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%

Cast

Vocabulary

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dēng bào to publish in the newspapers ∼HSK 4
relative; be related to; sad ∼HSK 4
shēn chū to extend ∼HSK 4
gōng chǐ meter (unit of length) ∼HSK 4
jīng yóu via ∼HSK 4
xué tóng schoolchild ∼HSK 4
shuǐ soda pop; carbonated soft drink HSK 4
調 tiáo naughty; mischievous; unruly HSK 4
fāng zhēn policy; guidelines HSK 4
jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
使 使 shǐ jìn to exert all one's strength HSK 4
chāo to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms HSK 4
lǎo jiā native place; place of origin; home state or region HSK 4
liáng shi foodstuff; cereals HSK 4
jade HSK 4
lóu stair; staircase HSK 4
jiān sound of moving water HSK 4
bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work HSK 4
diary HSK 4
zuǐ ba mouth; slap in the face HSK 4
zháo to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4
fèn dòu to strive; to struggle HSK 4
ā maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) HSK 4
yǎn jìng spectacles; eyeglasses HSK 4
lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) HSK 4
xiàn county HSK 4
xiǎng niàn to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again HSK 4
lín shí as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc HSK 4
huá to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth) HSK 4
xià underground; subterranean; covert HSK 4
yuán circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) HSK 4
zhì liàng quality; (physics) mass HSK 4
dēng to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) HSK 4
jìng tóu camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene HSK 4
dēng to register (one's name) HSK 4
tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
jiǎng prize; award; encouragement HSK 4
gài lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build HSK 4
nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
hào number HSK 4
fán to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy HSK 4
jǐn kuài as quickly as possible; as soon as possible HSK 4
tiē to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
graduation; to graduate; to finish school HSK 4
rén enemy HSK 4
ér tóng child HSK 4
shū special; particular; unusual; extraordinary HSK 4