Meanings
nountaijiquan (uncountable)
alternative tai chi chuan
- uncountablegovernmentTai chi.
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.
[2009, Dan Docherty, Tai Chi Chuan: Decoding the Classics for the Modern Martial Artist, Crowood Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 11
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Origin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 太極拳／太极拳 (tàijíquán).
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