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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什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
抽时间 抽時間 chōu shí jiān to (try to) find the time to ∼HSK 4
不及 不及 bù jí to fall short of; not as good as; too late ∼HSK 4
好些 好些 hǎo xiē a good deal of; quite a lot ∼HSK 4
饭量 飯量 fàn liàng amount of food one eats; portion size ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
危难 危難 wēi nàn calamity ∼HSK 4
实业 實業 shí yè industry; commercial enterprise ∼HSK 4
做文章 做文章 zuò wén zhāng to make an issue of sth; to fuss; to make a song and dance ∼HSK 4
责成 責成 zé chéng to charge (an entity) with (a task); to assign (sb) the task of ∼HSK 4
有无 有無 yǒu wú to have or have not; surplus and shortfall; tangible and intangible; corporeal and incorporeal ∼HSK 4
警报 警報 jǐng bào (fire) alarm; alert signal; alarm; alert; warning ∼HSK 4
法办 法辦 fǎ bàn to bring to justice; to punish according to the law ∼HSK 4
联队 聯隊 lián duì wing (of an air force); sports team representing a combination of entities (e.g. United Korea) ∼HSK 4
商定 商定 shāng dìng to agree; to decide after consultation; to come to a compromise ∼HSK 4
孙女儿 孫女兒 sūn nǚ r granddaughter (son's daughter) ∼HSK 4
能干 能幹 néng gàn capable; competent HSK 4
一律 一律 yī lǜ same; uniformly; all; without exception HSK 4
陆续 陸續 lù xù in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit HSK 4
孙女 孫女 sūn nǚ son's daughter; granddaughter HSK 4
方针 方針 fāng zhēn policy; guidelines HSK 4
熟练 熟練 shú liàn practiced; proficient; skilled; skillful HSK 4
议论 議論 yì lùn to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion HSK 4
大爷 大爺 dà yé arrogant idler; self-centered show-off HSK 4
光临 光臨 guāng lín (formal) to honor with one's presence; to attend HSK 4
以内 以內 yǐ nèi within; less than HSK 4
穷人 窮人 qióng rén poor people; the poor HSK 4
来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it HSK 4
抄 抄 chāo to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms HSK 4
老家 老家 lǎo jiā native place; place of origin; home state or region HSK 4
粮食 糧食 liáng shi foodstuff; cereals HSK 4
上个月 上個月 shàng gè yuè last month HSK 4
穿上 穿上 chuān shang to put on (clothes etc) HSK 4
泪 淚 lèi tears HSK 4
孙子 孫子 Sūn zǐ Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 HSK 4
打败 打敗 dǎ bài to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated HSK 4
说服 說服 shuō fú to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shuì fú] HSK 4
说不定 說不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
秘书 秘書 mì shū secretary HSK 4
着急 著急 zháo jí to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4
奋斗 奮鬥 fèn dòu to strive; to struggle HSK 4
多年 多年 duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
汇报 匯報 huì bào to report; to give an account of; to collect information and report back HSK 4
召开 召開 zhào kāi to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke; to call together HSK 4
规模 規模 guī mó scale; scope; extent HSK 4
翻译 翻譯 fān yì to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation HSK 4
阵 陣 zhèn disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration HSK 4
抓紧 抓緊 zhuā jǐn to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing sth) HSK 4
名人 名人 míng rén personage; celebrity HSK 4
笨 笨 bèn stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy HSK 4