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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根据 根據 gēn jù according to; based on; basis; foundation HSK 4
些 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
考虑 考慮 kǎo lǜ to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
定 定 dìng to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order HSK 4
研究 研究 yán jiū research; a study; to research; to look into HSK 4
曾 曾 céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
政府 政府 zhèng fǔ government HSK 4
处 處 chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
关于 關於 guān yú pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of HSK 4
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
了解 了解 liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
万里长城 萬里長城 Wàn lǐ Cháng chéng the Great Wall Idiom ∼HSK 3
历历在目 歷歷在目 lì lì zài mù vivid in one's mind (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 3
突出 突出 tū chū prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project Xiehouyu HSK 3
痛苦 痛苦 tòng kǔ pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
死人 死人 sǐ rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
高台 高臺 Gāo tái Gaotai county in Zhangye, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
甘肃 甘肅 Gān sù Gansu Province, capital Lanzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
解放军 解放軍 Jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army (PRC armed forces) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
光明日报 光明日報 Guāng míng Rì bào Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
个旧 個舊 Gè jiù Gejiu, a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
圣经 聖經 Shèng jīng the Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
太保 太保 Tài bǎo Taibao or Taipao city in Chiayi County, west Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
城管 城管 chéng guǎn local government bylaw enforcement officer; city management Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台湾大学 臺灣大學 Tái wān Dà xué National Taiwan University; abbr. to Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
饿死 餓死 è sǐ to starve to death; to be very hungry ∼HSK 3
右派 右派 yòu pài (political) right; right wing; rightist ∼HSK 3
陆 陸 Lù land, continental; army ∼HSK 3
赵 趙 Zhào surname; ancient state ∼HSK 3
代工 代工 dài gōng OEM (original equipment manufacturer) ∼HSK 3
支部 支部 zhī bù branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party ∼HSK 3
台子 檯子 tái zi desk; (pool etc) table ∼HSK 3
梁 梁 Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
确 確 què sure, certain; real, true ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
市委 市委 shì wěi municipal committee ∼HSK 3
放羊 放羊 fàng yáng to tend a flock of sheep; to let sheep out to pasture; fig. to throw off the reins; to leave sb alone; acting freely and irresponsibly ∼HSK 3
早死 早死 zǎo sǐ to die while still relatively young; to have been dead (for some years) ∼HSK 3
教员 教員 jiào yuán teacher; instructor ∼HSK 3
另一 另一 lìng yī another; the other ∼HSK 3
转给 轉給 zhuǎn gěi to pass on to ∼HSK 3
沙 沙 Shā sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated ∼HSK 3