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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顿 頓 dùn to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal HSK 3
演 演 yǎn to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act HSK 3
当地 當地 dāng dì local HSK 3
紧 緊 jǐn tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten HSK 3
保 保 Bǎo Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 HSK 3
团 團 tuán round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) HSK 3
猪 豬 zhū hog; pig; swine HSK 3
抓住 抓住 zhuā zhù to grab hold of; to capture HSK 3
事故 事故 shì gù accident HSK 3
麻烦 麻煩 má fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
调 調 diào to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody HSK 3
不仅 不僅 bù jǐn not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) HSK 3
下面 下面 xià miàn below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] HSK 3
代 代 dài to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon HSK 3
胜利 勝利 shèng lì victory HSK 3
领导 領導 lǐng dǎo lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader HSK 3
系 係 xì to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary) HSK 3
皮 皮 pí leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty HSK 3
伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) HSK 3
时代 時代 Shí dài Time, US weekly news magazine HSK 3
值 值 zhí value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty HSK 3
传 傳 chuán to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) HSK 3
破 破 pò broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
追 追 duī to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) HSK 3
图 圖 tú diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek HSK 3
从来 從來 cóng lái always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) HSK 3
救 捄 jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
正式 正式 zhèng shì formal; official HSK 3
乱 亂 luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
管理 管理 guǎn lǐ to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration HSK 3
祝 祝 zhù to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies HSK 3
建立 建立 jiàn lì to establish; to set up; to found HSK 3
火 火 huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
照 炤 zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
规定 規定 guī dìng to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations HSK 3
牛 牛 niú ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome HSK 3
困难 困難 kùn nan difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation HSK 3
警察 警察 jǐng chá police; police officer HSK 3
以来 以來 yǐ lái since (a previous event) HSK 3
跳 跳 tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
本来 本來 běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
紧张 緊張 jǐn zhāng nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce HSK 3
人类 人類 rén lèi humanity; human race; mankind HSK 3
各 各 gè each; every HSK 3
部门 部門 bù mén department; branch; section; division HSK 3
同意 同意 tóng yì to agree; to consent; to approve HSK 3
人民 人民 rén mín the people HSK 3
报 報 bào to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge HSK 3
失去 失去 shī qù to lose HSK 3
会议 會議 huì yì meeting; conference HSK 3