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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jiào shì classroom HSK 2
gōng to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation HSK 2
běi fāng north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River HSK 2
gòng altogether HSK 2
zi chair HSK 2
jiāo xué to teach (as a professor) HSK 2
děng dào to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) HSK 2
xiào yuán campus HSK 2
dìng not necessarily; maybe HSK 2
mén the Doors, US rock band HSK 2
xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
zhòng shì to attach importance to sth; to value HSK 2
děng to equal; to be tantamount to HSK 2
huā yuán garden HSK 2
yún (classical) to say HSK 2
tíng chē to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall HSK 2
zǎo chén early morning; also pr. [zǎo chen] HSK 2
lán blue (color) HSK 2
便 便 biàn convenient HSK 2
rén visitor; guest; customer; client HSK 2
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead HSK 2
jiào shī teacher HSK 2
jiā zhǎng head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child HSK 2
ān jìng quiet; peaceful; calm HSK 2
fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
ren adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors HSK 2
dào road; path; way HSK 2
sports; physical education HSK 2
dān wèi unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) HSK 2
tóng shì colleague; co-worker HSK 2
liàn to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk HSK 2
xiǎng echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises HSK 2
bào zhǐ newspaper; newsprint HSK 2
de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
fàng xià to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) HSK 2
dào chù everywhere HSK 2
ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
便 便 suí biàn as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton HSK 2
gāo zhōng senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学 HSK 2
tài yang sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 HSK 2
shén me yàng what kind?; what sort? HSK 2
yán color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff HSK 2
hǎo duō many; quite a lot; much better HSK 2
qiān thousand HSK 2
gāo to raise; to increase; to improve HSK 2
tài du manner; bearing; attitude; approach HSK 2
urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious HSK 2
bēi to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder HSK 2
zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2