A Man Called Hero 1999
中华英雄
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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 司令 司令 | commanding officer | |
| 平淡 平淡 | flat; dull; ordinary; nothing special | |
| 庙 廟 | temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial | |
| 更改 更改 | to alter | |
| 当心 當心 | to take care; to look out | |
| 料到 料到 | to foresee; to anticipate | |
| 前辈 前輩 | senior; older generation; precursor | |
| 斩 斬 | to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop | |
| 发财 發財 | to get rich | |
| 贩卖 販賣 | to sell; to peddle; to traffic | |
| 身影 身影 | silhouette; figure | |
| 惯 慣 | accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) | |
| 保重 保重 | to take care of oneself | |
| 必定 必定 | to be bound to; to be sure to | |
| 双胞胎 雙胞胎 | twin | |
| 口水 口水 | saliva | |
| 演戏 演戲 | to put on a play; to perform; fig. to pretend; to feign | |
| 名声 名聲 | reputation | |
| 低估 低估 | to underestimate; to underrate | |
| 验 驗 | to examine; to test; to check | |
| 和尚 和尚 | Buddhist monk | |
| 吩咐 吩咐 | to tell; to instruct; to command | |
| 彩虹 彩虹 | rainbow | |
| 保管 保管 | to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator | |
| 亲近 親近 | intimate; to get close to | |
| 傲 傲 | proud; arrogant; to despise; unyielding; to defy | |
| 下场 下場 | to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) | |
| 怀着 懷著 | Be with | |
| 来回 來回 | to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 思念 思念 | to think of; to long for; to miss | |
| 放过 放過 | to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth | |
| 有机 有機 | organic | |
| 庞大 龐大 | huge; enormous; tremendous | |
| 倒下 倒下 | to collapse; to topple over | |
| 听话 聽話 | to do what one is told; obedient | |
| 压抑 壓抑 | to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression | |
| 吓人 嚇人 | to scare; scary; frightening | |
| 友情 友情 | friendly feelings; friendship | |
| 无敌 無敵 | unequalled; without rival; a paragon | |
| 是非 是非 | right and wrong; quarrel | |
| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 胎 胎 | fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire | |
| 用力 用力 | to exert oneself physically | |
| 掩盖 掩蓋 | to conceal; to hide behind; to cover up | |
| 临 臨 | to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before | |
| 屋顶 屋頂 | roof | |
| 乃 乃 | to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon | |
| 生死 生死 | life or death | |
| 幸好 幸好 | fortunately |