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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照相馆 照相館 zhào xiàng guǎn photo studio ∼HSK 3
输给 輸給 shū gěi to lose to (sb); to be outdone by ∼HSK 3
木 木 Mù tree; wood, lumber; wooden ∼HSK 3
起火 起火 qǐ huǒ to catch fire; to cook; to get angry ∼HSK 3
并重 並重 bìng zhòng to give equal emphasis to; to attach equal importance to ∼HSK 3
老土 老土 lǎo tǔ old-fashioned; unstylish ∼HSK 3
鼎力相助 鼎力相助 dǐng lì xiāng zhù We are most grateful for your valuable assistance. ∼HSK 3
抗 抗 kàng resist, oppose, defy, reject ∼HSK 3
打赢 打贏 dǎ yíng to win; to beat (one's opponent) ∼HSK 3
眼力 眼力 yǎn lì eyesight; strength of vision; the ability to make discerning judgments ∼HSK 3
有的时候 有的時候 yǒu de shí hòu sometimes; at times ∼HSK 3
猪狗 豬狗 zhū gǒu pig-dog (intended as insult); Schweinhund ∼HSK 3
干活 幹活 gàn huó to work; to be employed ∼HSK 3
资本家 資本家 zī běn jiā capitalist ∼HSK 3
死活 死活 sǐ huó life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
邻 鄰 lín neighbor; neighborhood ∼HSK 3
乱跑 亂跑 luàn pǎo to run around all over the place ∼HSK 3
人力车夫 人力車夫 rén lì chē fū rickshaw puller ∼HSK 3
心跳 心跳 xīn tiào heartbeat; pulse ∼HSK 3
感觉到 感覺到 gǎn jué dào to feel; to sense; to detect; to perceive; to become aware ∼HSK 3
另一 另一 lìng yī another; the other ∼HSK 3
随你 隨你 suí nǐ as you wish ∼HSK 3
下一步 下一步 xià yī bù the next step ∼HSK 3
弄伤 弄傷 nòng shāng to bruise; to hurt (something) ∼HSK 3
半死 半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc); (tired) to death; (terrified) out of one's wits; (beaten) to within an inch of one's life; (knock) the daylights out of sb ∼HSK 3
回合 回合 huí hé one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents; round (boxing etc); rally (tennis etc); frame (billiards etc); inning; (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg; round (of negotiations) ∼HSK 3
保住 保住 bǎo zhù to preserve; to save ∼HSK 3
易容 易容 yì róng to change one's appearance ∼HSK 3
死别 死別 sǐ bié to be parted by death ∼HSK 3
几时 幾時 jǐ shí at what time?; when? ∼HSK 3
大火 大火 dà huǒ conflagration; large fire ∼HSK 3
传给 傳給 chuán gěi to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to ∼HSK 3
内伤 內傷 nèi shāng internal injury; disorder of internal organs (due to improper nutrition, overexertion etc) ∼HSK 3
病死 病死 bìng sǐ to fall ill and die; to die of illness ∼HSK 3
连累 連累 lián lei to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4] ∼HSK 3
赶出 趕出 gǎn chū to drive away ∼HSK 3
三代 三代 sān dài three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) ∼HSK 3
每个人 每個人 měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
心目中 心目中 xīn mù zhōng in one's eyes; in one's estimation ∼HSK 3
上代 上代 shàng dài previous generation ∼HSK 3
民 民 Mín people, subjects, citizens ∼HSK 3
卫 衛 Wèi guard, protect, defend ∼HSK 3
活下去 活下去 huó xià qù to survive; to keep on living ∼HSK 3
张开 張開 zhāng kāi to open up; to spread; to extend ∼HSK 3
火海 火海 huǒ hǎi a sea of flames ∼HSK 3
京剧 京劇 Jīng jù Beijing opera HSK 3
老实说 老實說 lǎo shí shuō honestly speaking; to be frank, ... ∼HSK 3
有朝一日 有朝一日 yǒu zhāo yī rì one day; sometime in the future ∼HSK 3
年初 年初 nián chū beginning of the year HSK 3