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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倒悬 倒懸 dào xuán lit. to hang upside down; fig. in dire straits ∼HSK 6
国难当头 國難當頭 guó nàn dāng tóu 国: nation, country, nation-state · 难: difficult, arduous, hard; unable · 当: bear, accept, undertake; just · 头: head; top; chief, first; boss ∼HSK 6
堂堂 堂堂 táng táng grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance ∼HSK 6
有良心 有良心 yǒu liáng xīn conscientious ∼HSK 6
被服 被服 bèi fú bedding and clothing ∼HSK 6
躬行 躬行 gōng xíng to personally undertake or manage ∼HSK 6
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
人贩子 人販子 rén fàn zi human trafficker ∼HSK 6
棉裤 棉褲 mián kù quilted cotton trousers; cotton-padded trousers (worn in winter) ∼HSK 6
囫囵 囫圇 hú lún whole ∼HSK 6
家母 家母 jiā mǔ (polite) my mother ∼HSK 6
闭着 閉著 bì zhe closed ∼HSK 6
参议 參議 cān yì consultant; adviser ∼HSK 6
密谋 密謀 mì móu conspiracy; secret plan; to conspire ∼HSK 6
抵牾 牴牾 dǐ wǔ to conflict with; to contradict; contradiction ∼HSK 6
军需 軍需 jūn xū military supplies ∼HSK 6
极刑 極刑 jí xíng supreme penalty; execution ∼HSK 6
惩治 懲治 chéng zhì to punish ∼HSK 6
行刑 行刑 xíng xíng to carry out a (death) sentence; execution ∼HSK 6
闭门 閉門 bì mén to close a door ∼HSK 6
云集 雲集 yún jí to gather (in a crowd); to converge; to swarm ∼HSK 6
难以为继 難以為繼 nán yǐ wéi jì 难: difficult, arduous, hard; unable · 以: by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to · 为: do, handle, govern, act; be · 继: continue, maintain, carry on ∼HSK 6
防特 防特 fáng tè to thwart espionage; counterespionage ∼HSK 6
验明 驗明 yàn míng to ascertain; to identify; to verify (sb's identity etc) ∼HSK 6
扒车 扒車 bā chē to pull oneself up onto a moving vehicle ∼HSK 6
调集 調集 diào jí to summon; to muster; to assemble ∼HSK 6
良民 良民 liáng mín good people; ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) ∼HSK 6
皇军 皇軍 huáng jūn imperial army (esp. Japanese) ∼HSK 6
忠厚 忠厚 zhōng hòu honest and considerate ∼HSK 6
谣传 謠傳 yáo chuán rumor ∼HSK 6
照应 照應 zhào yìng to correlate with; to correspond to HSK 6
处长 處長 chù zhǎng department head; section chief HSK 6
待会儿 待會兒 dāi huì r in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] HSK 6
更是 更是 gèng shì even more (so) HSK 6
往年 往年 wǎng nián in former years; in previous years HSK 6
墨水 墨水 mò shuǐ ink HSK 6
踏实 踏實 tā shi firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [tà shí] HSK 6
识字 識字 shí zì to learn to read HSK 6
只顾 只顧 zhǐ gù solely preoccupied (with one thing); engrossed; focusing (on sth); to look after only one aspect HSK 6
急切 急切 jí qiè eager; impatient HSK 6
秘书长 秘書長 mì shū zhǎng secretary-general HSK 6
整顿 整頓 zhěng dùn to tidy up; to reorganize; to consolidate; to rectify HSK 6
吉利 吉利 Jí lì Geely, Chinese car make HSK 6
必将 必將 bì jiāng inevitably HSK 6
诸位 諸位 zhū wèi (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs HSK 6
特大 特大 tè dà exceptionally big HSK 6
海外 海外 hǎi wài overseas; abroad HSK 6
往后 往後 wǎng hòu from now on; in the future; time to come HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
壶 壺 hú pot; classifier for bottled liquid HSK 6