Dead Souls 2018
死灵魂
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.
Vocabulary
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| 沟 溝 | ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine | |
| 广泛 廣泛 | extensive; wide range | |
| 层次 層次 | layer; level; gradation; arrangement of ideas; (a person's) standing | |
| 终身 終身 | lifelong; all one's life; marriage | |
| 披 披 | to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll; to split open; to spread out | |
| 沙漠 沙漠 | desert | |
| 乡 鄉 | country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) | |
| 职务 職務 | post; position; job; duties | |
| 城里 城裡 | In the city | |
| 得以 得以 | able to; so that sb can; enabling; in order to; finally in a position to; with sth in view | |
| 模样 模樣 | look; style; appearance; approximation; about; also pr. [mó yàng] | |
| 摘 摘 | to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 宾馆 賓館 | guesthouse; lodge; hotel | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 军人 軍人 | serviceman; soldier; military personnel | |
| 上下 上下 | up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about | |
| 献 獻 | to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old) | |
| 劳动 勞動 | work; toil; physical labor | |
| 众多 眾多 | numerous | |
| 偷偷 偷偷 | stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 大胆 大膽 | brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless | |
| 干脆 乾脆 | candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well | |
| 寸 寸 | a unit of length; inch; thumb | |
| 稍微 稍微 | a little bit | |
| 认定 認定 | to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with | |
| 立场 立場 | position; standpoint | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 染 染 | to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting | |
| 忍不住 忍不住 | cannot help; unable to bear | |
| 宿舍 宿舍 | dormitory; dorm room; living quarters; hostel | |
| 起码 起碼 | at the minimum; at the very least | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 群众 群眾 | mass; multitude; the masses | |
| 明明 明明 | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely | |
| 返回 返回 | to return to; to come (or go) back | |
| 规划 規劃 | to draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program | |
| 冻 凍 | to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly | |
| 锅 鍋 | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing | |
| 拔 拔 | to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize | |
| 双手 雙手 | both hands | |
| 出于 出於 | due to; to stem from | |
| 夹 夾 | to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jiá] | |
| 解放 解放 | to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 | |
| 搜 搜 | to search | |
| 社 社 | (bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land | |
| 看出 看出 | to make out; to see | |
| 显 顯 | to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero- | |
| 局面 局面 | aspect; phase; situation |