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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干 乾 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
不会 不會 bù huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
看看 看看 kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
吃的 吃的 chī de (coll.) food Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
那是 那是 nà shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
真是 真是 zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
爷爷 爺爺 yé ye (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather Colloquialism HSK 1
奶奶 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts Colloquialism HSK 1
山 山 shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in Colloquialism HSK 1
中国人 中國人 Zhōng guó rén Chinese person Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
美国 美國 Měi guó United States; USA; US Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
日本 日本 Rì běn Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
人大 人大 Rén dà Renmin University of China Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
日本人 日本人 Rì běn rén Japanese person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
六月 六月 Liù yuè June; sixth month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
天门 天門 Tiān mén Tianmen sub-prefecture level city in Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
谁知道 誰知道 shéi zhī dào God knows...; Who would have imagined...? ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
什 什 shén file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous ∼HSK 1
快点 快點 kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
年来 年來 nián lái this past year; over the last years ∼HSK 1
怎么了 怎麼了 zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
工 工 gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
星 星 xīng a star, planet; any point of light ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
一下 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
十六 十六 shí liù sixteen; 16 ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
女孩 女孩 nǚ hái girl; lass ∼HSK 1
衣襟 衣襟 yī jīn the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket; lapel ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
师 師 Shī teacher, master, specialist ∼HSK 1
小子 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1