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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| 矿工 礦工 | miner | |
| 徒 徒 | disciple | |
| 辈子 輩子 | all one's life; lifetime | |
| 拜 拜 | bow, worship | |
| 遗 遺 | lose; articles lost; omit | |
| 狸 狸 | fox | |
| 乡下人 鄉下人 | country folk; rustic; rural folk | |
| 忠 忠 | loyalty, devotion, fidelity | |
| 农历新年 農曆新年 | Chinese New Year; Lunar New Year | |
| 袒 袒 | strip; lay bare; bared; naked | |
| 局促 侷促 | cramped; ill at ease | |
| 杀生 殺生 | to take the life of a living creature | |
| 吭 吭 | throat | |
| 搞错 搞錯 | mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken | |
| 拚 拚 | risk, disregard; go all out for | |
| 发臭 發臭 | smelly; to smell bad | |
| 无声 無聲 | noiseless; noiselessly; silent | |
| 冒着 冒著 | to brave; to face dangers | |
| 僧 僧 | monk | |
| 婶 嬸 | wife of father's younger brother | |
| 歇息 歇息 | rest | |
| 窍 竅 | hole, opening, aperture | |
| 硬是 硬是 | just; simply; stubbornly; really | |
| 不对劲 不對勁 | not in good condition; wrong; fishy | |
| 奉 奉 | respectfully offer | |
| 衔 銜 | bit; hold in mouth, bite; gag | |
| 忍者 忍者 | ninja | |
| 大洋 大洋 | ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan | |
| 乘船 乘船 | to embark; to travel by ship; to ferry | |
| 怎 怎 | how (variant of 怎么) | |
| 颊 頰 | cheeks, jaw | |
| 心软 心軟 | to be softhearted; to be tenderhearted; to be kindhearted | |
| 笛 笛 | bamboo flute; whistle | |
| 枯 枯 | dried out, withered, decayed | |
| 遭 遭 | encounter, suffer | |
| 刑 刑 | punishment, penalty; law | |
| 亡 亡 | death, destroyed; lose, perish | |
| 乡间 鄉間 | in the country; rural; pastoral | |
| 痴 痴 | foolish, stupid, dumb, silly | |
| 秘笈 秘笈 | secret book or collection of books | |
| 师徒 師徒 | master and disciple | |
| 嗜 嗜 | be fond of, have weakness for | |
| 门神 門神 | door god | |
| 抚 撫 | pat, console, comfort; pacify | |
| 种族歧视 種族歧視 | racial discrimination; racism | |
| 手下败将 手下敗將 | (idiom) one's defeated opponent | |
| 漠视 漠視 | to ignore; to neglect; to treat with contempt | |
| 前尘 前塵 | the past; impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism) | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 面貌 面貌 | face; features; appearance; look |