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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僧多粥少 僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom); fig. not enough to go around; demand exceeds supply Idiom ∼HSK 6
担惊受怕 擔驚受怕 dān jīng - shòu pà (idiom) apprehensive; alarmed; anxious Idiom ∼HSK 6
长吁短叹 長吁短嘆 cháng xū duǎn tàn long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain Idiom ∼HSK 6
同流合污 同流合汙 tóng liú hé wū to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others Idiom ∼HSK 6
严惩不贷 嚴懲不貸 yán chéng bù dài to punish severely (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
麻木不仁 麻木不仁 má mù bù rén numbed; insensitive; apathetic; thick-skinned Idiom ∼HSK 6
助纣为虐 助紂為虐 zhù Zhòu wéi nüè lit. helping tyrant Zhou in his oppression (idiom); fig. to take the side of the evildoer; giving succor to the enemy Idiom ∼HSK 6
瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
一锤子买卖 一錘子買賣 yī chuí zi mǎi mài a one-off, short-sighted deal; a one-shot, all-out attempt Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
添乱 添亂 tiān luàn (coll.) to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
拉稀 拉稀 lā xī (coll.) to have diarrhea; to shrink back; to cower Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
宰了 宰了 zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
指着 指著 zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
逃荒 逃荒 táo huāng to escape from a famine; to get away from a famine-stricken region ∼HSK 6
巡回法庭 巡迴法庭 xún huí fǎ tíng circuit court ∼HSK 6
花枝 花枝 huā zhī spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms); cuttlefish (on dining menus); (literary) beautiful woman ∼HSK 6
牲口 牲口 shēng kou animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc); beast of burden ∼HSK 6
灾情 災情 zāi qíng disastrous situation; calamity ∼HSK 6
蚂蚱 螞蚱 mà zha (dialect) locust; grasshopper ∼HSK 6
托生 託生 tuō shēng to be reincarnated; to be reborn ∼HSK 6
掐死 掐死 qiā sǐ to throttle; to choke to death ∼HSK 6
财主 財主 cái zhǔ rich man; moneybags ∼HSK 6
配制 配製 pèi zhì to compound (medicines etc); to prepare (by mixing ingredients); to concoct ∼HSK 6
保命 保命 bǎo mìng to preserve one's life; to ensure one's survival ∼HSK 6
家产 家產 jiā chǎn family property ∼HSK 6
祖坟 祖墳 zǔ fén ancestral tomb ∼HSK 6
炸死 炸死 zhà sǐ to kill with an explosion ∼HSK 6
公家 公家 gōng jiā the public; the state; society; the public purse ∼HSK 6
通融 通融 tōng róng flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan ∼HSK 6
上吊 上吊 shàng diào to hang oneself ∼HSK 6
儿媳妇 兒媳婦 ér xí fù daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
胜仗 勝仗 shèng zhàng victory; victorious battle ∼HSK 6
旨意 旨意 zhǐ yì decree ∼HSK 6
社评 社評 shè píng editorial (in a newspaper); also written 社論|社论 ∼HSK 6
收回成命 收回成命 shōu huí chéng mìng to rescind an order already given (idiom); to withdraw a command (esp. an imperial decree) ∼HSK 6
军需官 軍需官 jūn xū guān quartermaster ∼HSK 6
活命 活命 huó mìng life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living ∼HSK 6
侨胞 僑胞 qiáo bāo countryman living abroad ∼HSK 6
公敌 公敵 gōng dí public enemy ∼HSK 6
不消 不消 bù xiāo to not need; needless (to say) ∼HSK 6
重担 重擔 zhòng dàn heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility ∼HSK 6
存亡 存亡 cún wáng to live or die; to exist or perish ∼HSK 6
祸福 禍福 huò fú disaster and happiness ∼HSK 6
万劫不复 萬劫不復 wàn jié bù fù consigned to eternal damnation; with no hope of reprieve ∼HSK 6
荤腥 葷腥 hūn xīng meat and fish ∼HSK 6
挨饿 挨餓 ái è to go hungry; to endure starvation; famished ∼HSK 6
身家性命 身家性命 shēn jiā xìng mìng one's life and one's family's fortunes (idiom); everything one has including life itself ∼HSK 6
庇佑 庇佑 bì yòu to bless; to protect; protection (esp. divine) ∼HSK 6
万贯 萬貫 wàn guàn ten thousand strings of cash; very wealthy; millionaire ∼HSK 6