Not One Less

Not One Less 1999

ge dōu néng 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%

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Vocabulary

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máo fáng toilet (rural euphemism); thatched hut or house ∼HSK 2
jiè shào xìn letter of introduction; recommendation letter; reference ∼HSK 2
dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
xiǎng xiàng to imagine; to envision; imagination ∼HSK 2
dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
gěi to issue; to grant; to distribute ∼HSK 2
tóu to wash one's hair; to have a shampoo ∼HSK 2
zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
tóu the first ∼HSK 2
hái zi men children ∼HSK 2
xiǎo hái zi child ∼HSK 2
jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
shǔ shù to count; to reckon ∼HSK 2
máng máng hurriedly ∼HSK 2
bàn hǎo to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously ∼HSK 2
huài diào to get broken; to get damaged; to get ruined ∼HSK 2
nòng dào to get hold of; to obtain; to secure; to come by ∼HSK 2
pèng dǎo to knock sth over ∼HSK 2
tuī lái tuī (idiom) to rudely push and pull others; (idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others ∼HSK 2
měi every time ∼HSK 2
qiáng jiǎo corner (junction of two walls) ∼HSK 2
zǎi load; carry; transport, convey ∼HSK 2
nòng huài to ruin; to spoil; to break ∼HSK 2
xiǎo shù diǎn decimal point ∼HSK 2
tiān a good heavens!; oh my God! ∼HSK 2
zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
gòu yòng adequate; sufficient; enough ∼HSK 2
shuō le suàn to have the final say; to be the one in charge ∼HSK 2
wǎn to wash the dishes ∼HSK 2
hái baby, child; children ∼HSK 2
yòu lái le Here we go again. ∼HSK 2
guān dào relates to; bears upon ∼HSK 2
zuò wéi to act as; used erroneously for 作為|作为 ∼HSK 2
bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
míng xué (archaic term) logic ∼HSK 2
yīn tiān cloudy day; overcast sky HSK 2
xīn li huà (to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind; secret mind ∼HSK 2
hēi bǎn blackboard HSK 2
chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
gōng gòng chē bus HSK 2
zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
zi height; stature; build; size HSK 2
xiū jià to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave HSK 2
zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
nián grade; year (in school, college etc) HSK 2
shǒu to raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal) HSK 2
lǎo shi always HSK 2
zǒu guò to walk past; to pass by HSK 2
kuài yào nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) HSK 2