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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憋 憋 biē to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath) HSK 7
召集 召集 zhào jí to convene; to gather HSK 7
流血 流血 liú xuè to bleed; to shed blood HSK 7
糊涂 糊塗 hú tu muddled; silly; confused HSK 7
来电 來電 lái diàn incoming telephone call (or telegram); to phone in; to send in a telegram; to have an instant attraction to sb; (of electricity, after an outage) to come back HSK 7
胎 胎 tāi fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire HSK 7
平民 平民 píng mín ordinary people; commoner; civilian HSK 7
军官 軍官 jūn guān officer (military) HSK 7
身子 身子 shēn zi body; pregnancy; health HSK 7
虚 虛 xū emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain HSK 7
处置 處置 chǔ zhì to handle; to take care of; to punish HSK 7
凑 湊 còu to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity HSK 7
奔 奔 bēn to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope HSK 7
人质 人質 rén zhì hostage HSK 7
魔鬼 魔鬼 mó guǐ devil HSK 7
开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire; to shoot a gun HSK 7
地狱 地獄 dì yù hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka HSK 7
担 擔 dàn picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load; classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole HSK 7
鹿 鹿 lù deer HSK 7
使命 使命 shǐ mìng mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling HSK 7
撤 撤 chè to remove; to take away HSK 7
略 略 lu:è brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory) HSK 7
腐败 腐敗 fǔ bài corruption; to corrupt; to rot; rotten HSK 7
讲述 講述 jiǎng shù to talk about; to narrate; to give an account HSK 7
闷 悶 mēn stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly HSK 7
趴 趴 pā to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent HSK 7
卡车 卡車 kǎ chē truck HSK 7
条例 條例 tiáo lì regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes HSK 7
监管 監管 jiān guǎn to oversee; to take charge of; to supervise; to administer; supervisory; supervision HSK 7
挣扎 掙扎 zhēng zhá to struggle HSK 7
飘 飄 piāo to float HSK 7
与此同时 與此同時 yǔ cǐ tóng shí at the same time; meanwhile HSK 7
粒 粒 lì grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) HSK 7
保佑 保佑 bǎo yòu to bless and protect; blessing HSK 7
有意 有意 yǒu yì to intend; intentionally; interested in HSK 7
祈祷 祈禱 qí dǎo to pray; to say one's prayers; prayer HSK 7
爹 爹 diē dad HSK 7
熬 熬 āo to boil; to simmer HSK 7
驾 駕 jià to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) HSK 7
附 坿 fù to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached HSK 7
浪 浪 làng wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble HSK 7
民众 民眾 mín zhòng the populace; the masses; the common people HSK 7
财政 財政 cái zhèng finances (public); financial HSK 7
趁 趁 chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
亦 亦 yì also HSK 7
坑 坑 kēng pit; depression; hollow; tunnel; hole in the ground; (archaic) to bury alive; to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) HSK 7
瞎 瞎 xiā blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose HSK 7
免 免 miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
不准 不准 bù zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7