A Man Called Hero

A Man Called Hero 1999

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

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Vocabulary

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gāng steel HSK 7
kāi qiāng to open fire; to shoot a gun HSK 7
chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music HSK 7
duǎn zàn of short duration; brief; momentary HSK 7
zhèng miàn front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open HSK 7
shǎ guā idiot; fool HSK 7
shā hài to murder HSK 7
hún shēn all over; from head to foot HSK 7
to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent HSK 7
yōu excellent; superior HSK 7
chē truck HSK 7
variant of 麻; hemp HSK 7
cǎi to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather HSK 7
bào to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation HSK 7
tóng shí at the same time; meanwhile HSK 7
grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) HSK 7
táo to escape; to evade; to avoid; to shirk HSK 7
tiān shēng nature; disposition; innate; natural HSK 7
must; to have to; to wait HSK 7
xiàn to envy; to admire HSK 7
diē dad HSK 7
shēng strange; unfamiliar HSK 7
zài to care about; to mind HSK 7
huì city; metropolis HSK 7
also HSK 7
yào otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
shòu quán to authorize HSK 7
shàng still; yet; to value; to esteem HSK 7
to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
róng honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary HSK 7
alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent HSK 7
zhù dìng to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably HSK 7
bàn partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany HSK 7
mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play) HSK 7
怀 huái yùn pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy HSK 7
to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) HSK 7
wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) HSK 7
jīng to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm HSK 7
zhǔ -ism; ideology HSK 7
huàn to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry HSK 7
líng hún soul; spirit HSK 7
shī dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
gōng to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7