武功 wǔ gōng martial art / military accomplishments / (Peking opera) martial arts feats syn 少林 shào lín the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school 潭腿 tán tuǐ Tantui, a northern school of martial arts boxing 踢馆 踢館 tī guǎn to challenge an established martial arts school to a fight (to prove one's skills or gain reputation) / (fig.) to prove oneself by competing against those already established in a particular field 中专 中專 zhōng zhuān vocational secondary school / technical secondary school / trade school / abbr. for 中等專科學校|中等专科学校 中等师范学校 中等師範學校 zhōng děng shī fàn xué xiào secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school teachers) 工艺 工藝 gōng yì arts and crafts / industrial arts 方术 方術 fāng shù arts of healing, divination, horoscope etc / supernatural arts (old) 综合艺术 綜合藝術 zōng hé yì shù composite arts / multimedia arts 武侠 武俠 wǔ xiá martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre) / knight-errant syn 武林 wǔ lín martial arts (social) circles 武侠小说 武俠小說 wǔ xiá xiǎo shuō a martial arts (wuxia) novel 招式 zhāo shì (martial arts) formalized move 比武 bǐ wǔ martial arts competition / tournament / to compete in a contest 招数 招數 zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 著數|着数[zhao1 shu4] syn 身法 shēn fǎ pose or motion of one's body in martial arts 出招 chū zhāo to make a move (in martial arts or figuratively) 习武 習武 xí wǔ to practice martial arts 套路 tào lù sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method syn 中招 zhòng zhāo (martial arts) to get hit / to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap / to be taken in 花招 huā zhāo trick / maneuver / razzle-dazzle / (martial arts) fancy move / flourish syn 点穴 點穴 diǎn xué to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉[dian3 mai4] 散打 sàn dǎ mixed martial arts 马步 馬步 mǎ bù (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse) 路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn 武德 wǔ dé ethics (in the military or the martial arts) 演武 yǎn wǔ to practice martial arts syn 着数 著數 zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 招數|招数[zhao1 shu4] syn 飞檐走壁 飛檐走壁 fēi yán zǒu bì to leap onto roofs and vault over walls (usually associated with martial arts) 招法 zhāo fǎ move (in chess or martial arts) syn 国术 國術 guó shù martial arts syn 截拳道 jié quán dào Jeet Kun Do or Way of the Intercepting Fist, a fusion of Eastern and Western martial arts led by Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙[Li3 Xiao3 long2] 解数 解數 xiè shù talent / ability / capability / martial arts technique / Taiwan pr. [jie3 shu4] syn 二节棍 二節棍 èr jié gùn nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts) 黄飞鸿 黃飛鴻 huáng fēi hóng Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master 倚天屠龙记 倚天屠龍記 yǐ tiān tú lóng jì Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] and its screen adaptations 兵器术 兵器術 bīng qì shù martial arts involving weapons 奇能异士 奇能異士 qí néng yì shì extraordinary hero with special abilities / martial arts superhero 射雕英雄传 射鵰英雄傳 shè diāo yīng xióng zhuàn Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] and its screen adaptations 少林武功 shǎo lín wǔ gōng Shaolin martial arts 拳棒 quán bàng martial arts / lit. fist and staff syn 旋风脚 旋風腳 xuàn fēng jiǎo whirlwind kick (martial arts) 李小龙 李小龍 lǐ xiǎo lóng Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert 李连杰 李連傑 lǐ lián jié Li Lianjie or Jet Li (1963-), martial arts sportsman, subsequently film star and director 武坛 武壇 wǔ tán martial arts circles 武艺高强 武藝高強 wǔ yì gāo qiáng highly skilled in martial arts 叶问 葉問 yè wèn Yip Man (1893-1972), martial arts practitioner, master of Bruce Lee 着法 著法 zhāo fǎ move (in chess or martial arts) 双节棍道 雙節棍道 shuāng jié gùn dào nunchaku martial arts 点脉 點脈 diǎn mài to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點穴|点穴[dian3 xue2] 猴子偷桃 hóu zi tōu táo "monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other / (coll.) grabbing sb by the balls 扑跌 撲跌 pū diē to fall flat on one's face / (martial arts) pouncing and falling (i.e. all kinds of moves) 