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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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| 围 圍 | to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) | |
| 声明 聲明 | to state; to declare; statement; declaration | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 工厂 工廠 | factory | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 眼前 眼前 | before one's eyes; now; at present | |
| 成立 成立 | to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water | |
| 相互 相互 | each other; mutual | |
| 现象 現象 | phenomenon; appearance | |
| 村 村 | village | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 显得 顯得 | to seem; to look; to appear | |
| 背后 背後 | behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back | |
| 厂 厂 | "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc | |
| 自从 自從 | since (a time); ever since | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 争取 爭取 | to fight for; to strive for; to win over | |
| 提前 提前 | to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance | |
| 录 彔 | to carve wood | |
| 联合 聯合 | to combine; to join; unite; alliance | |
| 大约 大約 | approximately; probably | |
| 食品 食品 | foodstuff; food; provisions | |
| 生产 生產 | to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child | |
| 基础 基礎 | base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental | |
| 主任 主任 | director; head | |
| 仅仅 僅僅 | barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more) | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 紧急 緊急 | urgent; emergency | |
| 防 防 | to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 发出 發出 | to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh) | |
| 信任 信任 | to trust; to have confidence in | |
| 文章 文章 | article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning | |
| 任 任 | to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) | |
| 升 升 | to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 | |
| 公开 公開 | open; overt; public; to make public; to release | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 发表 發表 | to issue; to publish | |
| 和平 和平 | Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan | |
| 重大 重大 | great; important; major; significant | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 胜 勝 | victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear; equal to (a task) | |
| 停止 停止 | to stop; to halt; to cease |