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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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Vocabulary
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| 下车 下車 | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 有用 有用 | useful | |
| 走路 走路 | to walk; to go on foot | |
| 开会 開會 | to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting | |
| 生病 生病 | to fall ill | |
| 哪些 哪些 | which ones?; who?; what? | |
| 零 零 | zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 新年 新年 | New Year | |
| 上次 上次 | last time | |
| 火车 火車 | train | |
| 这边 這邊 | this side; here | |
| 奶 奶 | breast; milk; to breastfeed | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 中午 中午 | noon; midday | |
| 不对 不對 | incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 妹 妹 | younger sister | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 机场 機場 | airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship | |
| 记住 記住 | to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 车上 車上 | Car | |
| 见面 見面 | to meet; to see each other | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 同学 同學 | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate | |
| 南 南 | south | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 路上 路上 | on the road; on a journey; road surface | |
| 一半 一半 | half | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 国 國 | country; nation; state; (bound form) national | |
| 右 右 | (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence | |
| 饿 餓 | to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 吃饭 吃飯 | to have a meal; to eat; to make a living | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 有的 有的 | (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 一边 一邊 | one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while | |
| 打电话 打電話 | to make a telephone call | |
| 累 累 | to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 哥 哥 | elder brother | |
| 关 關 | mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve | |
| 记 記 | to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots | |
| 早上 早上 | early morning |