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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齐一 齊一 qí yī uniform ∼HSK 3
要死 要死 yào sǐ extremely; awfully ∼HSK 3
不力 不力 bù lì not to do one's best; not to exert oneself ∼HSK 3
吵吵 吵吵 chāo chao to make a racket; to quarrel ∼HSK 3
张嘴 張嘴 zhāng zuǐ to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape ∼HSK 3
国境 國境 guó jìng national border; frontier ∼HSK 3
轴心 軸心 zhóu xīn axle; (fig.) central element; key element; axis (alliance of nations) ∼HSK 3
羊羔 羊羔 yáng gāo lamb ∼HSK 3
孬种 孬種 nāo zhǒng coward; useless scoundrel ∼HSK 3
骑马 騎馬 qí mǎ to ride a horse ∼HSK 3
爷们儿 爺們兒 yé men r erhua variant of ∼HSK 3
不死心 不死心 bù sǐ xīn unwilling to give up; unresigned ∼HSK 3
到任 到任 dào rèn to take office; to assume a post ∼HSK 3
跳进 跳進 tiào jìn to plunge into; to jump into ∼HSK 3
性子 性子 xìng zi temper ∼HSK 3
体己 體己 tī ji intimate; private saving of family members ∼HSK 3
赶车 趕車 gǎn chē to drive a cart ∼HSK 3
食 食 shí eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 ∼HSK 3
富贵 富貴 fù guì riches and honor ∼HSK 3
防身 防身 fáng shēn self-protection; to defend oneself ∼HSK 3
有种 有種 yǒu zhǒng to have guts; to have courage; to be brave ∼HSK 3
出力 出力 chū lì to exert oneself ∼HSK 3
被困 被困 bèi kùn to be trapped; to be stranded ∼HSK 3
居里 居里 jū lǐ curie (Ci) (loanword) ∼HSK 3
大部 大部 dà bù the greater part; the majority; most ∼HSK 3
看准 看準 kàn zhǔn to observe and make sure; to check ∼HSK 3
准备好了 準備好了 zhǔn bèi hǎo le to be ready ∼HSK 3
死去 死去 sǐ qù to die ∼HSK 3
点儿 點兒 diǎn r a bit ∼HSK 3
香火 香火 xiāng huǒ incense burning in front of a temple; burning joss sticks ∼HSK 3
领走 領走 lǐng zǒu to lead (sb, or an animal) away; to collect (e.g. a child left in sb's care beforehand); to take away ∼HSK 3
张口 張口 zhāng kǒu to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc); to gape; to start talking (esp. to make a request) ∼HSK 3
合围 合圍 hé wéi to surround; to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc) ∼HSK 3
爷们 爺們 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc ∼HSK 3
银元 銀元 yín yuán flat silver (former coinage); also written 銀圓|银圆; silver dollar ∼HSK 3
称心 稱心 chèn xīn satisfactory; agreeable ∼HSK 3
打死 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill; to beat to death ∼HSK 3
福音 福音 fú yīn good news; glad tidings; gospel ∼HSK 3
世上 世上 shì shàng on earth ∼HSK 3
味 味 wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy ∼HSK 3
谈谈 談談 tán tán to discuss; to have a chat ∼HSK 3
本报 本報 běn bào this newspaper ∼HSK 3
有的时候 有的時候 yǒu de shí hòu sometimes; at times ∼HSK 3
亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law; relatives by marriage ∼HSK 3
世世代代 世世代代 shì shì dài dài for many generations ∼HSK 3
每人 每人 měi rén each person; everybody; per person ∼HSK 3
救国 救國 jiù guó to save the nation ∼HSK 3
乱子 亂子 luàn zi disturbance; trouble ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
金条 金條 jīn tiáo gold bar ∼HSK 3