Dead Souls

Dead Souls 2018

死灵魂 sǐ línghún

In Gansu Province, northwest China, lie the remains of countless prisoners abandoned in the Gobi Desert sixty years ago. Designated as ultra-rightists in the Communist Party’s Anti-Rightist campaign of 1957, they starved to death in the reeducation camps. The film invites us to meet the survivors of the camps to find out firsthand who these persons were, the hardships they were forced to endure and what became their destiny.

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4.66 Intermediate Director Wang Bing 🍅 100%

Vocabulary

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干事 幹事 gàn shi administrator; executive secretary HSK 7
受罪 受罪 shòu zuì to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance HSK 7
口碑 口碑 kǒu bēi public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom HSK 7
狭隘 狹隘 xiá ài narrow; tight; narrow minded; lacking in experience HSK 7
学说 學說 xué shuō theory; doctrine HSK 7
忧愁 憂愁 yōu chóu to be worried HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
社论 社論 shè lùn editorial (in a newspaper) HSK 7
瘫 癱 tān paralyzed HSK 7
仇人 仇人 chóu rén foe; one's personal enemy HSK 7
晚年 晚年 wǎn nián one's later years HSK 7
公墓 公墓 gōng mù public cemetery HSK 7
碑 碑 bēi a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele HSK 7
坚持不懈 堅持不懈 jiān chí bù xiè to persevere unremittingly (idiom); to keep going until the end HSK 7
抢夺 搶奪 qiǎng duó to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take HSK 7
拐杖 拐杖 guǎi zhàng crutches; crutch; walking stick HSK 7
用人 用人 yòng rén servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff HSK 7
偏远 偏遠 piān yuǎn remote; far from civilization HSK 7
半路 半路 bàn lù halfway; midway; on the way HSK 7
承包 承包 chéng bāo to contract; to undertake (a job) HSK 7
凑合 湊合 còu he to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad HSK 7
动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion HSK 7
传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance HSK 7
土匪 土匪 tǔ fěi bandit HSK 7
谈到 談到 tán dào to refer to; to speak about; to talk about HSK 7
迁移 遷移 qiān yí to migrate; to move HSK 7
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time HSK 7
出资 出資 chū zī to fund; to put money into sth; to invest HSK 7
换成 換成 huàn chéng to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into HSK 7
书记 書記 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe HSK 7
逝世 逝世 shì shì to pass away; to die HSK 7
掀 掀 xiān to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse HSK 7
视察 視察 shì chá to inspect; an investigation HSK 7
筹划 籌劃 chóu huà to plan and prepare HSK 7
针灸 針灸 zhēn jiǔ acupuncture and moxibustion; to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion HSK 7
炭 炭 tàn wood charcoal; coal HSK 7
高低 高低 gāo dī height; altitude (aviation); pitch (music); ups and downs (success or failure); whether sth is right or wrong; comparative strength, weight, depth, stature; (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever; eventually, in the end HSK 7
复查 復查 fù chá to check again; to re-examine HSK 7
离奇 離奇 lí qí odd; bizarre HSK 7
搁 擱 gē to place; to put aside; to shelve HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
着实 著實 zhuó shí truly; indeed; severely; harshly HSK 7
干部 幹部 gàn bù cadre; official; officer; manager HSK 7
历经 歷經 lì jīng to experience; to go through HSK 7
提拔 提拔 tí bá to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion HSK 7
无非 無非 wú fēi only; nothing else HSK 7
美德 美德 Měi Dé USA and Germany HSK 7
劳动力 勞動力 láo dòng lì labor force; manpower HSK 7
违章 違章 wéi zhāng to break the rules; to violate regulations HSK 7
陷害 陷害 xiàn hài to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against HSK 7