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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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Vocabulary
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| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 安排 安排 | to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans | |
| 首先 首先 | first (of all); in the first place | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 社会 社會 | society | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 意义 意義 | sense; meaning; significance; importance | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 约 約 | to weigh in a balance or on a scale | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 建议 建議 | to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation | |
| 利用 利用 | to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 另外 另外 | additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore | |
| 报告 報告 | to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture | |
| 按 按 | to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment | |
| 任务 任務 | mission; assignment; task; duty; role | |
| 容易 容易 | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to | |
| 代表 代表 | representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of | |
| 除了 除了 | besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) | |
| 区 區 | area; region; district; small; distinguish | |
| 总是 總是 | always | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 存在 存在 | to exist; to be; existence | |
| 马 馬 | horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess | |
| 目前 目前 | at the present time; currently | |
| 城市 城市 | city; town | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all | |
| 整个 整個 | whole; entire; total | |
| 拍 拍 | to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 注意 注意 | to take note of; to pay attention to | |
| 支持 支持 | to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by | |
| 强 強 | stubborn; unyielding | |
| 调查 調查 | investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll | |
| 者 者 | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this | |
| 成功 成功 | Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 台东县, southeast Taiwan | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 使 使 | to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger | |
| 受 受 | to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) | |
| 如何 如何 | how; what way; what | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 决定 決定 | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly | |
| 一切 一切 | everything; every; all |