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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这样 這樣 zhè yàng this kind of; so; this way; like this; such HSK 2
得 得 dé to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished HSK 2
可以 可以 kě yǐ can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
为 為 wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
自己 自己 zì jǐ oneself; one's own HSK 2
但 但 dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
让 讓 ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
啊 啊 ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
开门见山 開門見山 kāi mén jiàn shān lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 1
喝西北风 喝西北風 hē xī běi fēng lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom); fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat Idiom ∼HSK 1
白吃 白吃 bái chī to eat without paying; to eat for free Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
好吃 好吃 hǎo chī tasty; delicious Xiehouyu HSK 1
对不起 對不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint Xiehouyu HSK 1
干 乾 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
这不 這不 zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
吃的 吃的 chī de (coll.) food Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
小的 小的 xiǎo de (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
不会 不會 bù huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
见天 見天 jiàn tiān (coll.) every day Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
明儿 明兒 míng r (coll.) tomorrow; one of these days; some day Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
看看 看看 kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
今儿 今兒 jīn r (coll.) today Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
不行了 不行了 bù xíng le (coll.) on the point of death; dying Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
那是 那是 nà shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
爷爷 爺爺 yé ye (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather Colloquialism HSK 1
奶奶 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts Colloquialism HSK 1
菜 菜 cài dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor Colloquialism HSK 1
肉 肉 ròu meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 Colloquialism HSK 1
山 山 shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
块 塊 kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in Colloquialism HSK 1
日本人 日本人 Rì běn rén Japanese person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
陕西 陝西 Shǎn xī Shaanxi Province, capital Xi'an Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
美国 美國 Měi guó United States; USA; US Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
中国人 中國人 Zhōng guó rén Chinese person Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
印度 印度 Yìn dù India Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
日本 日本 Rì běn Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
美国人 美國人 Měi guó rén American; American person; American people Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
四国 四國 Sì guó Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
潼关 潼關 Tóng guān Tongguan County in Weinan, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
十二月 十二月 Shí èr yuè December; twelfth month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
中日 中日 Zhōng Rì China-Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
一月 一月 Yī yuè January; first month (of the lunar year) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
南京 南京 Nán jīng Nanjing, sub-provincial city and capital of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
德国 德國 Dé guó Germany Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
英国 英國 Yīng guó United Kingdom (UK); Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 1