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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辛苦 辛苦 xīn kǔ exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) HSK 5
烂 爛 làn soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad HSK 5
一辈子 一輩子 yī bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
碎 碎 suì (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous HSK 5
人士 人士 rén shì person; figure; public figure HSK 5
欠 欠 qiàn to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) HSK 5
屋 屋 wū (bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
骗 騙 piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
剩下 剩下 shèng xià to remain; to be left over HSK 5
加上 加上 jiā shàng plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that HSK 5
邀请 邀請 yāo qǐng to invite; invitation HSK 5
丢 丟 diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
建筑 建築 jiàn zhù to construct; building HSK 5
式 式 shì type; form; pattern; style HSK 5
讨厌 討厭 tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
至 至 zhì to arrive; most; to; until HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
划不来 划不來 huá bu lái not worth it Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
女同 女同 nǚ tóng a lesbian (coll.) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
男同 男同 nán tóng gay guy (coll.) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
美英 美英 Měi Yīng US and UK; Anglo-American Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
可口可乐 可口可樂 Kě kǒu kě lè Coca-Cola Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孙 孫 Sūn Sun (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
毛主席 毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
魏 魏 Wèi kingdom of Wei; surname ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
人材 人材 rén cái variant of ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
报案 報案 bào àn to report a case to the authorities ∼HSK 4
警卫 警衛 jǐng wèi to stand guard over; (security) guard ∼HSK 4
七彩 七彩 qī cǎi seven colors; a variety of colors; multicolored; rainbow-colored ∼HSK 4
各处 各處 gè chù every place ∼HSK 4
龄 齡 líng age; years ∼HSK 4
散见 散見 sǎn jiàn seen periodically ∼HSK 4
旗 旂 qí banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
奴役 奴役 nú yì to enslave ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
况 況 kuàng condition, situation; furthermore ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
基金会 基金會 jī jīn huì foundation (institution supported by an endowment) ∼HSK 4
算术 算術 suàn shù arithmetic ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4