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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熟人 熟人 shú rén acquaintance; friend Xiehouyu HSK 3
没用 沒用 méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
突出 突出 tū chū prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project Xiehouyu HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
死人 死人 sǐ rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
念想 念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of); to cherish the memory of; aspiration; desire; sth one keeps thinking about; (coll.) keepsake; memento; (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
自打 自打 zì dǎ (coll.) since Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
感冒 感冒 gǎn mào to catch cold; (common) cold; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand Colloquialism HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
输 輸 shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
整 整 zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss; sir (person with a leading role in an organization); (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA; (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official; (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
村里 村裡 cūn lǐ village; hamlet Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
洛阳 洛陽 Luò yáng Luoyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
洛阳市 洛陽市 Luò yáng Shì Luoyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
濮阳 濮陽 Pú yáng Puyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
民国 民國 Mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
长沙 長沙 Cháng shā Changsha, prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
伊斯兰 伊斯蘭 Yī sī lán Islam Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
希特勒 希特勒 Xī tè lè Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
汤阴 湯陰 Tāng yīn Tangyin county in Anyang, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
美国国务院 美國國務院 Měi guó Guó wù yuàn US Department of State Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
市容 市容 shì róng appearance of a city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
秦朝 秦朝 Qín cháo Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
陇海铁路 隴海鐵路 Lǒng Hǎi tiě lù Jiangsu-Gansu railway Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
高桥 高橋 Gāo qiáo Takahashi (Japanese surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
饿死 餓死 è sǐ to starve to death; to be very hungry ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
抗战 抗戰 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) ∼HSK 3
劲 勁 jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
周刊 週刊 zhōu kān weekly publication; weekly ∼HSK 3
叔 叔 shū uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
范 範 fàn surname; bee-like insect ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
抗日 抗日 kàng Rì to resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) ∼HSK 3
事儿 事兒 shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
梁 梁 Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
死伤 死傷 sǐ shāng casualties; dead and injured ∼HSK 3
打赢 打贏 dǎ yíng to win; to beat (one's opponent) ∼HSK 3
传教 傳教 chuán jiào to preach; missionary; to evangelize ∼HSK 3
政 政 zhèng government, political affairs ∼HSK 3
活路 活路 huó lù through road; way out; way to survive; means of subsistence ∼HSK 3
断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing; to breathe one's last; to die; to cut the gas supply ∼HSK 3
教派 教派 jiào pài sect ∼HSK 3
使馆 使館 shǐ guǎn consulate; diplomatic mission ∼HSK 3
耶 耶 yē used in transliteration ∼HSK 3
树皮 樹皮 shù pí tree bark ∼HSK 3