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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每 每 měi each; every HSK 3
关系 關係 guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
继续 繼續 jì xù to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
世界 世界 shì jiè world HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
星星 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky Colloquialism HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
河南 河南 Hé nán Henan Province, capital Zhengzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
小米 小米 Xiǎo mǐ Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010 Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
重庆 重慶 Chóng qìng Chongqing municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
缅甸 緬甸 Miǎn diàn Myanmar (or Burma) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
黄河 黃河 Huáng Hé Yellow River or Huang He Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
全省 全省 quán shěng the whole province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
他信 他信 Tā xìn Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006 Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
广西 廣西 Guǎng xī Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, capital Nanning Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
外交部 外交部 Wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs; foreign office; Dept. of State Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
省长 省長 shěng zhǎng governor of a province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
西安 西安 Xī ān Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi Province; Xi'an District of Liaoyuan City, Jilin; Xi'an District of Mudanjiang city, Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
基 基 jī foundation, base ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
白面 白麵 bái miàn wheat flour; flour; heroin ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
留成 留成 liú chéng to retain a portion (of profits etc) ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
咱家 咱家 zá jiā I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) ∼HSK 2