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一九四二
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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Vocabulary
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| 治安 治安 | law and order; public security | |
| 时机 時機 | opportunity; opportune moment | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 摔 摔 | to throw down; to fall; to drop and break | |
| 冲突 衝突 | conflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces; collision (of interests); contention | |
| 违反 違反 | to violate (a law) | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 厅 廳 | (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department | |
| 瞧 瞧 | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit | |
| 挤 擠 | to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) | |
| 局长 局長 | bureau chief | |
| 不足 不足 | insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not | |
| 库 庫 | warehouse; storehouse; (file) library | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 立 立 | to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 瘦 瘦 | thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive | |
| 弹 彈 | crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball | |
| 剩 剩 | to remain; to be left; to have as remainder | |
| 私人 私人 | private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique | |
| 礼 禮 | gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 全世界 全世界 | worldwide; entire world | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 命令 命令 | order; command | |
| 真相 真相 | the truth about sth; the actual facts | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 中央 中央 | central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state) | |
| 毒 毒 | poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 损失 損失 | loss; damage; to lose; to suffer damage | |
| 手段 手段 | method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 运 運 | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 加上 加上 | plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that | |
| 邀请 邀請 | to invite; invitation | |
| 丢 丟 | to lose; to put aside; to throw | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 执行 執行 | to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run | |
| 待 待 | to stay |