wuxia
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of wuxia
from Chinese: martial-chivalric
Example Sentences
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The film is considered one of the best examples of "wuxia" films - a period movie genre celebrating legendary martial artists from ancient China.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024
By contrast, it proved a major critical and commercial disappointment in Asia, where Lee’s contribution to the well-worn wuxia annals struck many as an anemic, inauthentic, Western-pandering imitation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Arguably more than any other film, “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” opened mainstream American moviegoers not just to a new genre known predominantly in Asia — the wuxia tradition — but to subtitled films.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 9, 2020
The use of environment feels a little closer to the balancing acts in "Pirates of the Caribbean" than the soaring, maximalist, dance-like combat of wuxia films.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2020
Mr. Yen also choreographed the fight scenes, which Mr. Chan uses to pay homage to the wuxia film tradition while updating it with faster editing and digitally assisted gimmicks.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2012
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