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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负荷 負荷 fù hè load; burden; charge ∼HSK 5
立定 立定 lì dìng to stop; to halt; halt!; to hold resolutely (of a view, an aspiration etc) ∼HSK 5
亏心 虧心 kuī xīn a guilty conscience ∼HSK 5
畜生 畜生 chù sheng domestic animal; brute; bastard ∼HSK 5
大洋 大洋 dà yáng ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan ∼HSK 5
灾后 災後 zāi hòu after a catastrophe; post-traumatic ∼HSK 5
细软 細軟 xì ruǎn fine and soft; valuables ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
葛 葛 Gě edible bean; surname ∼HSK 5
赔不是 賠不是 péi bú shi to apologize ∼HSK 5
霸 覇 bà tyrant, dominate ∼HSK 5
焙 焙 bèi dry over slow fire; bake; roast ∼HSK 5
国库 國庫 guó kù public purse; state treasury; national exchequer ∼HSK 5
亏空 虧空 kuī kōng in debt; in the red; in deficit ∼HSK 5
看戏 看戲 kàn xì to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) ∼HSK 5
孩儿 孩兒 hái r child (term of address) ∼HSK 5
缅 緬 Miǎn distant, remote; think of ∼HSK 5
天灾 天災 tiān zāi natural disaster ∼HSK 5
威武 威武 wēi wǔ might; formidable ∼HSK 5
革 革 gé leather, animal hides; rad. 177 ∼HSK 5
浆 漿 jiāng any thick fluid; starch; broth ∼HSK 5
有理 有理 yǒu lǐ reasonable; justified; right; (math.) rational ∼HSK 5
弟兄 弟兄 dì xiong brothers ∼HSK 5
屈 屈 Qū bend, flex; bent, crooked; crouch ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
操蛋 操蛋 cào dàn lousy; rotten ∼HSK 5
开庭 開庭 kāi tíng to begin a (judicial) court session ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
枪支 槍支 qiāng zhī a gun; guns in general ∼HSK 5
烙饼 烙餅 lào bǐng pancake; flat bread; griddle cake ∼HSK 5
卓 卓 Zhuó profound, brilliant, lofty ∼HSK 5
瓦斯 瓦斯 wǎ sī gas (loanword) ∼HSK 5
突袭 突襲 tū xí to raid; to storm; surprise attack ∼HSK 5
寓所 寓所 yù suǒ dwelling ∼HSK 5
笠 笠 lì bamboo hat; bamboo covering ∼HSK 5
攻占 攻佔 gōng zhàn to seize control of (an enemy position); (fig.) to take by storm; to gain (awards, control of a market etc) ∼HSK 5
甘 甘 Gān sweetness; sweet, tasty ∼HSK 5
司令部 司令部 sī lìng bù headquarters; military command center ∼HSK 5
白刃战 白刃戰 bái rèn zhàn hand-to-hand fighting ∼HSK 5
撤出 撤出 chè chū to withdraw; to leave; to retreat; to pull out ∼HSK 5
策 策 Cè scheme, plan; to whip; urge ∼HSK 5
投弹 投彈 tóu dàn to throw an explosive charge; to bomb ∼HSK 5
在逃 在逃 zài táo to be at large (of a criminal) ∼HSK 5
逃兵 逃兵 táo bīng army deserter ∼HSK 5
歇息 歇息 xiēxi rest ∼HSK 5
巴掌 巴掌 bā zhang palm of the hand; classifier: slap ∼HSK 5
看清 看清 kàn qīng to see clearly ∼HSK 5
尸 屍 shī corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 ∼HSK 5
寡 寡 guǎ widowed; alone, friendless ∼HSK 5
藩 藩 fān fence; boundary; outlying border ∼HSK 5