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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| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 邻居 鄰居 | neighbor; next door | |
| 艰难 艱難 | difficult; hard; challenging | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 摔 摔 | to throw down; to fall; to drop and break | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 挡 擋 | to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) | |
| 随着 隨著 | along with; in the wake of; following | |
| 厅 廳 | (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department | |
| 胃 胃 | stomach | |
| 挤 擠 | to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) | |
| 局长 局長 | bureau chief | |
| 脑子 腦子 | brains; mind | |
| 业务 業務 | business; professional work; service | |
| 盒 盒 | small box; case | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 堆 堆 | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 违法 違法 | illegal; to break the law | |
| 详细 詳細 | detailed; in detail; minute | |
| 插 插 | to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose | |
| 负责人 負責人 | person in charge | |
| 清理 清理 | to clear up; to tidy up; to dispose of | |
| 不幸 不幸 | misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately | |
| 之下 之下 | under; beneath; less than | |
| 奖励 獎勵 | to reward; reward (as encouragement) | |
| 后悔 後悔 | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 立 立 | to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately | |
| 锁 鎖 | to lock; to lock up; a lock | |
| 缺乏 缺乏 | to lack; to be short of | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 弹 彈 | crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball | |
| 只不过 只不過 | only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... | |
| 编辑 編輯 | to edit; to compile; editor; compiler | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 说法 說法 | to expound Buddhist teachings | |
| 碎 碎 | (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous | |
| 命令 命令 | order; command | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 签 籤 | inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag | |
| 集团 集團 | group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 打击 打擊 | to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music) | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 屋 屋 | (bound form) house; (bound form) room | |
| 中央 中央 | central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state) | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 接触 接觸 | to touch; to contact; access; in touch with |