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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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| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 请求 請求 | to request; to ask; request | |
| 便宜 便宜 | convenient | |
| 道理 道理 | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 公路 公路 | highway; road | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 单位 單位 | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 放下 放下 | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 喊 喊 | to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) | |
| 心中 心中 | central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart | |
| 实际 實際 | reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual | |
| 那时 那時 | then; at that time; in those days | |
| 角度 角度 | angle; point of view | |
| 经理 經理 | manager; director | |
| 轻 輕 | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 墙 牆 | wall | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 篇 篇 | sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article | |
| 亮 亮 | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal | |
| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 占 佔 | to observe; to divine | |
| 科 科 | branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb | |
| 头发 頭髮 | hair (on the head) | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 重点 重點 | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 遍 徧 | everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 流 流 | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade | |
| 接着 接著 | to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 国际 國際 | international | |
| 习惯 習慣 | habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to | |
| 通知 通知 | to notify; to inform; notice; notification | |
| 全国 全國 | whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national | |
| 腿 腿 | leg | |
| 教育 教育 | to educate; to teach; education | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go |