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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飞机 飛機 fēi jī airplane HSK 1
电 電 diàn lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc HSK 1
忘 忘 wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect HSK 1
不用 不用 bù yòng need not HSK 1
家里 家裡 jiā lǐ home HSK 1
第 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just HSK 1
西 西 Xī the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish HSK 1
睡觉 睡覺 shuì jiào to go to bed; to sleep HSK 1
热 熱 rè to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent HSK 1
去年 去年 qù nián last year HSK 1
白 白 bái white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera HSK 1
高兴 高興 gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood HSK 1
说话 說話 shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word HSK 1
女儿 女兒 nǚ ér daughter HSK 1
听到 聽到 tīng dào to hear HSK 1
看见 看見 kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of HSK 1
十 十 shí ten; 10 HSK 1
忙 忙 máng busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush HSK 1
今年 今年 jīn nián this year HSK 1
马上 馬上 mǎ shàng at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) HSK 1
她们 她們 tā men they; them (for females) HSK 1
病 病 bìng illness; disease; to fall ill; defect HSK 1
六 六 liù six; 6 HSK 1
老师 老師 lǎo shī teacher HSK 1
介绍 介紹 jiè shào to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction HSK 1
飞 飛 fēi to fly HSK 1
那里 那裏 nà li there; that place HSK 1
哪里 哪裏 nǎ lǐ where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 HSK 1
身体 身體 shēn tǐ the body; one's health; in person HSK 1
中国 中國 Zhōng guó China HSK 1
半 半 bàn half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half HSK 1
记得 記得 jì de to remember HSK 1
明白 明白 míng bai clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize HSK 1
二 二 èr two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid HSK 1
学生 學生 xué sheng student; schoolchild HSK 1
口 口 kǒu mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls HSK 1
远 遠 yuǎn far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) HSK 1
子 子 zǐ son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- HSK 1
真的 真的 zhēn de really, truly, indeed HSK 1
重 重 chóng to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer HSK 1
动 動 dòng (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb HSK 1
男 男 nán male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位 HSK 1
先生 先生 xiān sheng teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor HSK 1
五 五 wǔ five; 5 HSK 1
书 書 Shū abbr. for 书经 HSK 1
昨天 昨天 zuó tiān yesterday HSK 1
回家 回家 huí jiā to return home HSK 1
跑 跑 páo (of an animal) to paw (the ground) HSK 1
哪 哪 nǎ how; which HSK 1
间 間 jiān between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms HSK 1