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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| 党 黨 | surname Dang | |
| 滴 滴 | a drop; to drip | |
| 州 州 | prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) | |
| 剑 劍 | double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword | |
| 说实话 說實話 | to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 镇 鎮 | to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) | |
| 英雄 英雄 | hero | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 权 權 | authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 不再 不再 | no more; no longer | |
| 入 入 | to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 | |
| 有关 有關 | to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning | |
| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 战无不胜 戰無不勝 | (idiom) all-conquering; invincible | Idiom |
| 胡来 胡來 | to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules; to mess with sth; to make a hash of things; to cause trouble | Xiehouyu |
| 收拾 收拾 | to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 洁 潔 | clean, purify, pure | |
| 瑜 瑜 | flawless gem or jewel | |
| 仆 僕 | fall forward; lie prostrate, prone; servant | |
| 诀 訣 | take leave of, bid farewell | |
| 师兄 師兄 | elder fellow disciple | |
| 掌 掌 | palm of hand, sole of foot, paw | |
| 恭喜发财 恭喜發財 | May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting) | |
| 大师兄 大師兄 | eldest senior brother | |
| 无义 無義 | without meaning; nonsense; immoral; faithless | |
| 煞 煞 | to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage; variant of | |
| 命中 命中 | to hit (a target) | |
| 接生婆 接生婆 | midwife | |
| 孤 孤 | I (used by rulers); alone | |
| 遥 遙 | far away, distant, remote | |
| 舞狮 舞獅 | lion dance (traditional Chinese dance form) | |
| 比武 比武 | martial arts competition; tournament; to compete in a contest | |
| 红尘 紅塵 | the world of mortals (Buddhism); human society; worldly affairs | |
| 摧 摧 | destroy, break, injure | |
| 踪 蹤 | footprints, traces, tracks | |
| 上岸 上岸 | to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) | |
| 身孕 身孕 | pregnancy; pregnant | |
| 雌 雌 | female; feminine; gentle, soft | |
| 荐 薦 | repeat, reoccur; recommend | |
| 糟了 糟了 | gosh!; oh no!; darn! | |
| 胞 胞 | womb, placenta, fetal membrane | |
| 贻 貽 | give to, hand down, bequeath | |
| 师弟 師弟 | younger fellow disciple |