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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赤地千里 赤地千里 chì dì qiān lǐ 地: earth; soil, ground; region · 千: thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler · 里: unit of distance; village; lane Idiom ∼HSK 7
饿殍遍野 餓殍遍野 è piǎo biàn yě 饿: hungry; greedy for; hunger · 殍: to starve to death · 遍: everywhere, all over, throughout · 野: open country, field; wilderness Idiom ∼HSK 7
日理万机 日理萬機 rì lǐ wàn jī 日: sun; day; daytime · 理: reason, logic; manage · 万: ten thousand; innumerable · 机: desk; machine; moment Idiom ∼HSK 7
自以为是 自以為是 zì yǐ wéi shì to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated Idiom HSK 7
一塌糊涂 一塌糊塗 yī tā hú tu muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess Idiom HSK 7
刻不容缓 刻不容緩 kè bù róng huǎn to brook no delay; to demand immediate action Xiehouyu HSK 7
挑拨 挑撥 tiǎo bō to incite disharmony; to instigate Xiehouyu HSK 7
稀奇 稀奇 xī qí rare; strange Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
闺女 閨女 guī ˙nu: maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter Colloquialism HSK 7
愣 愣 lèng to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
长效 長效 cháng xiào to be effective over an extended period HSK 7
忍饥挨饿 忍飢挨餓 rěn jī ái è starving; famished HSK 7
师长 師長 shī zhǎng military division level commander; teacher HSK 7
旱灾 旱災 hàn zāi drought HSK 7
恩情 恩情 ēn qíng kindness; affection; grace; favor HSK 7
祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation HSK 7
口吃 口吃 kǒu chī to stammer; to stutter; Taiwan pr. [kǒu jí] HSK 7
伯母 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) HSK 7
红薯 紅薯 hóng shǔ sweet potato HSK 7
壮烈 壯烈 zhuàng liè brave; heroic HSK 7
筹措 籌措 chóu cuò to raise (money) HSK 7
万万 萬萬 wàn wàn absolutely; wholly HSK 7
孝敬 孝敬 xiào jìng to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents HSK 7
不难 不難 bù nán Not difficult HSK 7
旱 旱 hàn drought HSK 7
奔赴 奔赴 bēn fù to rush to; to hurry to HSK 7
上火 上火 shàng huǒ to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) HSK 7
乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home HSK 7
有序 有序 yǒu xù regular; orderly; successive; in order HSK 7
减免 減免 jiǎn miǎn to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc) HSK 7
队形 隊形 duì xíng formation HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
工商界 工商界 gōng shāng jiè industry; the world of business HSK 7
担子 擔子 dàn zi carrying pole and the loads on it; burden; task; responsibility HSK 7
口才 口才 kǒu cái eloquence HSK 7
一连 一連 yī lián in a row; in succession; running HSK 7
索性 索性 suǒ xìng you might as well (do it); simply; just HSK 7
受罪 受罪 shòu zuì to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance HSK 7
瘟疫 瘟疫 wēn yì plague; pestilence HSK 7
迟迟 遲遲 chí chí late (with a task etc); slow HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
迁徙 遷徙 qiān xǐ to migrate; to move HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
捶 捶 chuí to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound HSK 7
路途 路途 lù tú (lit. and fig.) road; path HSK 7
抠 摳 kōu to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; to lift one's clothes; stingy; miserly HSK 7