Not One Less 1999
一个都不能少
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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Vocabulary
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| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 地址 地址 | address | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 项目 項目 | item; project; (sports) event | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 以及 以及 | as well as; too; and | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 缺钱 缺錢 | shortage of money | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 村长 村長 | village chief; village head | Proper Noun |
| 村里 村裡 | village; hamlet | Proper Noun |
| 星期一 星期一 | Monday | Proper Noun |
| 桥西区 橋西區 | Qiaoxi District (various); Qiaoxi District of Shijiazhuang City, Hebei | Proper Noun |
| 代课 代課 | to teach as substitute for absent teacher | |
| 点儿 點兒 | a bit | |
| 聪 聰 | intelligent, clever, bright | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 乱跑 亂跑 | to run around all over the place | |
| 志 志 | purpose, will, determination; annals | |
| 一声 一聲 | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) | |
| 没法 沒法 | at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 每人 每人 | each person; everybody; per person | |
| 付钱 付錢 | to pay money | |
| 学生证 學生證 | student identity card | |
| 病死 病死 | to fall ill and die; to die of illness | |
| 连天 連天 | reaching the sky; for days on end; incessantly | |
| 左转 左轉 | to turn left | |
| 看齐 看齊 | to follow sb's example; to emulate; (of troops etc) to dress (come into alignment for parade formation) | |
| 要死 要死 | extremely; awfully | |
| 耶 耶 | used in transliteration | |
| 劲 勁 | strong, unyielding, tough, power | |
| 邻 鄰 | neighbor; neighborhood | |
| 光是 光是 | solely; just | |
| 退后 退後 | to stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions | |
| 家亲 家親 | older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents); one's deceased close relatives | |
| 身分证 身分證 | identity card; also written | |
| 提调 提調 | to supervise (troops); to appoint (officers); to select and assign | |
| 各界 各界 | all walks of life; all social circles |