A Man Called Hero

A Man Called Hero 1999

中华英雄 zhōnghuá yīngxióng

After Hero Hua marries Jade and leaves her in China, he goes to America to work as a servant and rebels against cruel labour conditions. Jade soon joins him in New York, where they build a family.

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4.12 Intermediate Director Andrew Lau Wai-Keung IMDb 5.7

Cast

Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin Hero Hua Shu Qi Shu Qi Mu Kristy Yang Rongru Kristy Yang Rongru Jade Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung Sword Hua Yuen Biao Yuen Biao Boss of China House Jerry Lamb Hiu-Fung Jerry Lamb Hiu-Fung Sheng Dion Lam Dion Lam Shadow Anthony Wong Chau-Sang Anthony Wong Chau-Sang Pride Elvis Tsui Kam-Kong Elvis Tsui Kam-Kong Bigot Frankie Ng Chi-Hung Frankie Ng Chi-Hung Moon

Vocabulary

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大惊小怪 大驚小怪 dà jīng xiǎo guài to make a fuss about nothing (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
扫兴 掃興 sǎo xìng to spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited Xiehouyu HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
古怪 古怪 gǔ guài strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre Xiehouyu HSK 7
外公 外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather Colloquialism HSK 7
逗 逗 dòu to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
不辞而别 不辭而別 bù cí ér bié to leave without saying good-bye HSK 7
胜出 勝出 shèng chū to come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc); success; victory HSK 7
佳节 佳節 jiā jié festive day; holiday HSK 7
元宵节 元宵節 Yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar HSK 7
谈起 談起 tán qǐ to mention; to speak of; to talk about HSK 7
旱 旱 hàn drought HSK 7
苦练 苦練 kǔ liàn to train hard; to practice diligently; hard work; blood, sweat, and tears HSK 7
比试 比試 bǐ shì to have a competition; to measure with one's hand or arm; to make a gesture of measuring HSK 7
包庇 包庇 bāo bì to shield; to harbor; to cover up HSK 7
挂念 掛念 guà niàn concerned HSK 7
愈来愈 愈來愈 yù lái yù more and more HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
记号 記號 jì hao mark; symbol; notation; seal HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
胡闹 胡鬧 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble HSK 7
受苦 受苦 shòu kǔ to suffer hardship HSK 7
福气 福氣 fú qi good fortune; a blessing HSK 7
崇尚 崇尚 chóng shàng to hold up (as an model); to hold in esteem; to revere; to advocate HSK 7
贴近 貼近 tiē jìn to press close to; to snuggle close; intimate HSK 7
疼爱 疼愛 téng ài to love dearly HSK 7
弟子 弟子 dì zǐ disciple; follower HSK 7
果真 果真 guǒ zhēn really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really... HSK 7
累积 累積 lěi jī to accumulate HSK 7
毁坏 毀壞 huǐ huài to damage; to devastate; to vandalize; damage; destruction HSK 7
补救 補救 bǔ jiù to remedy HSK 7
茫茫 茫茫 máng máng boundless; vast and obscure HSK 7
踪迹 蹤跡 zōng jì tracks; trail; footprint; trace; vestige HSK 7
通缉 通緝 tōng jī to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted HSK 7
传授 傳授 chuán shòu to impart; to pass on; to teach HSK 7
木板 木板 mù bǎn slab; board; plank HSK 7
晕倒 暈倒 yūn dǎo to faint; to swoon; to black out; to become unconscious HSK 7
忍心 忍心 rěn xīn to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task HSK 7
看中 看中 kàn zhòng to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on HSK 7
常人 常人 cháng rén ordinary person HSK 7
牵挂 牽掛 qiān guà to worry about; to be concerned about HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
无形 無形 wú xíng incorporeal; virtual; formless; invisible (assets); intangible HSK 7
卑鄙 卑鄙 bēi bǐ base; mean; contemptible; despicable HSK 7
墓地 墓地 mù dì cemetery; graveyard HSK 7
幸亏 幸虧 xìng kuī fortunately; luckily HSK 7
微妙 微妙 wēi miào subtle HSK 7
懂事 懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent HSK 7
武力 武力 wǔ lì military force HSK 7