<p>萬里追風身法</p>
<p>It is a fictional Chinese martial arts &quot;technique&quot;, (身法); and the idea being that a trained martial arts exponent could run so fast that he could even &quot;chase the wind&quot;, (追風), for thousands of 里, (萬里), which, I suppose, is equivalent to “...faster than a speeding bullet”, which is used to describe the Western comic book character &quot;Superman&quot;.</p>
<p>Another Chinese martial arts technique, which sounds super human, is the &quot;shadowless kick&quot; (無影腳); the kicking leg moving so fast that it casts no shadow at all.</p>

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Wayne Cheah
<p>萬里 (thousands of miles) = ultra-long distance</p>
<p>追風 (chasing wind) = high speed moving</p>
<p>身法 (body maneuver skill) = ability</p>
<p>Word-for-word translation would be too wordy in English. You can descriptively call it: &quot;hyper-speed mode&quot; or dramatically call it: &quot;hurricane move&quot;</p>

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Tang Ho
<p>I have come across the following phrase in a novel that I am reading, and I cannot figure out if this is someone's moniker or a martial arts move: 萬里追風身法. Does anyone know what this means?</p>

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The author doesn't seem to be a native Chinese speaker. The names he came up with for Martial Arts novel terms are quite unnatural to Chinese ears
Tang Ho
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Trouble with translating a phrase in Wuxia fiction (萬里追風身法)
# Trouble with translating a phrase in Wuxia fiction (萬里追風身法)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-01-13)

I have come across the following phrase in a novel that I am reading, and I cannot figure out if this is someone's moniker or a martial arts move: 萬里追風身法. Does anyone know what this means?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The author doesn't seem to be a native Chinese speaker. The names he came up with for Martial Arts novel terms are quite unnatural to Chinese ears  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2024-01-13. Score: 2

萬里追風身法

It is a fictional Chinese martial arts "technique", (身法); and the idea being that a trained martial arts exponent could run so fast that he could even "chase the wind", (追風), for thousands of 里, (萬里), which, I suppose, is equivalent to “...faster than a speeding bullet”, which is used to describe the Western comic book character "Superman".

Another Chinese martial arts technique, which sounds super human, is the "shadowless kick" (無影腳); the kicking leg moving so fast that it casts no shadow at all.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2024-01-13. Score: 1

萬里 (thousands of miles) = ultra-long distance

追風 (chasing wind) = high speed moving

身法 (body maneuver skill) = ability

Word-for-word translation would be too wordy in English. You can descriptively call it: "hyper-speed mode" or dramatically call it: "hurricane move"


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