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.
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Vocabulary
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| 打败 打敗 | to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated | |
| 没错 沒錯 | that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong | |
| 做梦 做夢 | to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream | |
| 尽力 盡力 | to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort | |
| 男女 男女 | male-female; male and female | |
| 小伙子 小伙子 | young man; young guy; lad; youngster | |
| 败 敗 | to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither | |
| 形容 形容 | to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 汇报 匯報 | to report; to give an account of; to collect information and report back | |
| 最初 最初 | first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally | |
| 伙 夥 | companion; partner; group; classifier for groups of people; to combine; together | |
| 从此 從此 | from now on; since then; henceforth | |
| 阵 陣 | disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration | |
| 奖金 獎金 | premium; award money; bonus | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 反而 反而 | on the contrary; instead | |
| 叔叔 叔叔 | father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] | |
| 总之 總之 | in a word; in short; in brief | |
| 对付 對付 | to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) | |
| 单独 單獨 | alone; by oneself; on one's own | |
| 闪 閃 | to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind; (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine | |
| 睡着 睡著 | to fall asleep | |
| 寄 寄 | to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) | |
| 维持 維持 | to keep; to maintain; to preserve | |
| 登记 登記 | to register (one's name) | |
| 放松 放鬆 | to relax; to slacken; to loosen | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 原则 原則 | principle; doctrine | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 失望 失望 | disappointed; to lose hope; to despair | |
| 材料 材料 | (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job | |
| 贴 貼 | to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip | |
| 擦 擦 | to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) | |
| 激动 激動 | to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions); to excite | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 摆 擺 | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result | |
| 怀疑 懷疑 | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that | |
| 既 既 | already; since; both... (and...) | |
| 失败 失敗 | to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat | |
| 挑战 挑戰 | to challenge; challenge | |
| 落 落 | to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 极 極 | extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 丈夫 丈夫 | husband | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 妻子 妻子 | wife and children |