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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| 塑料袋 塑料袋 | plastic bag | |
| 感兴趣 感興趣 | to be interested | |
| 转弯 轉彎 | to turn; to go around a corner | |
| 暖气 暖氣 | central heating; heater; warm air | |
| 改正 改正 | to correct; to amend; to put right; correction | |
| 叶子 葉子 | leaf; (slang) marijuana | |
| 刷牙 刷牙 | to brush one's teeth | |
| 相片 相片 | image; photograph | |
| 表扬 表揚 | to praise; to commend | |
| 食堂 食堂 | dining hall; cafeteria | |
| 逐步 逐步 | progressively; step by step | |
| 看望 看望 | to pay a visit to; to see (sb) | |
| 流传 流傳 | to spread; to circulate; to hand down | |
| 两边 兩邊 | either side; both sides | |
| 原料 原料 | raw material | |
| 粮食 糧食 | foodstuff; cereals | |
| 总共 總共 | altogether; in sum; in all; in total | |
| 鲜 鮮 | fresh; bright (in color); delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods | |
| 箱子 箱子 | suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk | |
| 汇 匯 | to remit; to converge (of rivers); to exchange | |
| 测量 測量 | survey; to measure; to gauge; to determine | |
| 骨头 骨頭 | bone; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gú tou] | |
| 男士 男士 | man; gentleman | |
| 赞助 贊助 | to support; to assist; to sponsor | |
| 老实 老實 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible | |
| 力气 力氣 | strength | |
| 镜子 鏡子 | mirror | |
| 成人 成人 | adult | |
| 保守 保守 | conservative; to guard; to keep | |
| 说服 說服 | to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shuì fú] | |
| 淡 淡 | insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮) nitrogen | |
| 待遇 待遇 | treatment; pay; salary; status; rank | |
| 布置 佈置 | to put in order; to arrange; to decorate; to fix up; to deploy | |
| 挑选 挑選 | to choose; to select | |
| 嘴巴 嘴巴 | mouth; slap in the face | |
| 吃惊 吃驚 | to be startled; to be shocked; to be amazed | |
| 口袋 口袋 | pocket; bag; sack | |
| 尽力 盡力 | to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort | |
| 着急 著急 | to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] | |
| 小伙子 小伙子 | young man; young guy; lad; youngster | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 粗 粗 | coarse; rough; thick (for cylindrical objects); unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude | |
| 眼里 眼裡 | In the eyes | |
| 汇报 匯報 | to report; to give an account of; to collect information and report back | |
| 召开 召開 | to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke; to call together | |
| 哪怕 哪怕 | even; even if; even though; no matter how | |
| 沉 沉 | to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy | |
| 担任 擔任 | to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as | |
| 眼镜 眼鏡 | spectacles; eyeglasses | |
| 反映 反映 | to mirror; to reflect; mirror image; reflection; (fig.) to report; to make known; to render |