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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zhěng xiū to repair; to refurbish; to renovate; to refit; to mend; to rebuild ∼HSK 3
to spread extensively; to generalize; widespread; popular; universal; ubiquitous; pervasive HSK 3
hǎo xīn rén kindhearted person; good Samaritan ∼HSK 3
piào jià ticket price; fare; admission fee HSK 3
xià dài the next generation ∼HSK 3
Cháng chéng the Great Wall HSK 3
nóng cūn rural area; village HSK 3
shàng jacket; upper outer garment HSK 3
jiāng jìn almost; nearly; close to HSK 3
chū zhōng junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学) HSK 3
pǎo to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double HSK 3
amusing; entertaining; (loanword) cola HSK 3
Zhōng huá mín the Chinese nation; the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China) HSK 3
xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3
zhèng jiàn certificate; papers; credentials; document; ID HSK 3
well-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand; (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper HSK 3
pái zi sign; trademark; brand HSK 3
jiē dài to receive (a visitor); to admit (allow sb to enter) HSK 3
běn shì source material; original story HSK 3
shǒu procedure; formalities HSK 3
zi house; room HSK 3
shēn fèn zhèng identity card; ID HSK 3
guān optimistic; hopeful HSK 3
diàn shì tái television station HSK 3
zi trousers; pants HSK 3
yīng dāng should; ought to HSK 3
广 guǎng broadcast; broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize HSK 3
shǒu zhǐ finger HSK 3
cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
néng néng Can you HSK 3
chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3
qián jìn to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward HSK 3
gōng wages; pay HSK 3
quē deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of HSK 3
xiàn xiàng phenomenon; appearance HSK 3
cūn village HSK 3
niàn to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) HSK 3
pán healthy; at ease HSK 3
hǎn "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc HSK 3
bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately HSK 3
qián to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance HSK 3
shàng to go up HSK 3
qiáo bridge HSK 3
shēng life force; vitality HSK 3
yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3
yìn xiàng impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory HSK 3
jìn to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further HSK 3
làng fèi to waste; to squander HSK 3
to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things HSK 3