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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臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
老骨头 老骨頭 lǎo gǔ tou weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently) Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday Colloquialism HSK 5
慌 慌 huāng to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly Colloquialism HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
灾民 災民 zāi mín victim (of a disaster) ∼HSK 5
委员长 委員長 wěi yuán zhǎng head of a committee ∼HSK 5
栓 栓 shuān wooden peg, post or stick ∼HSK 5
柱 柱 zhù pillar, post; support; lean on ∼HSK 5
驴 驢 lǘ donkey, ass ∼HSK 5
培 培 péi bank up with dirt; cultivate ∼HSK 5
豫 豫 Yù relaxed, comfortable, at ease ∼HSK 5
铃铛 鈴鐺 líng dang little bell ∼HSK 5
鼎 鼎 dǐng large, three-legged bronze caldron ∼HSK 5
军粮 軍糧 jūn liáng army provisions ∼HSK 5
战时 戰時 zhàn shí wartime ∼HSK 5
妮 妮 nī maid, servant girl; cute girl ∼HSK 5
厅长 廳長 tīng zhǎng head of provincial PRC government department ∼HSK 5
寨 寨 zhài stockade, stronghold, outpost; brothel ∼HSK 5
大灾 大災 dà zāi calamity; catastrophe ∼HSK 5
会战 會戰 huì zhàn (military) to meet for a decisive battle; (military) battle; (fig.) large-scale concerted effort ∼HSK 5
听清 聽清 tīng qīng to hear clearly ∼HSK 5
大业 大業 dà yè great cause; great undertaking ∼HSK 5
俺 俺 ǎn I, me (northern dialect) ∼HSK 5
遭 遭 zāo encounter, suffer ∼HSK 5
柴火 柴火 chái huo plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) ∼HSK 5
宣战 宣戰 xuān zhàn to declare war ∼HSK 5
寇 㓂 kòu bandits, thieves; enemy; invade ∼HSK 5
绝食 絕食 jué shí to go on a hunger strike ∼HSK 5
访美 訪美 fǎng Měi to visit the USA ∼HSK 5
岳 嶽 Yuè mountain peak; surname ∼HSK 5
衙 衙 Yá public office; official residence ∼HSK 5
饥荒 饑荒 jī huāng crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty ∼HSK 5
救济粮 救濟糧 jiù jì liáng relief grain; emergency provisions ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
以西 以西 yǐ xī to the west of (suffix) ∼HSK 5
垣 垣 yuán low wall ∼HSK 5
庭长 庭長 tíng zhǎng presiding judge ∼HSK 5
仁 仁 rén humaneness, benevolence, kindness ∼HSK 5
羌 羌 Qiāng Qiang nationality; surname ∼HSK 5
战事 戰事 zhàn shì war; hostilities; fighting ∼HSK 5
仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
芸 芸 yì rue, herb used to keep insects away; to cut grass or weeds; art, talent, ability, craft, technique, performance, acting, trick, stunt ∼HSK 5
赈灾 賑災 zhèn zāi disaster relief ∼HSK 5
成灾 成災 chéng zāi disastrous; to turn into a disaster ∼HSK 5
钫 鈁 fāng francium ∼HSK 5
纺 紡 fǎng spin, reel, weave; reeled pongee ∼HSK 5
军民 軍民 jūn mín army-civilian; military-masses; military-civilian ∼HSK 5
并肩 並肩 bìng jiān alongside; shoulder to shoulder; side by side; abreast ∼HSK 5