Not One Less

Not One Less 1999

一个都不能少 yīge dōu bùnéng shǎo

Set in the People's Republic of China during the 1990s, the film centers on a 13-year-old substitute teacher, Wei Minzhi, in the Chinese countryside. Called in to substitute for a village teacher for one month, Wei is told not to lose any students.

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3.46 Beginner Director Zhang Yimou 🍅 96%

Cast

Wei Minzhi Wei Minzhi Wei Minzhi Zhang Huike Zhang Huike Zhang Huike Tian Zhenda Tian Zhenda Village Chief Gao Enman Gao Enman Teacher Gao Sun Zhimei Sun Zhimei Feng Yuying TV Receptionist Li Fanfan TV Host Zhang Yichang Mr. Zhang Zhanqing Xu Brick Factory Owner Liu Hanzhi Zhang Huike's Mother

Vocabulary

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农场 農場 nóng chǎng farm HSK 7
溜 溜 liū to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate HSK 7
纯粹 純粹 chún cuì pure; unadulterated; purely; completely HSK 7
撤 撤 chè to remove; to take away HSK 7
钉 釘 dìng to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on HSK 7
麻 蔴 má variant of 麻; hemp HSK 7
焦 焦 jiāo burnt; scorched; charred; worried; anxious; coke; joule (abbr. for 耳) HSK 7
罐 罐 guàn can; jar; pot HSK 7
捏 捏 niē to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc) HSK 7
抹 抹 mā to wipe HSK 7
爹 爹 diē dad HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
不准 不准 bù zhǔn not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit HSK 7
寻 尋 xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7
得知 得知 dé zhī to find out; to learn of HSK 7
灰 灰 huī ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected HSK 7
尿 尿 niào to urinate; urine HSK 7
码 碼 mǎ weight; number; code; to pile; to stack; classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc HSK 7
素 素 sù raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
同志 同志 tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
捣蛋 搗蛋 dǎo dàn to cause trouble; to stir up trouble Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
耳刮子 耳刮子 ěr guā zi (coll.) a slap on one's face; a cuff Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
不赖 不賴 bù lài (coll.) not bad; good; fine Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
粉笔 粉筆 fěn bǐ chalk ∼HSK 6
搬砖 搬磚 bān zhuān to do hard physical labor (as a job); (fig.) to play mahjong ∼HSK 6
尿床 尿床 niào chuáng to wet the bed ∼HSK 6
升旗 升旗 shēng qí to raise a flag; to hoist a flag ∼HSK 6
乘以 乘以 chéng yǐ (math.) multiplied with ∼HSK 6
看不清 看不清 kàn bu qīng not able to see clearly ∼HSK 6
旗子 旗子 qí zi flag; banner ∼HSK 6
掏出 掏出 tāo chū to fish out; to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) ∼HSK 6
砖头 磚頭 zhuān tou brick ∼HSK 6
格子 格子 gé zi lattice; check (pattern of squares) ∼HSK 6
拐角 拐角 guǎi jiǎo to turn a corner; corner ∼HSK 6
墨汁 墨汁 mò zhī prepared Chinese ink ∼HSK 6
登广告 登廣告 dēng guǎng gào to advertise ∼HSK 6
规章制度 規章制度 guī zhāng zhì dù rules and regulations ∼HSK 6
佳宾 佳賓 jiā bīn variant of ∼HSK 6
不畏 不畏 bù wèi unafraid; to defy ∼HSK 6
一息尚存 一息尚存 yī xī shàng cún as long as one still has a breath left; while still alive (idiom) ∼HSK 6
憋不住 憋不住 biē bu zhù to be unable to repress sth; to be unable to contain oneself ∼HSK 6
姆指 姆指 mǔ zhǐ erroneous variant of ∼HSK 6