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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右派分子 右派份子 yòu pài fèn zǐ rightist elements ∼HSK 3
杨 楊 Yáng willow, poplar, aspen; surname ∼HSK 3
每人 每人 měi rén each person; everybody; per person ∼HSK 3
活着 活著 huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
邦 邦 bāng nation, country, state ∼HSK 3
干活 幹活 gàn huó to work; to be employed ∼HSK 3
挂面 掛麵 guà miàn pasta; noodles ∼HSK 3
糕点 糕點 gāo diǎn cakes; pastries ∼HSK 3
土炕 土炕 tǔ kàng heated brick common bed ∼HSK 3
每个人 每個人 měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
铁锹 鐵鍬 tiě qiāo spade; shovel ∼HSK 3
推土机 推土機 tuī tǔ jī bulldozer ∼HSK 3
修好 修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds ∼HSK 3
馆 館 guǎn variant of ∼HSK 3
天时 天時 tiān shí the time; the right time; weather conditions; destiny; course of time; heaven's natural order ∼HSK 3
倒台 倒臺 dǎo tái to fall from power; to collapse; downfall ∼HSK 3
政 政 zhèng government, political affairs ∼HSK 3
有些人 有些人 yǒu xiē rén some people ∼HSK 3
兰 蘭 Lán orchid; elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
游子 遊子 yóu zǐ person living or traveling far from home ∼HSK 3
调配 調配 diào pèi to allocate; to deploy ∼HSK 3
总要 總要 zǒng yào nevertheless ∼HSK 3
绩 績 jì spin; achievements ∼HSK 3
能动性 能動性 néng dòng xìng initiative; active role ∼HSK 3
旧部 舊部 jiù bù one's former subordinates ∼HSK 3
工作人员 工作人員 gōng zuò rén yuán staff member ∼HSK 3
交心 交心 jiāo xīn to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart conversation ∼HSK 3
死板 死板 sǐ bǎn rigid; inflexible ∼HSK 3
有种 有種 yǒu zhǒng to have guts; to have courage; to be brave ∼HSK 3
在建 在建 zài jiàn under construction ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
合当 合當 hé dāng must; should ∼HSK 3
菜心 菜心 cài xīn choy sum; Chinese flowering cabbage; stem of any Chinese cabbage ∼HSK 3
麸皮 麩皮 fū pí bran (esp. of wheat) ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
羊奶 羊奶 yáng nǎi sheep's milk ∼HSK 3
设有 設有 shè yǒu to have; to incorporate; to feature ∼HSK 3
一并 一並 yī bìng variant of ∼HSK 3
生火 生火 shēng huǒ to make a fire; to light a fire ∼HSK 3
之际 之際 zhī jì during; at the time of ∼HSK 3
受困 受困 shòu kùn trapped; stranded ∼HSK 3
恩 㤙 ēn kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 3
已然 已然 yǐ rán already; to be already so; to have long been the case ∼HSK 3
刚正不阿 剛正不阿 gāng zhèng bù ē upright and plainspoken ∼HSK 3
报国 報國 bào guó to dedicate oneself to the service of one's country ∼HSK 3
赶车 趕車 gǎn chē to drive a cart ∼HSK 3
逾 踰 yú go over, pass over, exceed ∼HSK 3
总能 總能 zǒng néng total energy ∼HSK 3
留存 留存 liú cún to keep; to preserve; extant; to remain (from the past) ∼HSK 3
养育 養育 yǎng yù to rear; to bring up; to nurture ∼HSK 3