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一九四二
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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| 马车 馬車 | cart; chariot; carriage; buggy | |
| 发放 發放 | to provide; to give; to grant | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 恰恰 恰恰 | exactly; just; precisely | |
| 过后 過後 | after the event | |
| 大力 大力 | energetically; vigorously | |
| 同胞 同胞 | born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 炮 炮 | to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating | |
| 驻 駐 | to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc) | |
| 发起 發起 | to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time) | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 大使 大使 | ambassador; envoy | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 抱歉 抱歉 | to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry! | |
| 孤儿 孤兒 | orphan | |
| 指定 指定 | to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 四处 四處 | all over the place; everywhere and all directions | |
| 此次 此次 | this time | |
| 捐 捐 | to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy | |
| 忽略 忽略 | to neglect; to overlook; to ignore | |
| 抵达 抵達 | to arrive; to reach (a destination) | |
| 遭受 遭受 | to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune) | |
| 援助 援助 | to help; to support; to aid; aid; assistance | |
| 虽 雖 | although; even though | |
| 抵抗 抵抗 | to resist; resistance | |
| 咋 咋 | dialectal equivalent of 怎么 | |
| 消灭 消滅 | to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory) | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 支援 支援 | to provide assistance; to support; to back | |
| 灭 滅 | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown | |
| 对抗 對抗 | to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 会见 會見 | to meet with (sb who is paying a visit) | |
| 牵 牽 | to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in | |
| 蹲 蹲 | to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere) | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 通讯 通訊 | communications; news story; dispatch | |
| 协助 協助 | to provide assistance; to aid | |
| 佛 佛 | Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) | |
| 作战 作戰 | combat; to fight | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 扎 扎 | used in 挣扎 | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 全力 全力 | with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support) | |
| 陷入 陷入 | to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament) | |
| 牺牲 犧牲 | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice |