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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得 得 dé to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished HSK 2
可以 可以 kě yǐ can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
为 為 wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
自己 自己 zì jǐ oneself; one's own HSK 2
但 但 dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
让 讓 ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
啊 啊 ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
不动 不動 bù dòng motionless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
老手 老手 lǎo shǒu experienced person; an old hand at sth Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
白吃 白吃 bái chī to eat without paying; to eat for free Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
好看 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated Xiehouyu HSK 1
对不起 對不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint Xiehouyu HSK 1
干 乾 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
不会 不會 bù huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
看看 看看 kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
有病 有病 yǒu bìng to be ill; (coll.) to be not right in the head Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
好不好 好不好 hǎo bu hǎo (coll.) all right?; OK? Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
小的 小的 xiǎo de (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
这不 這不 zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
那是 那是 nà shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
今儿 今兒 jīn r (coll.) today Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
明儿 明兒 míng r (coll.) tomorrow; one of these days; some day Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
东东 東東 dōng dōng (coll.) thing; item; stuff Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
昨儿 昨兒 zuó r (coll.) yesterday Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
今儿个 今兒個 jīn r ge (coll.) today Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
这会儿 這會兒 zhè huì r (coll.) now; this moment; also pr. [zhè huǐ r] Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
一块儿 一塊兒 yī kuài r erhua variant of 一块; a piece; a chunk; (coll.) one yuan; one dollar Colloquialism HSK 1
山 山 shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
爸爸 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
块 塊 kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in Colloquialism HSK 1
共产党 共產黨 Gòng chǎn dǎng Communist Party Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
明和 明和 Míng hé Minghe, rail station in South Taiwan; Meiwa (Japanese reign name 1764-1772); Meiwa (common name for Japanese companies or schools) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
新教 新教 Xīn jiào Protestantism Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
谁知道 誰知道 shéi zhī dào God knows...; Who would have imagined...? ∼HSK 1
有一些 有一些 yǒu yī xiē somewhat; rather; some HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
一下 一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
五毛 五毛 wǔ máo fifty cents (0.5 RMB); (fig.) paltry sum of money; hired Internet commenter ∼HSK 1