The Legend Is Born: Ip Man 2010
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The remarkable true story of the early life of Ip Man, the formidable kung fu genius who would become Bruce Lee's mentor; beginning at the start of his journey from his initial training through to the ultimate battle to become supreme master of the art of Wing Chun.
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Vocabulary
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| 皆 皆 | all; each and every; in all cases | |
| 持 持 | to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control | |
| 创 創 | a wound; cut; injury; trauma | |
| 拳 拳 | fist; boxing | |
| 从未 從未 | never | |
| 素 素 | raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever | |
| 枚 枚 | classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old) | |
| 一面 一面 | one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face | |
| 曲 曲 | bent; crooked; wrong | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 推荐 推薦 | to recommend; recommendation | |
| 且 且 | and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) | |
| 恐怖 恐怖 | terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 | |
| 未 未 | 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° | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 以 㕥 | to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 百无禁忌 百無禁忌 | all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes; nothing is taboo | Idiom |
| 感激不尽 感激不盡 | can't thank sb enough (idiom) | Idiom |
| 狼子野心 狼子野心 | ambition of wild wolves (idiom); rapacious designs | Idiom |
| 有目共睹 有目共睹 | anyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious to all; sth speaks for itself; is there for all to see | Idiom |
| 非亲非故 非親非故 | lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom); fig. unrelated to one another in any way | Idiom |
| 洞房花烛 洞房花燭 | bridal room and ornamented candles; wedding festivities (idiom) | Idiom |
| 眼中钉 眼中釘 | a thorn in one's side | Idiom |
| 咄咄逼人 咄咄逼人 | overbearing; forceful; aggressive; menacing; imperious | Idiom |
| 欺人太甚 欺人太甚 | (idiom) to bully intolerably | Xiehouyu |
| 心虚 心虛 | lacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience | Xiehouyu |
| 装蒜 裝蒜 | to act stupid; to play dumb; to pretend to not know | Xiehouyu |
| 非同小可 非同小可 | extremely important; no small matter | Xiehouyu |
| 不通 不通 | to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical | Xiehouyu |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (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)? | |
| 天赐 天賜 | bestowed by heaven | |
| 练功 練功 | to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) | |
| 巡捕房 巡捕房 | (old) police station in a foreign concession | |
| 干爹 乾爹 | adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) | |
| 骨瓷 骨瓷 | bone china (fine white porcelain made from a mixture of clay and bone ash) | |
| 阿爹 阿爹 | dad; father; (paternal) grandfather; old man | |
| 招式 招式 | (martial arts) formalized move | |
| 咏春拳 詠春拳 | Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art) | |
| 顺风 順風 | lit. tail wind; Bon voyage! | |
| 饶命 饒命 | to spare sb's life | |
| 回覆 回覆 | to reply (by letter, email etc); reply; answer | |
| 有损 有損 | to be harmful (to) | |
| 兼备 兼備 | have both | |
| 气盛 氣盛 | red-blooded; full of vim; impetuous | |
| 磨擦 磨擦 | variant of |