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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乔治亚州 喬治亞州 Qiáo zhì yà Zhōu Georgia, US state (Tw) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
雄 雄 xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
奴 奴 nú slave, servant ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
猪仔 豬仔 zhū zǎi piglet; (old) exploited Chinese laborer tricked into working abroad ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
赤 赤 chì red; scarlet; bare; naked ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
咸水妹 鹹水妹 xián shuǐ mèi (dialect) prostitute from Guangdong (esp. one in Shanghai before the Revolution) (loanword from "handsome maid") ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
戴上 戴上 dài shang to put on (hat etc) ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
才德 才德 cái dé talent and virtue ∼HSK 4
天资 天資 tiān zī innate talent; gift; flair; native resource; dowry ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
鸦片 鴉片 yā piàn opium (loanword) ∼HSK 4
八方 八方 bā fāng the eight points of the compass; all directions ∼HSK 4
一言 一言 yī yán one sentence; brief remark ∼HSK 4
细小 細小 xì xiǎo tiny; fine; minute ∼HSK 4
日落 日落 rì luò sundown; sunset ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
不厌 不厭 bù yàn not to tire of; not to object to ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
避开 避開 bì kāi to avoid; to evade; to keep away from ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
贺 賀 Hè congratulate; send present ∼HSK 4
危 危 Wēi dangerous, precarious; high ∼HSK 4
共处 共處 gòng chǔ to coexist; to get along (with others) ∼HSK 4
未知 未知 wèi zhī unknown ∼HSK 4
规 規 guī rules, regulations, customs, law ∼HSK 4
不过如此 不過如此 bù guò - rú cǐ (idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive ∼HSK 4
武士 武士 wǔ shì warrior; samurai ∼HSK 4
有意义 有意義 yǒu yì yì to make sense; to have meaning; to have significance; meaningful; significant; worthwhile; important; interesting ∼HSK 4
逃离 逃離 táo lí to run out; to escape ∼HSK 4
苦海 苦海 kǔ hǎi lit. sea of bitterness; abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term); depths of misery ∼HSK 4
别来无恙 別來無恙 bié lái wú yàng (literary) I trust you have been well since we last met ∼HSK 4
梦到 夢到 mèng dào to dream of; to dream about ∼HSK 4
无量 無量 wú liàng measureless; immeasurable ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
心底 心底 xīn dǐ bottom of one's heart ∼HSK 4
身型 身型 shēn xíng body shape ∼HSK 4
红包 紅包 hóng bāo money wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment; kickback; bribe HSK 4
相片 相片 xiàng piàn image; photograph HSK 4
着火 著火 zháo huǒ to catch fire HSK 4
未必 未必 wèi bì not necessarily; maybe not HSK 4
上个月 上個月 shàng gè yuè last month HSK 4
美金 美金 Měi jīn US dollar; USD HSK 4
集合 集合 jí hé to gather; to assemble; (math.) set HSK 4