The Grandmaster

The Grandmaster 2013

一代宗师 yīdài zōngshī

Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.

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4.53 Intermediate Director Wong Kar-Wai 🍅 79%

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai Tony Leung Chiu-wai Ip Man Zhang Ziyi Zhang Ziyi Gong Er Chang Chen Chang Chen Razor Zhao Benshan Zhao Benshan Ding Lianshan Xiao Shenyang Xiao Shenyang San Jiang Shui Song Hye-kyo Song Hye-kyo Zhang Yongcheng Wang Qingxiang Wang Qingxiang Master Gong Yutian Max Zhang Max Zhang Ma San Shang Tielong Shang Tielong Jiang Song Tao Gong Er Di Zi

Vocabulary

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不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
同志 同志 tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
绰绰有余 綽綽有餘 chuò chuò - yǒu yú (idiom) more than enough Idiom ∼HSK 6
烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo - yún sàn (idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear Idiom ∼HSK 6
一触即发 一觸即發 yī chù jí fā could happen at any moment; on the verge Idiom ∼HSK 6
故步自封 故步自封 gù bù zì fēng stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas; stagnating and conservative Idiom ∼HSK 6
不义之财 不義之財 bù yì zhī cái ill-gotten wealth or gains Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu 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
绝活 絕活 jué huó specialty; unique skill ∼HSK 6
南拳 南拳 nán quán Nanquan - "Southern Fist" (Chinese Martial Art) ∼HSK 6
扣子 釦子 kòu zi button ∼HSK 6
关隘 關隘 guān ài mountain pass ∼HSK 6
师哥 師哥 shī gē older martial brother ∼HSK 6
祠堂 祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall; memorial hall ∼HSK 6
炮仗 炮仗 pào zhang firecracker ∼HSK 6
宗师 宗師 zōng shī great scholar respected for learning and integrity ∼HSK 6
掰开 掰開 bāi kāi to pull apart; to pry open with the hands ∼HSK 6
麻雀 麻雀 má què sparrow; (dialect) mahjong ∼HSK 6
何止 何止 hé zhǐ far more than; not just ∼HSK 6
凡事 凡事 fán shì everything ∼HSK 6
恩仇 恩仇 ēn chóu debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
理发厅 理髮廳 lǐ fà tīng (Tw) barbershop; hairdresser's ∼HSK 6
病逝 病逝 bìng shì to die of illness ∼HSK 6
婚嫁 婚嫁 hūn jià marriage ∼HSK 6
望族 望族 wàng zú distinguished or prominent family; influential clan (old) ∼HSK 6
洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times); foreign learning ∼HSK 6
良家 良家 liáng jiā respectable family; decent family ∼HSK 6
满堂 滿堂 mǎn táng whole audience; a sellout (capacity audience); jam-packed ∼HSK 6
散尽 散盡 sàn jìn to be totally dispersed (crowd) ∼HSK 6
销魂 銷魂 xiāo hún ecstasy; rapture; to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow ∼HSK 6
拳师 拳師 quán shī boxing coach; pugilist master ∼HSK 6
大徒弟 大徒弟 dà tú dì first disciple ∼HSK 6
拳手 拳手 quán shǒu boxer ∼HSK 6
拜佛 拜佛 bài Fó to worship Buddha ∼HSK 6
回娘家 回孃家 huí niáng jiā (of a wife) to return to her parental home; (fig.) to return to one's old place, job, school etc ∼HSK 6
开赴 開赴 kāi fù (of troops) to depart for; to head for ∼HSK 6
一般见识 一般見識 yī bān - jiàn shi (idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level ∼HSK 6
人情世故 人情世故 rén qíng shì gù worldly wisdom; the ways of the world; to know how to get on in the world ∼HSK 6
但凡 但凡 dàn fán every single; as long as ∼HSK 6