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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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| 形势 形勢 | circumstances; situation; terrain | |
| 减 減 | to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish | |
| 怀念 懷念 | to cherish the memory of; to think of; to reminisce | |
| 盐 鹽 | salt | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 过分 過分 | excessive; undue; overly | |
| 负担 負擔 | to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden | |
| 县 縣 | county | |
| 统计 統計 | statistics; to count; to add up | |
| 统一 統一 | to unify; to integrate; unified; integrated | |
| 教训 教訓 | to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson | |
| 单独 單獨 | alone; by oneself; on one's own | |
| 弱 弱 | weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than | |
| 睡着 睡著 | to fall asleep | |
| 遇 遇 | to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance | |
| 辣 辢 | hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn | |
| 登 登 | to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) | |
| 肚子 肚子 | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 脑袋 腦袋 | head; skull; brains; mental capability | |
| 似的 似的 | seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] | |
| 维持 維持 | to keep; to maintain; to preserve | |
| 牙 牙 | tooth; ivory | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 批 批 | to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) | |
| 登记 登記 | to register (one's name) | |
| 行业 行業 | trade; profession; industry; business | |
| 主席 主席 | chairperson; premier; chairman | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 治 治 | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research | |
| 转移 轉移 | to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc); (medicine) to metastasize | |
| 材料 材料 | (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job | |
| 贴 貼 | to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip | |
| 一致 一致 | unanimous; identical (views or opinions) | |
| 擦 擦 | to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) | |
| 阶段 階段 | stage; section; phase; period | |
| 采访 採訪 | to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover | |
| 符合 符合 | in keeping with; in accordance with; tallying with; in line with; to agree with; to accord with; to conform to; to correspond with; to manage; to handle | |
| 立即 立即 | immediately | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 处于 處於 | to be in (some state, position, or condition) | |
| 怀疑 懷疑 | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that |