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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| 资料 資料 | material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet) | |
| 无论 無論 | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... | |
| 地址 地址 | address | |
| 轮 輪 | wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn | |
| 而是 而是 | rather | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 应 應 | to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 表示 表示 | to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean | |
| 包括 包括 | to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 根据 根據 | according to; based on; basis; foundation | |
| 治疗 治療 | to treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy | |
| 是否 是否 | whether (or not); if; is or isn't | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 齐心 齊心 | to be of one mind; to work as one | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 太保 太保 | Taibao or Taipao city in Chiayi County, west Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 进城 進城 | to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) | Proper Noun |
| 小镇 小鎮 | small town; village | Proper Noun |
| 约克 約克 | York | Proper Noun |
| 谷 穀 | valley, gorge, ravine | |
| 容 容 | looks, appearance; figure, form | |
| 管工 管工 | plumber; pipe-worker | |
| 长空 長空 | (literary) the vast sky; (finance) eventual downturn; poor prospects in the long term | |
| 决 決 | decide, determine, judge | |
| 叔 叔 | uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] | |
| 杀死 殺死 | to kill | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 打伤 打傷 | to injure; to wound; to damage | |
| 没法 沒法 | at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice | |
| 终老 終老 | to spend one's last years | |
| 传家 傳家 | to pass on through the generations | |
| 去死 去死 | go to hell!; drop dead! | |
| 己 己 | self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem | |
| 救出 救出 | to rescue; to pluck from danger | |
| 馆 館 | variant of | |
| 唐 唐 | Tang dynasty; Chinese |