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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中中 中中 zhōng zhōng middling; average; impartial; (Hong Kong) secondary school that uses Chinese as the medium of instruction ("CMI school") Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
山东 山東 Shān dōng Shandong Province, capital Jinan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
山西 山西 Shān xī Shanxi Province, capital Taiyuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
百里 百里 Bǎi lǐ two-character surname Baili Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
谁知道 誰知道 shéi zhī dào God knows...; Who would have imagined...? ∼HSK 1
东家 東家 dōng jiā master (i.e. employer); landlord; boss ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
欢送 歡送 huān sòng to see off; to send off ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
怎么了 怎麼了 zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
一下 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
快点 快點 kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
少东家 少東家 shào dōng jiā boss's son ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì this is; this is the ... ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
风车 風車 fēng chē pinwheel; windmill ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
军 軍 jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
天天 天天 tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
师 師 Shī teacher, master, specialist ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
不明 不明 bù míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
五十 五十 wǔ shí fifty ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
昨日 昨日 zuó rì yesterday ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
这下 這下 zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
吃人 吃人 chī rén exploitative; oppressive ∼HSK 1
十七 十七 shí qī seventeen; 17 ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
第五 第五 dì wǔ fifth ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
七十 七十 qī shí seventy; 70 ∼HSK 1
上回 上回 shàng huí last time; the previous time ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
是的 是的 shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1