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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胀 脹 zhàng to swell; dropsical; swollen; bloated HSK 7
揽 攬 lǎn to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass HSK 7
就读 就讀 jiù dú to go to school HSK 7
迁 遷 qiān to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote HSK 7
四季 四季 sì jì four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬 HSK 7
坟 墳 fén grave; tomb; embankment; mound; ancient book HSK 7
蒜 蒜 suàn garlic HSK 7
夜班 夜班 yè bān night shift HSK 7
迫害 迫害 pò hài to persecute HSK 7
葬 塟 zàng to bury (the dead); to inter HSK 7
得益于 得益於 dé yì yú to benefit from; thanks to HSK 7
牵扯 牽扯 qiān chě to involve; to implicate; to be interrelated HSK 7
掉头 掉頭 diào tóu to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about HSK 7
销 銷 xiāo to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell; to expend; to spend; pin; bolt; to fasten with a pin or bolt HSK 7
亲友 親友 qīn yǒu friends and relatives HSK 7
宣读 宣讀 xuān dú to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference) HSK 7
揭发 揭發 jiē fā to expose; to bring to light; to disclose; revelation HSK 7
可谓 可謂 kě wèi it could even be said HSK 7
看中 看中 kàn zhòng to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on HSK 7
责怪 責怪 zé guài to blame; to rebuke HSK 7
住宿 住宿 zhù sù to stay at; lodging; accommodation HSK 7
拥护 擁護 yōng hù to endorse; to support HSK 7
贪 貪 tān to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt HSK 7
委屈 委屈 wěi qu to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance HSK 7
以致 以致 yǐ zhì to such an extent as to; down to; up to HSK 7
任职 任職 rèn zhí to hold a post; to take office HSK 7
反省 反省 fǎn xǐng to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul HSK 7
拟 擬 nǐ to plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo- HSK 7
批判 批判 pī pàn to criticize; critique HSK 7
衷心 衷心 zhōng xīn heartfelt; wholehearted; cordial HSK 7
解答 解答 jiě dá to solve (a problem); to resolve (a difficulty); to provide an answer; solution; resolution; answer HSK 7
平淡 平淡 píng dàn flat; dull; ordinary; nothing special HSK 7
俘虏 俘虜 fú lǔ captive HSK 7
棺材 棺材 guān cai coffin HSK 7
根源 根源 gēn yuán origin; root (cause) HSK 7
掺 摻 shǎn to grasp HSK 7
否决 否決 fǒu jué to veto; to overrule HSK 7
胆子 膽子 dǎn zi courage; nerve; guts HSK 7
转悠 轉悠 zhuàn you to roll; to wander around; to appear repeatedly HSK 7
逢 逢 féng to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon HSK 7
苦难 苦難 kǔ nàn suffering HSK 7
轰动 轟動 hōng dòng to cause a sensation; to create a stir in (a place); commotion; controversy HSK 7
学业 學業 xué yè studies; schoolwork HSK 7
葱 蔥 cōng scallion; green onion HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
终生 終生 zhōng shēng throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong HSK 7
糊 䊀 hú muddled; paste; scorched HSK 7
咽 咽 yān throat; pharynx; narrow pass HSK 7
包袱 包袱 bāo fu wrapping cloth; a bundle wrapped in cloth; load; weight; burden; funny part; punchline HSK 7
葬礼 葬禮 zàng lǐ burial; funeral HSK 7