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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 钢 鋼 | steel | |
| 开枪 開槍 | to open fire; to shoot a gun | |
| 谱 譜 | chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music | |
| 短暂 短暫 | of short duration; brief; momentary | |
| 正面 正面 | front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open | |
| 傻瓜 傻瓜 | idiot; fool | |
| 杀害 殺害 | to murder | |
| 浑身 渾身 | all over; from head to foot | |
| 趴 趴 | to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent | |
| 优 優 | excellent; superior | |
| 卡车 卡車 | truck | |
| 麻 蔴 | variant of 麻; hemp | |
| 采 採 | to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather | |
| 报复 報復 | to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation | |
| 与此同时 與此同時 | at the same time; meanwhile | |
| 粒 粒 | grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) | |
| 逃避 逃避 | to escape; to evade; to avoid; to shirk | |
| 天生 天生 | nature; disposition; innate; natural | |
| 须 須 | must; to have to; to wait | |
| 羡慕 羨慕 | to envy; to admire | |
| 爹 爹 | dad | |
| 陌生 陌生 | strange; unfamiliar | |
| 在意 在意 | to care about; to mind | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 授权 授權 | to authorize | |
| 尚 尚 | still; yet; to value; to esteem | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 荣誉 榮譽 | honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary | |
| 独 獨 | alone; independent; single; sole; only | |
| 堂 堂 | (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 | |
| 寂寞 寂寞 | lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent | |
| 注定 註定 | to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably | |
| 伴 伴 | partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany | |
| 蛮 蠻 | barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | |
| 幕 幕 | curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play) | |
| 怀孕 懷孕 | pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 原本 原本 | originally; original | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 耍 耍 | to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | |
| 眼神 眼神 | expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) | |
| 惊 驚 | to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm | |
| 主义 主義 | -ism; ideology | |
| 患 患 | to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry | |
| 灵魂 靈魂 | soul; spirit | |
| 尸体 屍體 | dead body; corpse; carcass | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! |