invasion by the Liao Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
杨家将 楊家將 Yáng jiā jiàng Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
方丈 方丈 Fāng zhang one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
武功 武功 Wǔ gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
一战 一戰 Yī zhàn World War I (1914-1918) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宋江 宋江 Sòng Jiāng Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李陵 李陵 Lǐ Líng Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中原 中原 Zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
无量寿 無量壽 Wú liàng shòu boundless life (expression of good wishes); Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
杀进 殺進 shā jìn to storm (a city etc); to raid Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
耶律 耶律 Yē lǜ two-character surname Yelü Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
佛光 佛光 Fó guāng Buddha's teachings; aura (around the head of Buddha) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
金沙 金沙 jīn shā gold dust; salted egg yolk sauce ∼HSK 4
奴 奴 nú slave, servant ∼HSK 4
王爷 王爺 wáng ye prince; marquis; nobleman ∼HSK 4
宋 宋 Sòng Song dynasty; surname ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
沙场 沙場 shā chǎng sandpit; battleground; battlefield ∼HSK 4
家父 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
智 智 zhì wisdom, knowledge, intelligence ∼HSK 4
请安 請安 qǐng ān to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation ∼HSK 4
另有 另有 lìng yǒu to have some other (reason etc) ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
规 規 guī rules, regulations, customs, law ∼HSK 4
远道而来 遠道而來 yuǎn dào ér lái to come from far away ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
自有 自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc) ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
刺死 刺死 cì sǐ to stab to death ∼HSK 4
肚 肚 dǔ belly; abdomen; bowels ∼HSK 4
进军 進軍 jìn jūn to march; to advance ∼HSK 4
弃 棄 qì reject, abandon, discard ∼HSK 4