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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民 民 Mín people, subjects, citizens ∼HSK 3
防务 防務 fáng wù (pertaining to) defense ∼HSK 3
快退 快退 kuài tuì fast-rewind (media player) ∼HSK 3
领到 領到 lǐng dào to receive ∼HSK 3
早死 早死 zǎo sǐ to die while still relatively young; to have been dead (for some years) ∼HSK 3
管住 管住 guǎn zhù to take control of; to manage; to curb ∼HSK 3
成性 成性 chéng xìng to become second nature; by nature ∼HSK 3
救星 救星 jiù xīng savior; liberator; emancipator; knight in shining armor ∼HSK 3
到时候 到時候 dào shí hòu when the moment comes; at that time ∼HSK 3
线上 線上 xiàn shàng online ∼HSK 3
在即 在即 zài jí near at hand; imminent; within sight ∼HSK 3
管制 管制 guǎn zhì to control; to restrict; (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) ∼HSK 3
难民 難民 nàn mín refugee ∼HSK 3
老天爷 老天爺 lǎo tiān yé God; Heavens ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
广大 廣大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous HSK 3
故乡 故鄉 gù xiāng home; homeland; native place HSK 3
暖和 暖和 nuǎn huo warm; nice and warm HSK 3
老百姓 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people; the "person in the street" HSK 3
老太太 老太太 lǎo tài tai elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother HSK 3
握手 握手 wò shǒu to shake hands HSK 3
推广 推廣 tuī guǎng to extend; to spread; to popularize; generalization; promotion (of a product etc) HSK 3
电台 電臺 diàn tái transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station; radio station HSK 3
外交 外交 wài jiāo diplomacy; diplomatic; foreign affairs HSK 3
冬 冬 dōng winter HSK 3
从前 從前 cóng qián previously; formerly; once upon a time HSK 3
读者 讀者 dú zhě reader HSK 3
铁路 鐵路 tiě lù railroad; railway HSK 3
克服 克服 kè fú (try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure HSK 3
春 旾 chūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life HSK 3
热烈 熱烈 rè liè enthusiastic; ardent; warm HSK 3
强调 強調 qiáng diào to emphasize (a statement); to stress HSK 3
落后 落後 luò hòu to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress HSK 3
民族 民族 mín zú nationality; ethnic group HSK 3
农民 農民 nóng mín peasant; farmer HSK 3
主意 主意 zhǔ yi plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] HSK 3
部长 部長 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister HSK 3
各自 各自 gè zì each; respective; apiece HSK 3
广播 廣播 guǎng bō broadcast; broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize HSK 3
才能 才能 cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
文明 文明 wén míng civilized; civilization; culture HSK 3
访问 訪問 fǎng wèn to visit; to call on; to interview HSK 3
转变 轉變 zhuǎn biàn to change; to transform; shift; transformation HSK 3
静 靜 jìng still; calm; quiet; not moving HSK 3
发动 發動 fā dòng to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse HSK 3
展开 展開 zhǎn kāi to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out HSK 3
人群 人群 rén qún crowd HSK 3
当初 當初 dāng chū at that time; originally HSK 3
公民 公民 gōng mín citizen HSK 3
路线 路線 lù xiàn itinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road) HSK 3