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截拳道

zit6 kyun4 dou6

jie2 quan2 dao4

jeet kune do (lit. way of the intercepting fist), a martial arts system developed by martial artist and actor Bruce Lee 李小龍. JKD was heavily influenced by Wing Chun/Ving Tsun 詠春拳 , western boxing 西洋拳 and fencing 劍術

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

截拳道

This word was added by Steph_fr on 21st Sep 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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截 zit6 jie2 - [1] [v] cut; section; truncate [2] [n] slice;
拳 kyun4 quan2 juan1 quan1 quan3 - fist; various forms of boxing
道 dou6 dao4 - path, road, the way; method

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