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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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| 界 界 | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm | |
| 护 護 | to protect | |
| 煮 煑 | to cook; to boil | |
| 埋 埋 | to bury | |
| 市民 市民 | city resident | |
| 给予 給予 | (literary) to give; to accord; to render | |
| 料 料 | material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess | |
| 至于 至於 | as for; as to; to go so far as to | |
| 闭 閉 | to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct | |
| 将军 將軍 | general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot | |
| 要么 要麼 | or; either one or the other | |
| 挖 挖 | to dig; to excavate; to scoop out | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 扣 釦 | button | |
| 上帝 上帝 | God | |
| 端 端 | end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 进攻 進攻 | to attack; to assault; to go on the offensive; attack; assault; offense (sports) | |
| 能否 能否 | whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible? | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | |
| 法庭 法庭 | court of law | |
| 时期 時期 | period; phase | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 为何 為何 | why | |
| 部队 部隊 | army; armed forces; troops; force; unit | |
| 军队 軍隊 | armed forces; troops | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 错过 錯過 | to miss (train, opportunity etc) | |
| 允许 允許 | to permit; to allow | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 逼 偪 | variant of 逼; to compel; to pressure | |
| 据 㨿 | used in 据 | |
| 死亡 死亡 | to die; death | |
| 便 便 | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards | |
| 特 特 | special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex | |
| 另 另 | other; another; separate; separately | |
| 于 于 | to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle; variant of 于 | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 所向披靡 所向披靡 | (idiom) to sweep everything before one; to be invincible | Idiom |
| 各自为政 各自為政 | to do things each in one's own way | Idiom |
| 迫在眉睫 迫在眉睫 | pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent | Idiom |
| 混蛋 混蛋 | scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch | Xiehouyu |
| 滚蛋 滾蛋 | get out of here!; beat it! | Xiehouyu |
| 多管闲事 多管閒事 | meddling in other people's business | Xiehouyu |