zung1 waa4 jing1 hung4中華英雄中华英雄
Jyutpingzung1 waa4 jing1 hung4
Yalejūng wàh yīng hùhng
Definition
Blood Sword (also known as Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword), a martial arts manhua series.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the iconic Hong Kong manhua series created by Ma Wing-shing, which became a cultural phenomenon in the 1980s. It is rarely used to describe a generic hero, as that would typically be expressed as 英雄. The title is so well-known that it often functions as a shorthand for the golden age of local comic books.
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Did you read the comic Chinese Hero when you were a kid?
Chinese Hero is a collective memory for many Hong Kong people.
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Common phrases
Wah Ying-hung (the main character)
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
