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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贼 賊 zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
感激 感激 gǎn jī to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful HSK 7
甩 甩 shuǎi to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb) HSK 7
寻 尋 xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7
伴 伴 bàn partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany HSK 7
善 善 shàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect HSK 7
保障 保障 bǎo zhàng to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard HSK 7
蛮 蠻 mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
一阵 一陣 yī zhèn a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) HSK 7
屁股 屁股 pì gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
惹 惹 rě to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
武装 武裝 wǔ zhuāng arms; equipment; to arm; military; armed (forces) HSK 7
告 告 gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
置 置 zhì to install; to place; to put; to buy HSK 7
官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government); administrator HSK 7
斗 斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object; old variant of 陡 HSK 7
情报 情報 qíng bào information; intelligence HSK 7
惊 驚 jīng to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm HSK 7
码 碼 mǎ weight; number; code; to pile; to stack; classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc HSK 7
率 率 lǜ rate; frequency HSK 7
凌晨 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning; in the wee hours HSK 7
患 患 huàn to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
一面 一面 yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
非法 非法 fēi fǎ illegal HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
且 且 qiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
解甲归田 解甲歸田 jiě jiǎ guī tián to remove armor and return to the farm; to return to civilian life Idiom ∼HSK 6
明镜高悬 明鏡高懸 míng jìng gāo xuán perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
兵荒马乱 兵荒馬亂 bīng huāng mǎ luàn soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war Idiom ∼HSK 6
一触即发 一觸即發 yī chù jí fā could happen at any moment; on the verge Idiom ∼HSK 6
丰衣足食 豐衣足食 fēng yī zú shí having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed Idiom ∼HSK 6
马到成功 馬到成功 mǎ dào chéng gōng to win instant success (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
旗开得胜 旗開得勝 qí kāi dé shèng lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success; success in a single move Idiom ∼HSK 6
先发制人 先發制人 xiān fā zhì rén (idiom) to gain the initiative by striking first; to preempt Idiom ∼HSK 6
颠沛流离 顛沛流離 diān pèi liú lí homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift Idiom ∼HSK 6
蛊惑人心 蠱惑人心 gǔ huò rén xīn to stir up public sentiment by false statements (idiom); to resort to demagogy Idiom ∼HSK 6
独夫民贼 獨夫民賊 dú fū mín zéi tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator Idiom ∼HSK 6
燃眉之急 燃眉之急 rán méi zhī jí lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency Idiom ∼HSK 6