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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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
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
看在 看在 kàn zài (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
着呢 著呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
不下 不下 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
先来后到 先來後到 xiān lái - hòu dào (idiom) in order of arrival; first come, first served ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
多大 多大 duō dà how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
两国 兩國 liǎng guó both countries; the two countries ∼HSK 1
友邦 友邦 yǒu bāng friendly state; ally ∼HSK 1
家小 家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children; wife ∼HSK 1
是日 是日 shì rì (formal) this day; that day ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
校 校 jiào school; military field officer ∼HSK 1
匣子 匣子 xiá zi small box ∼HSK 1
半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
不着 不著 bù zháo no need; need not ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
不比 不比 bù bǐ unlike ∼HSK 1
大干 大幹 dà gàn to go all out; to work energetically ∼HSK 1
有钱 有錢 yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
出钱 出錢 chū qián to pay ∼HSK 1
并不 並不 bìng bù not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
找机会 找機會 zhǎo jī huì to look for an opportunity ∼HSK 1
太好了 太好了 tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
大一 大一 dà yī first-year university student ∼HSK 1
几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years; several years; how many years? ∼HSK 1
迂回 迂迴 yū huí roundabout route; circuitous; tortuous; to outflank; indirect; roundabout ∼HSK 1
放开 放開 fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
说好 說好 shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations ∼HSK 1
坐车 坐車 zuò chē to take the car, bus, train etc ∼HSK 1
我这儿 我這兒 wǒ zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
等一下 等一下 děng yī xià to wait a moment; later; in awhile ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
影 影 yǐng shadow; image, reflection; photograph ∼HSK 1
那天 那天 nà tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
殉国 殉國 xùn guó to die for one's country ∼HSK 1
什么的 什麼的 shén me de and so on; and so forth; and what not ∼HSK 1
听起来 聽起來 tīng qi lai to sound like ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
对不住 對不住 duì bu zhù to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal) ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
过人 過人 guò rén to surpass others; outstanding; (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent ∼HSK 1