The Legend Is Born: Ip Man

The Legend Is Born: Ip Man 2010

叶问前传 yèwèn qiánchuán

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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4.26 Intermediate Director Herman Yau IMDb 7.0

Cast

Dennis To Yu-Hang Dennis To Yu-Hang Ip Man Huang Yi Huang Yi Cheung Wing-shing Yuen Biao Yuen Biao Ng Chung-so Louis Fan Siu-Wong Louis Fan Siu-Wong Ip Tin-chi Rose Chan Ka-Wun Rose Chan Ka-Wun Li Mei-wai Ip Chun Ip Chun Leung Bik Sammo Hung Kam-Bo Sammo Hung Kam-Bo Chan Wah-Shun Bernice Liu Bik-Yee Bernice Liu Bik-Yee Kitano Yumi Lam Suet Lam Suet Deputy Mayor Cheung Ho-Tin Xu Jiao Xu Jiao Young Li Mei-wai

Vocabulary

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门户之见 門戶之見 mén hù zhī jiàn sectarian bias; parochialism ∼HSK 6
切磋 切磋 qiē cuō to compare notes; to learn from one another ∼HSK 6
枉死 枉死 wǎng sǐ to die in tragic circumstances ∼HSK 6
铲除 剷除 chǎn chú to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish ∼HSK 6
打斗 打鬥 dǎ dòu to fight ∼HSK 6
长棍 長棍 cháng gùn baguette ∼HSK 6
誓死 誓死 shì sǐ to pledge one's life ∼HSK 6
花拳绣腿 花拳繡腿 huā quán xiù tuǐ flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom); highly embellished and ineffectual; fancy but impractical skills; all show and no go; pugilistic wankery ∼HSK 6
以柔制刚 以柔制剛 yǐ róu zhì gāng 以: by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to · 柔: soft; gentle, pliant · 制: system; establish; overpower · 刚: hard, tough, rigid, strong ∼HSK 6
生意兴隆 生意興隆 shēng yì xīng lóng thriving and prosperous business or trade ∼HSK 6
训示 訓示 xùn shì to admonish; instructions; orders ∼HSK 6
斗胆 斗膽 dǒu dǎn (courteous) to be so bold as to ∼HSK 6
忠孝两全 忠孝兩全 zhōng xiào liǎng quán 忠: loyalty, devotion, fidelity · 孝: filial piety, obedience; mourning · 两: two, both, pair, couple; ounce · 全: maintain, keep whole or intact ∼HSK 6
悟性 悟性 wù xìng perception; wits; power of understanding; comprehension ∼HSK 6
顺水 順水 shùn shuǐ with the current ∼HSK 6
有生之年 有生之年 yǒu shēng zhī nián (idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years ∼HSK 6
到此为止 到此為止 dào cǐ wéi zhǐ to stop at this point; to end here; to call it a day ∼HSK 6
甜蜜蜜 甜蜜蜜 tián mì mì very sweet ∼HSK 6
元宵 元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also; sticky rice dumplings ∼HSK 6
洋人 洋人 yáng rén foreigner; Westerner ∼HSK 6
识货 識貨 shí huò to know what's what ∼HSK 6
民谣 民謠 mín yáo ballad; folk song ∼HSK 6
不顺 不順 bù shùn unfavorable; adverse ∼HSK 6
巡捕 巡捕 xún bǔ to patrol; policeman (in China's former foreign concessions) ∼HSK 6
世伯 世伯 shì bó uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father); old friend ∼HSK 6
头痛脑热 頭痛腦熱 tóu tòng nǎo rè 头: head; top; chief, first; boss · 痛: pain, ache; sorry, sad; bitter · 脑: brain · 热: hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal ∼HSK 6
荒废 荒廢 huāng fèi to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study) ∼HSK 6
曲棍球 曲棍球 qū gùn qiú field hockey ∼HSK 6
专攻 專攻 zhuān gōng to specialize in; to major in ∼HSK 6
漏税 漏稅 lòu shuì tax evasion ∼HSK 6
何方 何方 hé fāng from where ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
善用 善用 shàn yòng to be good at using (sth); to put (sth) to good use ∼HSK 6
公学 公學 gōng xué elite fee-charging independent school in England or Wales (e.g. Eton College) ∼HSK 6
人缘 人緣 rén yuán relations with other people ∼HSK 6
拳法 拳法 quán fǎ boxing; fighting technique ∼HSK 6
贪心 貪心 tān xīn greedy ∼HSK 6
尊师重道 尊師重道 zūn shī zhòng dào 尊: respect, revere, venerate; honor · 师: teacher, master, specialist · 重: heavy, weighty; double · 道: path, road, street; method, way ∼HSK 6
不肖 不肖 bù xiào (literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy ∼HSK 6
同道中人 同道中人 tóng dào zhōng rén kindred spirit ∼HSK 6
何事 何事 hé shì what matter ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
夜宵 夜宵 yè xiāo midnight snack ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
宵夜 宵夜 xiāo yè midnight snack; late-night snack ∼HSK 6
教导有方 教導有方 jiào dǎo yǒu fāng 教: teach, class · 导: direct, guide, lead, conduct · 有: have, own, possess; exist · 方: a square, rectangle; a region; local ∼HSK 6
宗师 宗師 zōng shī great scholar respected for learning and integrity ∼HSK 6
煮饭 煮飯 zhǔ fàn to cook ∼HSK 6
损友 損友 sǔn yǒu bad friend ∼HSK 6
言情 言情 yán qíng (of a movie, novel etc) portraying a love affair; romantic; sentimental ∼HSK 6