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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副 副 fù secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions HSK 6
集 集 jí to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode HSK 6
原 原 yuán former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source HSK 6
逼 偪 bī variant of 逼; to compel; to pressure HSK 6
啥 啥 shá dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà] HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
因 囙 yīn cause; reason; because HSK 6
有关 有關 yǒu guān to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
于 於 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
漏洞百出 漏洞百出 lòu dòng bǎi chū (of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 5
嘘寒问暖 噓寒問暖 xū hán wèn nuǎn to enquire solicitously about sb's well-being (idiom); to pamper Idiom ∼HSK 5
开源节流 開源節流 kāi yuán jié liú lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending; to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure Idiom ∼HSK 5
荷枪实弹 荷槍實彈 hè qiāng shí dàn (idiom) armed; carrying a loaded firearm Idiom ∼HSK 5
零碎 零碎 líng suì scattered and fragmentary; scraps; odds and ends Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
硬邦邦 硬邦邦 yìng bāng bāng very hard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭 臭 chòu stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) Xiehouyu HSK 5
搞不好 搞不好 gǎo bu hǎo (coll.) maybe; perhaps Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
献身 獻身 xiàn shēn to commit one's energy to; to devote oneself to; to sacrifice one's life for; (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday Colloquialism HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
估计 估計 gū jì to estimate; to reckon; (coll.) to suppose Colloquialism HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
斌 斌 bīn refined, having both appearance ∼HSK 5
音译 音譯 yīn yì transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters); characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown); transcription (linguistics); to transcribe phone ∼HSK 5
锦 錦 jǐn brocade ∼HSK 5
铐 銬 kào shackles, manacles ∼HSK 5
籽 籽 zǐ seed, pip, pit, stone ∼HSK 5
炕 匟 kàng the brick-bed in northern China ∼HSK 5
祁 祁 Qí pray; numerous, ample, abundant ∼HSK 5
匝 匝 zā full circle; encircle ∼HSK 5
祥 祥 xiáng good luck, good omen; happiness ∼HSK 5
廷 廷 tíng court ∼HSK 5
祺 祺 qí good luck, good fortune ∼HSK 5
劳动教养 勞動教養 láo dòng jiào yǎng reeducation through labor ∼HSK 5
惠 惠 Huì favor, benefit, confer kindness ∼HSK 5
绝大部分 絕大部分 jué dà bù fen overwhelming majority ∼HSK 5
也罢 也罷 yě bà (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation) ∼HSK 5
肃反 肅反 sù fǎn to eliminate counterrevolutionaries ∼HSK 5
劳改 勞改 láo gǎi abbr. for; reform through labor; laogai (prison camp) ∼HSK 5
摘帽子 摘帽子 zhāi mào zi lit. to take off a hat; fig. to be cleared of an unfair charge; rehabilitation ∼HSK 5
粮票 糧票 liáng piào coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993 ∼HSK 5
亭 亭 tíng pavilion; erect ∼HSK 5
维稳 維穩 wéi wěn to maintain social stability ∼HSK 5
人命 人命 rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
桓 桓 Huán variety of tree; surname ∼HSK 5
杀掉 殺掉 shā diào to kill ∼HSK 5
贤 賢 xián virtuous, worthy ∼HSK 5