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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| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 绿 綠 | green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 闻 聞 | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 练 練 | to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk | |
| 河 河 | river | |
| 报纸 報紙 | newspaper; newsprint | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 出生 出生 | to be born | |
| 随时 隨時 | at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 心中 心中 | central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart | |
| 那时 那時 | then; at that time; in those days | |
| 雪 雪 | snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 出发 出發 | to set off; to start (on a journey) | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 礼物 禮物 | gift; present | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 一生 一生 | all one's life; throughout one's life | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 想起 想起 | to recall; to think of; to call to mind | |
| 蛋 蛋 | egg; oval-shaped thing | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 头发 頭髮 | hair (on the head) | |
| 长大 長大 | to grow up | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 打算 打算 | to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 遍 徧 | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time | |
| 鸡 雞 | fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute | |
| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 流 流 | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 目的 目的 | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 关心 關心 | to be concerned about; to care about | |
| 收到 收到 | to receive | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 实现 實現 | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 海 海 | ocean; sea; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous |