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%

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当兵 當兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army; to be a soldier ∼HSK 4
概数 概數 gài shù approximate number; imprecise indication of quantity (e.g.,,) ∼HSK 4
不符 不符 bù fú inconsistent; not in agreement with; not agree or tally with; not conform to ∼HSK 4
儿孙 兒孫 ér sūn descendant ∼HSK 4
尊长 尊長 zūn zhǎng one's superior; one's elders and betters ∼HSK 4
导 導 dǎo direct, guide, lead, conduct ∼HSK 4
平反 平反 píng fǎn to redress (an injustice); to rehabilitate (sb whose reputation was unjustly sullied) ∼HSK 4
宋 宋 Sòng Song dynasty; surname ∼HSK 4
遂 遂 suí comply with, follow along; thereupon ∼HSK 4
纸箱 紙箱 zhǐ xiāng carton; cardboard box ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
没治 沒治 méi zhì hopeless; helpless; incurable; fantastic; out of this world ∼HSK 4
脚底 腳底 jiǎo dǐ soles of the feet ∼HSK 4
审讯 審訊 shěn xùn inquest; trial; interrogation; to try; to interrogate ∼HSK 4
申 申 Shēn to state to a superior, report; extend; 9th terrestrial branch ∼HSK 4
杜 杜 Dù stop, prevent; restrict; surname ∼HSK 4
秦 秦 Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
专机 專機 zhuān jī chartered plane; VIP aircraft ∼HSK 4
戴上 戴上 dài shang to put on (hat etc) ∼HSK 4
旧址 舊址 jiù zhǐ former site; old location ∼HSK 4
疑似 疑似 yí sì to be suspected to be ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
创造性 創造性 chuàng zào xìng creativeness; creativity ∼HSK 4
有失 有失 yǒu shī to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions) ∼HSK 4
老粗 老粗 lǎo cū uneducated person; yokel; boor; roughneck ∼HSK 4
共产主义 共產主義 gòng chǎn zhǔ yì communism ∼HSK 4
专政 專政 zhuān zhèng dictatorship ∼HSK 4
技术员 技術員 jì shù yuán technician ∼HSK 4
分局 分局 fēn jú branch office; sub-bureau ∼HSK 4
审计 審計 shěn jì to audit; to examine finances ∼HSK 4
实际情况 實際情況 shí jì qíng kuàng actual circumstances; the real situation; reality ∼HSK 4
现场视察 現場視察 xiàn chǎng shì chá on-site inspection ∼HSK 4
娃 娃 wá baby; doll; pretty girl ∼HSK 4
生产队 生產隊 shēng chǎn duì production team ∼HSK 4
编成 編成 biān chéng to organize; to put together; to edit ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
屎 屎 shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
更替 更替 gēng tì to take over (from one another); to alternate; to replace; to relay ∼HSK 4
起落 起落 qǐ luò to rise and fall; takeoff and landing; ups and downs ∼HSK 4
未成年 未成年 wèi chéng nián underage ∼HSK 4
多方 多方 duō fāng in many ways; from all sides ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
骨 骨 gū bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
幸 倖 xìng luck(ily), favor, fortunately ∼HSK 4
氏 氏 shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
失学 失學 shī xué unable to go to school; an interruption to one's education ∼HSK 4
信守 信守 xìn shǒu to abide by; to keep (promises etc) ∼HSK 4
悔 悔 huǐ repent, show remorse, regret ∼HSK 4
病弱 病弱 bìng ruò sick and weak; sickly; invalid ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4