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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抱头痛哭 抱頭痛哭 bào tóu tòng kū to weep disconsolately; to cry on each other's shoulder ∼HSK 4
既往 既往 jì wǎng past; bygone; the past ∼HSK 4
见微知著 見微知著 jiàn wēi - zhī zhù (idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces ∼HSK 4
承 承 Chéng inherit, receive; succeed ∼HSK 4
报效 報效 bào xiào render service to repay kindness ∼HSK 4
安息 安息 Ān xī Parthia (ancient country in central Asia) ∼HSK 4
曹 曹 Cáo ministry officials; surname ∼HSK 4
林场 林場 lín chǎng forestry station; forest management area ∼HSK 4
一堆 一堆 yī duī pile ∼HSK 4
一阵子 一陣子 yī zhèn zi a while; a spell; a short time; a burst ∼HSK 4
社长 社長 shè zhǎng president or director (of association etc) ∼HSK 4
庆 慶 qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
伙夫 伙伕 huǒ fū mess cook (old) ∼HSK 4
头儿 頭兒 tóu r head, leader ∼HSK 4
个例 個例 gè lì specific example; rare instance ∼HSK 4
魏 魏 Wèi kingdom of Wei; surname ∼HSK 4
开言 開言 kāi yán to start to speak ∼HSK 4
折中 折中 zhé zhōng to compromise; to take the middle road; a trade-off; eclectic ∼HSK 4
犯人 犯人 fàn rén convict; prisoner; criminal ∼HSK 4
伦 倫 lún normal human relationships ∼HSK 4
党组 黨組 dǎng zǔ party leadership group ∼HSK 4
针对性 針對性 zhēn duì xìng focus; direction; purpose; relevance ∼HSK 4
脸型 臉型 liǎn xíng shape of face; physiognomy ∼HSK 4
沙地 沙地 shā dì sandy beach or river bank; sand dune; sandy land ∼HSK 4
法律责任 法律責任 fǎ lǜ zé rèn legal responsibility; liability ∼HSK 4
一年四季 一年四季 yī nián sì jì all year round ∼HSK 4
公社 公社 gōng shè commune ∼HSK 4
特务 特務 tè wu special assignment (military); special agent; operative; spy ∼HSK 4
脑瓜子 腦瓜子 nǎo guā zi skull; brain; head; mind; mentality; ideas ∼HSK 4
镜 鏡 jìng mirror; lens; glass; glasses ∼HSK 4
风镜 風鏡 fēng jìng goggles (esp. against wind and sandstorms) ∼HSK 4
腰带 腰帶 yāo dài belt ∼HSK 4
穴 穴 xué cave, den, hole; KangXi radical 116 ∼HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
四方 四方 sì fāng four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere ∼HSK 4
守寡 守寡 shǒu guǎ to live as widow; to observe widowhood ∼HSK 4
教导 教導 jiào dǎo to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching ∼HSK 4
别处 別處 bié chù elsewhere ∼HSK 4
的款 的款 dí kuǎn reliable funds ∼HSK 4
冲刷 沖刷 chōng shuā to cleanse; to scrub; to scour; to wash down; to erode; to wash away ∼HSK 4
逃脱 逃脫 táo tuō to run away; to escape ∼HSK 4
获释 獲釋 huò shì freed (from prison); to obtain release ∼HSK 4
出镜 出鏡 chū jìng to appear on camera; to play a role in a film ∼HSK 4
忆 憶 yì remember, reflect upon; memory ∼HSK 4
沉睡 沉睡 chén shuì to be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered ∼HSK 4
前头 前頭 qián tou in front; at the head; ahead; above HSK 4
能干 能幹 néng gàn capable; competent HSK 4
窗子 窗子 chuāng zi window HSK 4
陆续 陸續 lù xù in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit HSK 4