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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xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
gòng common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party HSK 4
gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
zhǐ address HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
xiàng item; project; (sports) event HSK 4
jiě shì explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
as well as; too; and HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
quē qián shortage of money Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
guǎn 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 HSK 3
cūn zhǎng village chief; village head Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
cūn village; hamlet Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Xīng Monday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
西 西 Qiáo Qiaoxi District (various); Qiaoxi District of Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
dài to teach as substitute for absent teacher ∼HSK 3
diǎn r a bit ∼HSK 3
cōng intelligent, clever, bright ∼HSK 3
gàn what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
luàn pǎo to run around all over the place ∼HSK 3
zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
méi at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice ∼HSK 3
yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
měi rén each person; everybody; per person ∼HSK 3
qián to pay money ∼HSK 3
xué sheng zhèng student identity card ∼HSK 3
bìng to fall ill and die; to die of illness ∼HSK 3
lián tiān reaching the sky; for days on end; incessantly ∼HSK 3
zuǒ zhuǎn to turn left ∼HSK 3
kàn to follow sb's example; to emulate; (of troops etc) to dress (come into alignment for parade formation) ∼HSK 3
yào extremely; awfully ∼HSK 3
used in transliteration ∼HSK 3
jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
lín neighbor; neighborhood ∼HSK 3
guāng shì solely; just ∼HSK 3
退 退 tuì hòu to stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions ∼HSK 3
jiā qīn older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents); one's deceased close relatives ∼HSK 3
shēn fèn zhèng identity card; also written ∼HSK 3
調 diào to supervise (troops); to appoint (officers); to select and assign ∼HSK 3
jiè all walks of life; all social circles ∼HSK 3