闪转腾挪 閃轉騰挪 shǎn zhuǎn téng nuó to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts) 教师爷 教師爺 jiào shī yé master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house / (fig.) sb who arrogantly and condescendingly lectures others 段位 duàn wèi rank / class / (Japanese martial arts and board games) dan 风火轮 風火輪 fēng huǒ lún (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting / (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒[Ne2 zha5] / (fig.) never-ending treadmill 裸绞 裸絞 luǒ jiǎo (martial arts) rear naked choke 踢腿 tī tuǐ to kick / to do a kick (dancing, martial arts etc) 扫堂腿 掃堂腿 sǎo táng tuǐ (martial arts) floor-sweeping kick (to trip one's opponent) 散打 sǎn dǎ mixed martial arts 综合格斗 綜合格鬥 zōng hé gé dòu mixed martial arts (MMA) 连招 連招 lián zhāo (gaming or martial arts) a sequence of attacks or moves / combo 道馆 道館 dào guǎn martial arts studio / dojo 合气道 合氣道 hé qì dào aikido (Japanese martial art) / hapkido (Korean martial art) 美劳 美勞 měi láo (Tw) arts and crafts (as a school subject) 小学 小學 xiǎo xué elementary school / primary school syn 入学 入學 rù xué to enter a school or college / to go to school for the first time as a child 上学 上學 shàng xué to go to school / to attend school syn 中学生 中學生 zhōng xué shēng middle-school student / high school student 开学 開學 kāi xué (of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term syn 正宗 zhèng zōng orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine syn 校花 xiào huā the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiao4 cao3]) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen 校方 xiào fāng the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities 学风 學風 xué fēng style of study / academic atmosphere / school discipline / school traditions 初级中学 初級中學 chū jí zhōng xué junior high school / junior middle school syn 体校 體校 tǐ xiào sports school / physical education school (abbr. for 體育學校|体育学校[ti3yu4 xue2xiao4]) 卫校 衛校 wèi xiào medical school / nursing school 夜校 yè xiào evening school / night school 高职院校 高職院校 gāo zhí yuàn xiào professional school / higher vocational school 干校 幹校 gàn xiào school for cadres / May 7 Cadre School 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4] 心学 心學 xīn xué School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明|王阳明[Wang2 Yang2 ming2]) 显学 顯學 xiǎn xué famous school / noted school of thought 读 讀 dú to read out / to read aloud / to read / to attend (school) / to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce syn 伊顿公学 伊頓公學 yī dùn gōng xué Eton public school (English elite school) 法相宗 fǎ xiàng zōng Yogācāra school of Buddhism / Dharma-character school of Buddhism 复式班学校 multi-grade school / cluster school 阿拉伯国家校内校外教育区域方桉 阿拉伯國家校內校外教育區域方案 Regional Programme for in-school and out-of-school education in the Arabic countries 保罗·尼采高级国际研究学院 保羅·尼采高級國際研究學院 The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies / School of Advanced International Studies 高级国际研究学院 高級國際研究學院 gāo jí guó jì yán jiū xué yuàn The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies / School of Advanced International Studies 网络学校 網絡學校 cyber school / online school 国际校际交流计划 國際校際交流計劃 International School-to-School Experience 排雷训练学校 排雷訓練學校 demining training school / mine-clearance training school 唯识宗 唯識宗 wéi shí zōng Yogachara school of Buddhism ("consciousness only" school of Buddhism) 村塾 cūn shú (old) village school / rural school syn 推甄 tuī zhēn to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school / to put a student on the recommendation track (one of several ways of gaining admission to a higher-level school in Taiwan) / abbr. for 推薦甄選|推荐甄选 学舍 學舍 xué shè school building / school / (Tw) student dormitory 中中 zhōng zhōng middling / average / impartial / (Hong Kong) secondary school that uses Chinese as the medium of instruction ("CMI school") 英中 yīng zhōng (Hong Kong) secondary school that uses English as a medium of instruction ("EMI school") 低年级 低年級 dī nián jí a lower grade (in a school) (e.g. 1st or 2nd year) / the lower division (of a school etc) 