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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才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
身为 身為 shēn wéi in the capacity of; as ∼HSK 2
早知 早知 zǎo zhī to know in advance ∼HSK 2
换人 換人 huàn rén to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc); substitution ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
你看着办吧 你看著辦吧 nǐ kàn zhe bàn ba You figure it out for yourself.; Do as you please. ∼HSK 2
有份 有份 yǒu fèn to have a share of (responsibility etc); to be concerned; to be involved ∼HSK 2
生下 生下 shēng xià to give birth to ∼HSK 2
又来了 又來了 yòu lái le Here we go again. ∼HSK 2
没脸 沒臉 méi liǎn ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame) ∼HSK 2
不当 不當 bù dàng unsuitable; improper; inappropriate ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
好办 好辦 hǎo bàn easy to do; easy to manage ∼HSK 2
韩 韓 Hán fence; surname; Korea ∼HSK 2
旅 旅 lǚ trip, journey; travel; traveler ∼HSK 2
万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people; all the people; everyman ∼HSK 2
发给 發給 fā gěi to issue; to grant; to distribute ∼HSK 2
玩意 玩意 wán yì toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
过年 過年 guò nián to celebrate the Chinese New Year HSK 2
饺子 餃子 jiǎo zi dumpling; pot-sticker HSK 2
站住 站住 zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
里头 裡頭 lǐ tou inside; interior HSK 2
打交道 打交道 dǎ jiāo dào to come into contact with; to have dealings ∼HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
送到 送到 sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
英文 英文 Yīng wén English (language) HSK 2
夜里 夜裡 yè li during the night; at night; nighttime HSK 2
东北 東北 Dōng běi Northeast China; Manchuria HSK 2
院长 院長 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院; chair of a board; president of a university; department head; dean; premier of the Republic of China HSK 2
这时候 這時候 zhè shíhòu At this moment HSK 2
得出 得出 dé chū to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) HSK 2
商人 商人 shāng rén merchant; businessman HSK 2
饱 飽 bǎo to eat till full; satisfied HSK 2
一部分 一部分 yī bù fen portion; part of; subset HSK 2
等到 等到 děng dào to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) HSK 2
排队 排隊 pái duì to line up HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
半夜 半夜 bàn yè midnight; in the middle of the night HSK 2
凉 涼 Liáng the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) HSK 2
等于 等於 děng yú to equal; to be tantamount to HSK 2
相机 相機 xiàng jī camera (abbr. for 照相机); at the opportune moment; as the circumstances allow HSK 2
大声 大聲 dà shēng loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly HSK 2
停车 停車 tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall HSK 2
咱 偺 zá see 咱 HSK 2
练习 練習 liàn xí to practice; exercise; drill; practice HSK 2
熟 熟 shú ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] HSK 2
全体 全體 quán tǐ all; entire HSK 2
做法 做法 zuò fǎ way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice HSK 2
出门 出門 chū mén to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married HSK 2