Back to 1942

Back to 1942 2012

一九四二 yī jiǔ sì èr

In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by one of the most tragic famines in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated by locusts, windstorms, earthquakes, epidemic disease and the corruption of the ruling Kuomintang government.

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4.79 Intermediate Director Feng Xiaogang 🍅 36%

Cast

Zhang Guoli Zhang Guoli Fan Dianyuan Xu Fan Xu Fan Hua Zhi Zhang Mo Zhang Mo Shuan Zhu Zhang Hanyu Zhang Hanyu An Ximan Chen Daoming Chen Daoming Jiang Jieshi Adrien Brody Adrien Brody Theodore Harold White Tim Robbins Tim Robbins Bishop Megan Wang Ziwen Wang Ziwen Xing Xing Fan Wei Fan Wei Lao Ma Feng Yuanzheng Feng Yuanzheng Xia Lu

Vocabulary

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格局 格局 gé jú structure; pattern; layout HSK 7
忙活 忙活 máng huo to be really busy; pressing business HSK 7
凑合 湊合 còu he to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad HSK 7
荒 荒 huāng desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect HSK 7
冒犯 冒犯 mào fàn to offend HSK 7
胡闹 胡鬧 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble HSK 7
耽搁 耽擱 dān ge to tarry; to delay; to stop over HSK 7
拨款 撥款 bō kuǎn to allocate funds; appropriation HSK 7
反倒 反倒 fǎn dào but on the contrary; but expectedly HSK 7
惨重 慘重 cǎn zhòng disastrous HSK 7
留心 留心 liú xīn to be careful; to pay attention to HSK 7
秘方 祕方 mì fāng secret recipe HSK 7
干旱 乾旱 gān hàn drought; arid; dry HSK 7
拴 拴 shuān to tie up HSK 7
简易 簡易 jiǎn yì simple and easy; simplistic; simplicity HSK 7
视察 視察 shì chá to inspect; an investigation HSK 7
接见 接見 jiē jiàn to receive sb; to grant an interview HSK 7
炭 炭 tàn wood charcoal; coal HSK 7
重任 重任 zhòng rèn heavy responsibility HSK 7
正视 正視 zhèng shì to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
铭记 銘記 míng jì to engrave in one's memory HSK 7
明朗 明朗 míng lǎng bright; clear; obvious; forthright; open-minded; bright and cheerful HSK 7
人道 人道 rén dào human sympathy; humanitarianism; humane; the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism); sexual intercourse HSK 7
划算 划算 huá suàn to calculate; to weigh (pros and cons); to view as profitable; worthwhile; value for money; cost-effective HSK 7
商讨 商討 shāng tǎo to discuss; to deliberate HSK 7
捎 捎 shāo to bring sth to sb; to deliver HSK 7
做主 做主 zuò zhǔ see 主 HSK 7
集结 集結 jí jié to assemble; to concentrate; to mass; to build up; to marshal HSK 7
任期 任期 rèn qī term of office; tenure (entire period in office) HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
多亏 多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
蒜 蒜 suàn garlic HSK 7
烈士 烈士 liè shì martyr HSK 7
募捐 募捐 mù juān to solicit contributions; to collect donations HSK 7
核桃 核桃 hé tao walnut HSK 7
趁着 趁著 chènzhe while HSK 7
退回 退回 tuì huí to return (an item); to send back; to go back HSK 7
艰巨 艱巨 jiān jù arduous; terrible (task); very difficult; formidable HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
极力 極力 jí lì to make a supreme effort; at all costs HSK 7
辜负 辜負 gū fù to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint HSK 7
低价 低價 dī jià low price HSK 7
贪污 貪污 tān wū to be corrupt; corruption; to embezzle HSK 7
活儿 活兒 huó r work; (lots of) things to do HSK 7
反省 反省 fǎn xǐng to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul HSK 7
电报 電報 diàn bào telegram; cable; telegraph HSK 7
司令 司令 sī lìng commanding officer HSK 7
凹 凹 āo depressed; sunken; indented; concave; female (connector etc) HSK 7
俘虏 俘虜 fú lǔ captive HSK 7