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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荒山 荒山 huāng shān desert mountain; barren hill ∼HSK 6
叛国 叛國 pàn guó treason ∼HSK 6
皈依 皈依 guī yī to convert to (a religion) ∼HSK 6
净身 凈身 jìng shēn to purify one's body (i.e. to get castrated) ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
超渡 超渡 chāo dù variant of ∼HSK 6
亡魂 亡魂 wáng hún soul of the deceased; departed spirit ∼HSK 6
袈裟 袈裟 jiāshā kasaya (monk's robe) ∼HSK 6
捉住 捉住 zhuō zhù to catch; to grapple with; to hold onto ∼HSK 6
混进 混進 hùn jìn to infiltrate; to sneak into ∼HSK 6
解法 解法 jiě fǎ solution (to a math problem); method of solving ∼HSK 6
兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother ∼HSK 6
尽忠报国 盡忠報國 jìn zhōng bào guó 尽: exhaust, use up; deplete · 忠: loyalty, devotion, fidelity · 报: report, tell, announce · 国: nation, country, nation-state ∼HSK 6
平身 平身 píng shēn rise (to subjects bowing) ∼HSK 6
心腹大患 心腹大患 xīn fù dà huàn 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 腹: stomach, belly, abdomen; inside · 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 患: suffer, worry about; suffering ∼HSK 6
射箭 射箭 shè jiàn archery; to shoot an arrow ∼HSK 6
远征 遠征 yuǎn zhēng an expedition, esp. military; march to remote regions ∼HSK 6
蹊跷 蹊蹺 qī qiāo odd; queer; strange; fishy ∼HSK 6
胜仗 勝仗 shèng zhàng victory; victorious battle ∼HSK 6
短剑 短劍 duǎn jiàn dagger ∼HSK 6
下跪 下跪 xià guì to kneel; to go down on one's knees ∼HSK 6
原定 原定 yuán dìng originally planned; originally determined ∼HSK 6
将功赎罪 將功贖罪 jiāng gōng shú zuì to atone for one's crimes by meritorious acts ∼HSK 6
大计 大計 dà jì large scale program of lasting importance; project of paramount importance; to think big; annual national audit ∼HSK 6
与世无争 與世無爭 yǔ shì wú zhēng (idiom) to stand aloof from worldly affairs ∼HSK 6
碎尸万段 碎屍萬段 suì shī - wàn duàn (idiom) to cut up sb's body into thousands of pieces (a hyperbolic threat) ∼HSK 6
番邦 番邦 fān bāng (old) foreign land; alien nation ∼HSK 6
余生 餘生 yú shēng the remaining years of one's life; survival (after a disaster) ∼HSK 6
一臂之力 一臂之力 yī bì zhī lì 一: one; a, an; alone · 臂: arm · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 力: power, capability, influence ∼HSK 6
罪状 罪狀 zuì zhuàng charges or facts about a crime; the nature of the offense ∼HSK 6
凭据 憑據 píng jù evidence ∼HSK 6
尽忠 盡忠 jìn zhōng to display utter loyalty; to be loyal to the end ∼HSK 6
活命 活命 huó mìng life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living ∼HSK 6
何方 何方 hé fāng from where ∼HSK 6
丧事 喪事 sāng shì funeral arrangements ∼HSK 6
圣上 聖上 shèng shàng Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
缉拿 緝拿 jī ná to arrest; to seize ∼HSK 6
御赐 御賜 yù cì to be bestowed by the emperor ∼HSK 6
捉拿 捉拿 zhuō ná to arrest; to catch a criminal ∼HSK 6
忠勇 忠勇 zhōng yǒng loyal and brave ∼HSK 6
灵堂 靈堂 líng táng mourning hall; funeral hall ∼HSK 6
据我所知 據我所知 jù wǒ suǒ zhī as far as I know; to the best of my knowledge ∼HSK 6
畏罪潜逃 畏罪潛逃 wèi zuì qián táo to flee to escape punishment; to abscond from justice ∼HSK 6
侥幸 僥倖 jiǎo xìng luckily; by a fluke ∼HSK 6
徇情 徇情 xùn qíng to act out of personal considerations; to show partiality ∼HSK 6
相救 相救 xiāng jiù rescue ∼HSK 6
国仇家恨 國仇家恨 guó chóu jiā hèn 国: nation, country, nation-state · 仇: enemy, hate, hatred, enmity · 家: house, home, residence; family · 恨: hatred, dislike; resent, hate ∼HSK 6
隐姓埋名 隱姓埋名 yǐn xìng mái míng to conceal one's identity; living incognito ∼HSK 6
削发 削髮 xuē fà to shave one's head; fig. to become a monk or nun; to take the tonsure ∼HSK 6
何须 何須 hé xū there is no need; why should ∼HSK 6