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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洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times); foreign learning ∼HSK 6
尿尿 尿尿 niào niào to pee ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
不灵 不靈 bù líng not work; be ineffective ∼HSK 6
飘流 飄流 piāo liú variant of ∼HSK 6
人离乡贱 人離鄉賤 rén lí xiāng jiàn away from home, one is held in low regard (idiom); a stranger gets little respect ∼HSK 6
四海之内皆兄弟 四海之內皆兄弟 sì hǎi zhī nèi jiē xiōng dì all men are brothers ∼HSK 6
豪杰 豪傑 háo jié hero; towering figure ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
奉陪 奉陪 fèng péi (honorific) to accompany; to keep sb company ∼HSK 6
驷马难追 駟馬難追 sì mǎ nán zhuī a team of four horses cannot catch it (idiom); fig. what is said cannot be unsaid; a promise must be kept ∼HSK 6
船舱 船艙 chuán cāng hold of ship ∼HSK 6
荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) ∼HSK 6
蟑螂 蟑螂 zhāng láng cockroach ∼HSK 6
荒漠 荒漠 huāng mò desert; desolate wilderness; barren wasteland; vast and desolate ∼HSK 6
夫君 夫君 fū jūn my husband ∼HSK 6
毁约 毀約 huǐ yuē to break a promise; breach of contract ∼HSK 6
险境 險境 xiǎn jìng critical circumstances; risky conditions; danger zone ∼HSK 6
大徒弟 大徒弟 dà tú dì first disciple ∼HSK 6
洋文 洋文 yáng wén foreign language (esp. Western) (old) ∼HSK 6
悬赏 懸賞 xuán shǎng to offer a reward; bounty ∼HSK 6
灵验 靈驗 líng yàn efficacious; effective; (of a prediction) accurate; correct ∼HSK 6
缠身 纏身 chán shēn (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one ∼HSK 6
客官 客官 kè guān honored customer (sir) ∼HSK 6
行踪 行蹤 xíng zōng whereabouts; (lose) track (of) ∼HSK 6
难以捉摸 難以捉摸 nán yǐ zhuō mō elusive; hard to pin down; enigmatic ∼HSK 6
告密 告密 gào mì to inform against sb ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
倾谈 傾談 qīng tán to have a good talk ∼HSK 6
筋骨 筋骨 jīn gǔ muscles and bones; physique; strength; courage ∼HSK 6
掐死 掐死 qiā sǐ to throttle; to choke to death ∼HSK 6
浪花 浪花 làng huā spray; ocean spray; spindrift; fig. happenings from one's life ∼HSK 6
算命 算命 suàn mìng fortune-telling; to tell fortune ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
丧妻 喪妻 sàng qī to be bereaved of one's wife ∼HSK 6
剑术 劍術 jiàn shù swordsmanship ∼HSK 6
临终 臨終 lín zhōng approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave ∼HSK 6
信服 信服 xìn fú to have faith in; to believe in; to have confidence in; to respect ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
残废 殘廢 cán fèi deformity; handicapped ∼HSK 6
据闻 據聞 jù wén it is said; it is alleged; it is reported ∼HSK 6
仁义 仁義 rén yì benevolence and righteousness ∼HSK 6
满堂 滿堂 mǎn táng whole audience; a sellout (capacity audience); jam-packed ∼HSK 6
异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land; a place far from home ∼HSK 6
种族主义者 種族主義者 zhǒng zú zhǔ yì zhě racist (person) ∼HSK 6
公干 公幹 gōng gàn public business; official work ∼HSK 6
元宵 元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also; sticky rice dumplings ∼HSK 6
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
缩头乌龟 縮頭烏龜 suō tóu wū guī a turtle that pulls its head in; (fig.) coward; chicken ∼HSK 6
伤及无辜 傷及無辜 shāng jí wú gū to harm the innocent (idiom) ∼HSK 6