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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数额 數額 shù é amount; sum of money; fixed number HSK 7
响应 響應 xiǎng yìng to respond to; answer HSK 7
阵地 陣地 zhèn dì (military) position; front HSK 7
渡过 渡過 dù guò to cross over; to pass through HSK 7
手势 手勢 shǒu shì gesture; sign; signal HSK 7
亩 畝 mǔ classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare HSK 7
首饰 首飾 shǒu shì jewelry; head ornament HSK 7
救济 救濟 jiù jì emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods HSK 7
往常 往常 wǎng cháng usual; customary HSK 7
一头 一頭 yī tóu one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously HSK 7
饥饿 飢餓 jī è hunger; starvation; famine HSK 7
逆 逆 nì contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel HSK 7
境地 境地 jìng dì circumstances HSK 7
轰炸 轟炸 hōng zhà to bomb; to bombard HSK 7
人手 人手 rén shǒu manpower; staff; human hand HSK 7
大局 大局 dà jú overall situation; the big picture HSK 7
予以 予以 yǔ yǐ to give; to impose; to apply HSK 7
弦 弦 xián bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse HSK 7
无能为力 無能為力 wú néng wéi lì impotent (idiom); powerless; helpless HSK 7
生前 生前 shēng qián (of a deceased) during one's life; while living HSK 7
扒 扒 bā to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
懒得 懶得 lǎn dé not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to HSK 7
元首 元首 yuán shǒu head of state HSK 7
龟 龜 guī tortoise; turtle HSK 7
打仗 打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle; to go to war HSK 7
救护车 救護車 jiù hù chē ambulance HSK 7
挪 挪 nuó to shift; to move HSK 7
呼吁 呼籲 hū yù to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to); an appeal HSK 7
主编 主編 zhǔ biān editor in chief HSK 7
扛 扛 gāng to raise aloft with both hands; (of two or more people) to carry sth together HSK 7
天地 天地 tiān dì heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity HSK 7
擅自 擅自 shàn zì without permission HSK 7
私下 私下 sī xià in private HSK 7
耽误 耽誤 dān wu to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with HSK 7
躲避 躲避 duǒ bì to hide; to evade; to dodge; to take shelter; to avoid (difficulties) HSK 7
一线 一線 yī xiàn front line HSK 7
胃口 胃口 wèi kǒu appetite; liking HSK 7
战役 戰役 zhàn yì military campaign HSK 7
前线 前線 qián xiàn front line; military front; workface; cutting edge HSK 7
赴 赴 fù to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc) HSK 7
动静 動靜 dòng jìng (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness HSK 7
下场 下場 xià chǎng to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
瞒 瞞 mán to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark HSK 7
储备 儲備 chǔ bèi reserves; to store up HSK 7
盼 盼 pàn to hope for; to long for; to expect HSK 7
听话 聽話 tīng huà to do what one is told; obedient HSK 7
丸 丸 wán ball; pellet; pill HSK 7
为人 為人 wéi rén to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character HSK 7