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.

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

异教徒 異教徒 yì jiào tú member of another religion; heathen; pagan; heretic; apostate ∼HSK 6
抹黑 抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit; to defame; to smear sb's name; to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc); to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage); to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) ∼HSK 6
出嫁 出嫁 chū jià to get married (of woman) ∼HSK 6
样儿 樣兒 yàng r appearance; manner; pattern; model ∼HSK 6
娘家 孃家 niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
陪嫁 陪嫁 péi jià dowry ∼HSK 6
沦陷区 淪陷區 lún xiàn qū enemy-held territory ∼HSK 6
人祸 人禍 rén huò man-made disaster ∼HSK 6
凑齐 湊齊 còu qí to collect all the bits to make a whole ∼HSK 6
民情 民情 mín qíng circumstances of the people; popular sentiment; the mood of the people; popular customs ∼HSK 6
亡国 亡國 wáng guó (of a nation) to be destroyed; to be subjugated; a fallen nation ∼HSK 6
弥撒 彌撒 mí sa (Catholic) Mass ∼HSK 6
挨冻受饿 挨凍受餓 ái dòng - shòu è (idiom) to go cold and hungry ∼HSK 6
赚吆喝 賺吆喝 zhuàn yāo he (of a company) to gain recognition through promotional efforts; to spend money to win customers ∼HSK 6
私藏 私藏 sī cáng to keep hidden; to keep in one's private possession; secret store; stash ∼HSK 6
灾荒 災荒 zāi huāng natural disaster; famine ∼HSK 6
童养媳 童養媳 tóng yǎng xí child bride; girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
拱手 拱手 gǒng shǒu to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting; (fig.) submissive ∼HSK 6
贫弱 貧弱 pín ruò poor and feeble ∼HSK 6
甩包袱 甩包袱 shuǎi bāo fu lit. to fling off a bundle; fig. to abandon one's responsibility for sth; to wash one's hands of the matter ∼HSK 6
征用 徵用 zhēng yòng to expropriate; to commandeer ∼HSK 6
迫击炮 迫擊炮 pǎi jī pào mortar (weapon); Taiwan pr. [po4 ji2 pao4] ∼HSK 6
嗖嗖 嗖嗖 sōu sōu (onom.) whooshing; swishing; rustle of skirts; laughingly ∼HSK 6
作孽 作孽 zuò niè to sin ∼HSK 6
解气 解氣 jiě qì to assuage one's anger; gratifying ∼HSK 6
溃兵 潰兵 kuì bīng routed troops; defeated and dispersed troops ∼HSK 6
钻进 鑽進 zuān jìn to get into; to dig into (studies, job etc); to squeeze into ∼HSK 6
洋人 洋人 yáng rén foreigner; Westerner ∼HSK 6
尸首 屍首 shī shou dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) ∼HSK 6
遗孤 遺孤 yí gū orphan ∼HSK 6
特使 特使 tè shǐ special envoy; special ambassador ∼HSK 6
爆炸性 爆炸性 bào zhà xìng explosive; fig. shocking ∼HSK 6
等不及 等不及 děng bù jí can't wait ∼HSK 6
积德 積德 jī dé to accumulate merit; to do good; to give to charity; virtuous actions ∼HSK 6
深陷 深陷 shēn xiàn to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc); deep set (eyes) ∼HSK 6
身临其境 身臨其境 shēn lín qí jìng (idiom) to experience it for oneself; to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc) ∼HSK 6
收缴 收繳 shōu jiǎo to recover (illegally obtained property); to seize; to capture; to force sb to hand over sth; to levy ∼HSK 6
暂缓 暫緩 zàn huǎn to postpone ∼HSK 6
风寒 風寒 fēng hán cold (TCM) ∼HSK 6
脉息 脈息 mài xī pulse ∼HSK 6
诤谏 諍諫 zhèng jiàn to criticize frankly; to admonish ∼HSK 6
亲赴 親赴 qīn fù to travel to (a place where duty calls) ∼HSK 6
不妥 不妥 bù tuǒ not proper; inappropriate ∼HSK 6
警察署 警察署 jǐng chá shǔ police station ∼HSK 6
斗胆 斗膽 dǒu dǎn (courteous) to be so bold as to ∼HSK 6
名堂 名堂 míng tang item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye ∼HSK 6
岔子 岔子 chà zi branch road; setback; accident; hiccup ∼HSK 6
莫大 莫大 mò dà greatest; most important ∼HSK 6
拨出 撥出 bō chū to pull out; to allocate (funds); to dial ∼HSK 6
苍生 蒼生 cāng shēng (area where) vegetation grows; the common people ∼HSK 6