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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讨厌鬼 討厭鬼 tǎo yàn guǐ disgusting person; slob ∼HSK 6
欺压 欺壓 qī yā to bully; to push around ∼HSK 6
自毁 自毀 zì huǐ to destroy one's (reputation etc); (of a device etc) to self-destruct ∼HSK 6
傲气 傲氣 ào qì air of arrogance; haughtiness ∼HSK 6
相依 相依 xiāng yī to be interdependent ∼HSK 6
中华 中華 Zhōng huá China (alternate formal name) HSK 6
雌雄 雌雄 cí xióng male and female HSK 6
顽皮 頑皮 wán pí naughty HSK 6
民工 民工 mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work); temporary worker enlisted on a public project HSK 6
楼房 樓房 lóu fáng a building of two or more stories HSK 6
阔 闊 kuò rich; wide; broad HSK 6
徒弟 徒弟 tú dì apprentice; disciple HSK 6
强盗 強盜 qiáng dào to rob (with force); bandit; robber HSK 6
就是说 就是說 jiù shì shuō in other words; that is HSK 6
特地 特地 tè dì specially; for a special purpose HSK 6
罢工 罷工 bà gōng a strike; to go on strike HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
人权 人權 rén quán human rights HSK 6
海报 海報 hǎi bào poster; playbill; notice HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
同胞 同胞 tóng bāo born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot HSK 6
想不到 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
反抗 反抗 fǎn kàng to resist; to rebel HSK 6
极端 極端 jí duān extreme HSK 6
嘉宾 嘉賓 jiā bīn esteemed guest; honored guest; guest (on a show) HSK 6
赶上 趕上 gǎn shàng to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for HSK 6
凶手 兇手 xiōng shǒu murderer; assassin HSK 6
抗议 抗議 kàng yì to protest; protest HSK 6
争夺 爭奪 zhēng duó to fight over; to contest; to vie over HSK 6
欺负 欺負 qī fu to bully HSK 6
四处 四處 sì chù all over the place; everywhere and all directions HSK 6
肝 肝 gān liver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy HSK 6
扑 撲 pū to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over HSK 6
捡 撿 jiǎn to pick up; to collect; to gather HSK 6
隐藏 隱藏 yǐn cáng to hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter; to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden); to hide oneself; to lie low; to nestle; hidden; implicit; private; covert; recessed (lighting) HSK 6
一番 一番 yì fān Some HSK 6
惨 慘 cǎn miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy HSK 6
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time HSK 6
遭遇 遭遇 zāo yù to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience HSK 6
肯 肎 kěn to agree; to consent; to be willing to HSK 6
骄傲 驕傲 jiāo ào pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of sth HSK 6
孤独 孤獨 gū dú lonely; solitary HSK 6
精 精 jīng essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic) HSK 6
圣诞节 聖誕節 Shèng dàn jié Christmas time; Christmas season; Christmas HSK 6
埋 埋 mái to bury HSK 6
至于 至於 zhì yú as for; as to; to go so far as to HSK 6
不见 不見 bù jiàn not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing HSK 6
扣 釦 kòu button HSK 6
负 負 fù to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc) HSK 6
踢 踢 tī to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) HSK 6