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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| 各个 各個 | every; various; separately, one by one | |
| 名人 名人 | personage; celebrity | |
| 锻炼 鍛鍊 | to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself | |
| 厚 厚 | thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress | |
| 形势 形勢 | circumstances; situation; terrain | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 反而 反而 | on the contrary; instead | |
| 帽子 帽子 | hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name | |
| 供应 供應 | to supply; to provide; to offer | |
| 县 縣 | county | |
| 平均 平均 | average; on average; evenly; in equal proportions | |
| 隔 隔 | to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of | |
| 眼泪 眼淚 | tears; crying | |
| 逐渐 逐漸 | gradually | |
| 统一 統一 | to unify; to integrate; unified; integrated | |
| 聚 聚 | to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize | |
| 姐妹 姐妹 | sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc) | |
| 培养 培養 | to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology) | |
| 单独 單獨 | alone; by oneself; on one's own | |
| 临时 臨時 | as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc | |
| 划 划 | to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do sth) | |
| 针 針 | needle; pin; injection; stitch | |
| 购买 購買 | to purchase; to buy | |
| 弱 弱 | weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than | |
| 依靠 依靠 | to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on | |
| 睡着 睡著 | to fall asleep | |
| 降 降 | to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend | |
| 寄 寄 | to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) | |
| 遇 遇 | to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance | |
| 在乎 在乎 | to care about; equivalent of 在于 | |
| 肚子 肚子 | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 指挥 指揮 | to conduct; to command; to direct; conductor (of an orchestra) | |
| 湿 濕 | moist; wet | |
| 工程 工程 | engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking | |
| 维持 維持 | to keep; to maintain; to preserve | |
| 大会 大會 | general assembly; general meeting; convention | |
| 主席 主席 | chairperson; premier; chairman | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 脱 脫 | to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from | |
| 企业 企業 | company; firm; enterprise; corporation | |
| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 盖 蓋 | lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 量 量 | to measure | |
| 方案 方案 | plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill | |
| 转移 轉移 | to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc); (medicine) to metastasize | |
| 材料 材料 | (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job | |
| 出色 出色 | remarkable; outstanding | |
| 销售 銷售 | to sell; to market; sales (representative, agreement etc) |