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Tai Chi

Tai Chi
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ID: 0256 Intermediate
Admit it – you feel bad walking by the park every morning and seeing them twist and turn with the grace of a Beijing acrobat. So how about we teach you how to talk about the age old exercise of Tai Chi so that you can join in (seeing how that’s really the reason you moved here). In this podcast, learn to talk about the different aspects of Tai Chi in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny, John
Tai Chi
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
练 liàn to practice
太极拳 tàijíquán Tai Chi
奇妙 qímiào fantastic
大错特错 dàcuòtècuò very serious mistake
我最近开始练太极拳这真是一种奇妙的拳术
wǒ 我zuìjìn 最近kāishǐ 开始liàn 练tàijíquán 太极拳zhè 这zhēnshì 真是yīzhǒng 一种qímiào 奇妙de 的quánshù 拳术
I've started to practice Tai chi recently. It's really an amazing form of Chinese boxing.
太极拳不是老年人的运动吗有什么奇妙呢
tàijíquán 太极拳bù 不shì 是lǎoniánrén 老年人de 的yùndòng 运动ma 吗yǒu 有shénme 什么qímiào 奇妙ne 呢
Isn't Tai Chi an exercise for the elderly? What's so amazing about it?
你这可是大错特错了太极拳不仅结合了健身与搏击还包含了深刻的中国古典哲学
nǐ 你zhè 这kěshì 可是dàcuòtècuò 大错特错le 了tàijíquán 太极拳bù jǐn 不仅jiéhé le 结合了jiànshēn 健身yǔ 与bójī 搏击hái 还bāohán le 包含了shēnkè 深刻de 的Zhōngguó 中国gǔdiǎn 古典zhéxué 哲学
That's where you're really wrong. Tai Chi not only combines exercise and fighting skills, it also contains a great deal of classical Chinese philosophy.
是吗那么太极这个名字是什么意思
shì 是ma 吗nàme 那么tàijí 太极zhège 这个míngzi 名字shì 是shénme 什么yìsi 意思
Does it? So what does the name ``Tai Chi" mean?
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