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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政府官员 政府官員 zhèng fǔ guān yuán government employee ∼HSK 4
快闪 快閃 kuài shǎn to depart as quick as a flash; flash mob ∼HSK 4
中央政府 中央政府 zhōng yāng zhèng fǔ central government ∼HSK 4
卢 盧 Lú cottage, hut; surname; black ∼HSK 4
彭 彭 Péng name of ancient country; surname ∼HSK 4
投机倒把 投機倒把 tóu jī dǎo bǎ to engage in speculation and profiteering ∼HSK 4
咱俩 咱倆 zán liǎ the two of us ∼HSK 4
兵力 兵力 bīng lì military strength; armed forces; troops ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
安危 安危 ān wēi safety and danger; safety ∼HSK 4
成败 成敗 chéng bài success or failure ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
报官 報官 bào guān (old) to report sth to the authorities ∼HSK 4
别处 別處 bié chù elsewhere ∼HSK 4
搬兵 搬兵 bān bīng to call for reinforcements; to bring in troops ∼HSK 4
大户 大戶 dà hù great family; rich family; large landlord; conspicuous spender or consumer ∼HSK 4
悉数 悉數 xī shǔ to enumerate in detail; to explain clearly ∼HSK 4
打扰了 打擾了 dǎ rǎo le sorry to interrupt you, but...; sorry to have bothered you; sorry, I have to go; (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable ∼HSK 4
子子孙孙 子子孫孫 zǐ zǐ - sūn sūn (idiom) one's posterity ∼HSK 4
卒 䘚 zú soldier; servant; at last, finally ∼HSK 4
伤寒 傷寒 shāng hán typhoid ∼HSK 4
伙夫 伙伕 huǒ fū mess cook (old) ∼HSK 4
轮到 輪到 lún dào to be (sb's or sth's) turn ∼HSK 4
结案 結案 jié àn to conclude a case; to wind up ∼HSK 4
元帅 元帥 yuán shuài (military) marshal; commander-in-chief ∼HSK 4
态势 態勢 tài shì posture; situation ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
另有 另有 lìng yǒu to have some other (reason etc) ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
堵住 堵住 dǔ zhù to block up ∼HSK 4
断案 斷案 duàn àn to judge a case ∼HSK 4
弄醒 弄醒 nòng xǐng to wake sb up ∼HSK 4
旗 旂 qí banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
吾 吾 Wú i, my, our; resist, impede ∼HSK 4
内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country) ∼HSK 4
唯有 唯有 wéi yǒu only ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
沉痛 沉痛 chén tòng grief; remorse; deep in sorrow; bitter (anguish); profound (condolences) ∼HSK 4
抽出 抽出 chōu chū to take out; to extract ∼HSK 4
折子 摺子 zhé zi folding notebook; accounts book ∼HSK 4
划一 劃一 huà yī uniform; to standardize ∼HSK 4
民政 民政 mín zhèng civil administration ∼HSK 4
内定 內定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later; to decide behind closed doors; all cut and dried ∼HSK 4
官场 官場 guān chǎng officialdom; bureaucracy ∼HSK 4
严防 嚴防 yán fáng to take strict precautions; on your guard ∼HSK 4
奸细 奸細 jiān xi a spy; a crafty person ∼HSK 4
划定 劃定 huà dìng to demarcate; to delimit ∼HSK 4
售 售 shòu sell ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4