Not One Less

Not One Less 1999

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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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jiǎn zhí simply; really HSK 3
jiàn to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct HSK 3
shèng victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear; equal to (a task) HSK 3
zhuā zhù to grab hold of; to capture HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
xià miàn below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] HSK 3
dài to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon HSK 3
lǐng dǎo lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader HSK 3
zhǔn to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of HSK 3
shì room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy HSK 3
jīng economy; economic HSK 3
xiào guǒ result; effect; efficacy; (theater) sound or visual effects HSK 3
kōng empty; air; sky; in vain HSK 3
duī to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) HSK 3
guān zhòng spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) HSK 3
shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] HSK 3
cóng lái always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) HSK 3
luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
guī dìng to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations HSK 3
local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) HSK 3
jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
jǐn zhāng nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce HSK 3
réng rán still; as before; yet HSK 3
shēn deep (lit. and fig.) HSK 3
xùn liàn to train; to drill; training HSK 3
qīn mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] HSK 3
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation HSK 3
jiě to comprehend; to understand HSK 3
to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious HSK 3
tán to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss HSK 3
zhèng míng proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of HSK 3
shè huì society HSK 3
guāng light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered HSK 3
hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
pài clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie HSK 3
dào finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
tái desk; table; counter HSK 3
àn to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment HSK 3
lián connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch HSK 3
róng easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3
rén individual; personal; oneself HSK 3
xià lai to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) HSK 3
gēn běn fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all HSK 3
jiàng stubborn; unyielding HSK 3
zhuǎi see 转文 HSK 3
jiě jué to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) HSK 3
xiāo xi news; information HSK 3