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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| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with | |
| 如 如 | as; as if; such as | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 于 於 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 破旧立新 破舊立新 | to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate | Idiom |
| 食古不化 食古不化 | to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom); to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject | Idiom |
| 旁门左道 旁門左道 | dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion; dissident group | Idiom |
| 无声无息 無聲無息 | wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking; taciturn; not providing any news | Idiom |
| 口口声声 口口聲聲 | to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again | Idiom |
| 胡言乱语 胡言亂語 | babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch | Idiom |
| 多管闲事 多管閒事 | meddling in other people's business | Xiehouyu |
| 神经 神經 | nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob | Colloquialism |
| 秒 秒 | second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly | Colloquialism |
| 大师兄 大師兄 | eldest senior brother | |
| 慧 慧 | bright, intelligent; intelligence | |
| 璧 璧 | piece of jade with hole in it | |
| 老爷 老爺 | master, sir | |
| 武馆 武館 | martial arts school | |
| 怎 怎 | how (variant of 怎么) | |
| 姚 姚 | handsome, elegant; surname | |
| 副市长 副市長 | deputy mayor | |
| 贺礼 賀禮 | congratulatory gift | |
| 师兄弟 師兄弟 | fellow apprentices; fellow students (male) | |
| 仲 仲 | middle brother; go between, mediator; surname | |
| 棺 棺 | coffin | |
| 肘 肘 | the elbow; help a person shoulder a load | |
| 留声机 留聲機 | gramophone; phonograph | |
| 大洋 大洋 | ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan | |
| 瘀 瘀 | a hematoma, contusion; extravasted blood | |
| 货品 貨品 | goods | |
| 师兄 師兄 | elder fellow disciple | |
| 柔道 柔道 | judo | |
| 哩 哩 | mile | |
| 逐出 逐出 | to expel; to evict; to drive out | |
| 看戏 看戲 | to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) | |
| 木讷 木訥 | wooden and slow of speech; slow-speeched; inarticulate; unsophisticated | |
| 喉 喉 | throat, gullet, larynx; guttural | |
| 霹 霹 | thunder, crashing thunder | |
| 翁 翁 | old man; father, father-in-law | |
| 可喜可贺 可喜可賀 | worthy of celebration; gratifying; Congratulations! | |
| 幼 幼 | young | |
| 义子 義子 | adopted son | |
| 益 益 | profit, benefit; advantage | |
| 师弟 師弟 | younger fellow disciple | |
| 皮影戏 皮影戲 | shadow play | |
| 增广 增廣 | to widen | |
| 桃花运 桃花運 | luck with the ladies; a romance; good luck | |
| 义气 義氣 | spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5] | |
| 连声 連聲 | repeatedly (say something) |