Taijiquan

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Tai chi. uncountable

    "Chinese martial arts have existed for well over 3,000 years. Wrestling and swordsmanship both have a long history, as do Chinese Internal Alchemy and breathing methods. These disparate elements, married by Yin Yang theory, became what we now call Tai Chi Chuan."

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tai chitai chi

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"Chinese martial arts have existed for well over 3,000 years. Wrestling and swordsmanship both have a long history, as do Chinese Internal Alchemy and breathing methods. These disparate elements, married by Yin Yang theory, became what we now call Tai Chi Chuan."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 太極拳／太极拳 (tàijíquán).

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tai chi

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