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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县城 縣城 xiàn chéng county seat; county town Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
摩西 摩西 Mó xī Moses Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
以色列人 以色列人 Yǐ sè liè rén an Israeli; an Israelite Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英军 英軍 Yīng jūn British army Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
蒙哥马利 蒙哥馬利 Méng gē mǎ lì Bernard Montgomery (Montie) (1887-1976), Second World War British field marshal; Montgomery or Montgomerie (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
墨索里尼 墨索里尼 Mò suǒ lǐ ní Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
封丘 封丘 Fēng qiū Fengqiu county in Xinxiang, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
安阳 安陽 Ān yáng Anyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乡里 鄉里 xiāng lǐ one's home town or village Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
重庆市 重慶市 Chóng qìng Shì Chongqing municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
文部 文部 Wén bù Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima county, Nagchu prefecture, central Tibet; Tang dynasty equivalent of 吏部, personnel office Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
四川省 四川省 Sì chuān Shěng Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
立法院 立法院 Lì fǎ yuàn Legislative Yuan, the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中央日报 中央日報 Zhōng yāng Rì bào Central Daily News Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
阎锡山 閻錫山 Yán Xī shān Yan Xishan (1883-1960), warlord in Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
北伐 北伐 Běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
洪秀全 洪秀全 Hóng Xiù quán Hong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1814-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李自成 李自成 Lǐ Zì chéng Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
行政院 行政院 Xíng zhèng yuàn Executive Yuan, the executive branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
国民政府 國民政府 Guó mín Zhèng fǔ Nationalist government (the government of the Republic of China 1925-1948) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英国人 英國人 Yīng guó rén British person; British people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
和政 和政 Hé zhèng Hezheng County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
汪精卫 汪精衛 Wāng Jīng wèi Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
邱吉尔 邱吉爾 Qiū jí ěr Winston Churchill (1874-1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955; surname Churchill Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
斯大林 斯大林 Sī dà lín Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
何应钦 何應欽 Hé Yìng qīn He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
下个月 下個月 xià gè yuè next month HSK 4
蒋 蔣 Jiǎng surname; hydropyrum latifalium ∼HSK 4
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
粮 糧 liáng food, grain, provisions ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
战区 戰區 zhàn qū war zone; combat zone; (military) theater of operations ∼HSK 4
神父 神父 shén fu father (Catholic or Orthodox priest) ∼HSK 4
集团军 集團軍 jí tuán jūn army grouping; collective army ∼HSK 4
闪开 閃開 shǎn kāi to get out of the way ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
刺猬 刺蝟 cì wei hedgehog ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
宋 宋 Sòng Song dynasty; surname ∼HSK 4
厉 厲 Lì whetstone; grind, sharpen; whet ∼HSK 4
战后 戰後 zhàn hòu after the war; postwar ∼HSK 4
仓 倉 cāng granary; berth; sea ∼HSK 4
大伙 大夥 dà huǒ everybody; everyone; we all ∼HSK 4
牌位 牌位 pái wèi memorial tablet ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
当兵 當兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army; to be a soldier ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
密使 密使 mì shǐ secret envoy ∼HSK 4
蒂 蒂 dì peduncle or stem of plants ∼HSK 4