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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吃完 吃完 chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
靠边 靠邊 kào biān to keep to the side; to pull over; move aside! ∼HSK 2
大战 大戰 dà zhàn war; to wage war ∼HSK 2
百姓 百姓 bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
晦气 晦氣 huì qì bad luck; unlucky; calamitous; wretched ∼HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
男孩 男孩 nán hái boy ∼HSK 2
车队 車隊 chē duì motorcade; fleet ∼HSK 2
名儿 名兒 míng r name; fame ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
款 款 kuǎn item, article; clause; fund ∼HSK 2
学长 學長 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate ∼HSK 2
发车 發車 fā chē departure (of a coach or train); to dispatch a vehicle ∼HSK 2
联 聯 lián connect, join; associate, ally ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
鲤鱼 鯉魚 lǐ yú carp ∼HSK 2
由着 由著 yóu zhe let (one) have his way; as (one) pleases; at (one's) will ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
报导 報導 bào dǎo to report (in the media); (news) report ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
向西 向西 xiàng xī westward ∼HSK 2
体恤 體恤 tǐ xù to empathize with; to show solicitude for; (loanword) T-shirt ∼HSK 2
万千 萬千 wàn qiān myriad; multitudinous; multifarious ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
埃及 埃及 Āi jí Egypt ∼HSK 2
后背 後背 hòu bèi the back (human anatomy); the back part of sth ∼HSK 2
轻重 輕重 qīng zhòng severity (of the case); degree of seriousness; whether sth is slight or serious ∼HSK 2
油水 油水 yóu shuǐ grease; profit; ill-gotten gains ∼HSK 2
那咱 那咱 nà zan at that time (old) ∼HSK 2
营 營 yíng encampment, barracks; manage ∼HSK 2
领导人 領導人 lǐng dǎo rén leader ∼HSK 2
言 言 yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
俄 俄 É sudden(ly), soon; Russian ∼HSK 2
呈 呈 chéng submit, show; appear; petition ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
省得 省得 shěng de to avoid; so as to save (money or time) ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
往前 往前 wǎng qián (in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
满嘴 滿嘴 mǎn zuǐ a full mouth of (sth physical); to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) ∼HSK 2
天黑 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark; dusk ∼HSK 2
女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
外宾 外賓 wài bīn foreign guest; international visitor ∼HSK 2
听得懂 聽得懂 tīng de dǒng to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says) ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2