单词 | t'ai chi ch'uan |
释义 | > as lemmast'ai chi ch'uan 2. In full t'ai chi ch'uan [Chinese quán fist] , a Chinese martial art, believed to have been devised by a Taoist priest in the Sung dynasty (960–1279), promoting meditative as well as physical proficiency. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > martial arts > [noun] > others aikido1954 aikijutsu1955 arnis1961 tai chi1962 hapkido1963 sambo1964 Shaolin1964 1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) ii. 24 Servants don't spend their idle time playing mah-jongg now but sit by the bell boards studying English or Russian, or other textbooks, getting ready for after-hours classes; or they do t'ai chi ch'uan calisthenics. 1968 Times 22 Nov. 9 Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain it is called, this being the name of one exercise in T'ai-chi, a Chinese system of callisthenics claimed to produce pliability, health and peace of mind. 1972 Da Liu T'ai Chi Ch'uan & I Ching p. v The movements of T'ai Chi Ch'uan and the hexagrams upon which they are based are both methods of describing the circulation of psychic energy in the body of the meditator. 1979 P. Driscoll Pangolin i. xx. 147 Kids were doing Tai Chi exercises and playing soccer. < as lemmas |
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