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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三春 三春 sān chūn the three spring months ∼HSK 3
劲 勁 jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
帽 㡌 mào hat, cap; cap-like tops ∼HSK 3
费事 費事 fèi shì troublesome; to take a lot of trouble to do sth ∼HSK 3
内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs; domestic affairs; family affairs; (trad.) affairs within the palace ∼HSK 3
铁道 鐵道 tiě dào railway line; rail track ∼HSK 3
党委 黨委 dǎng wěi Party committee ∼HSK 3
石 石 Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
车把 車把 chē bǎ handlebar (of a bicycle); shaft (of a rickshaw) ∼HSK 3
追上 追上 zhuī shàng to overtake ∼HSK 3
地皮 地皮 dì pí lot; section of land; ground ∼HSK 3
国家政策 國家政策 guó jiā zhèng cè state policy ∼HSK 3
志 志 zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
土坯 土坯 tǔ pī mud brick; adobe; unfired earthenware ∼HSK 3
保住 保住 bǎo zhù to preserve; to save ∼HSK 3
肉汤 肉湯 ròu tāng meat soup; broth ∼HSK 3
刀子 刀子 dāo zi knife ∼HSK 3
杀死 殺死 shā sǐ to kill ∼HSK 3
委 委 Wěi appoint, send, commission ∼HSK 3
种地 種地 zhòng dì to farm; to work the land ∼HSK 3
没准 沒準 méi zhǔn not sure; maybe ∼HSK 3
籍 籍 Jí record, register, list; census ∼HSK 3
准备好了 準備好了 zhǔn bèi hǎo le to be ready ∼HSK 3
死刑 死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty; capital punishment ∼HSK 3
整风 整風 zhěng fēng Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan; cf Rectification campaign 整風運動|整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957 ∼HSK 3
小集团 小集團 xiǎo jí tuán faction; clique ∼HSK 3
在朝 在朝 zài cháo sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members) ∼HSK 3
一方 一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region ∼HSK 3
快板 快板 kuài bǎn allegro ∼HSK 3
邮电 郵電 yóu diàn post and telecommunications ∼HSK 3
并排 並排 bìng pái side by side; abreast ∼HSK 3
开春 開春 kāi chūn beginning of spring; the lunar New Year ∼HSK 3
气候变化 氣候變化 qì hòu biàn huà climate change ∼HSK 3
位图 位圖 wèi tú raster graphics ∼HSK 3
木 木 Mù tree; wood, lumber; wooden ∼HSK 3
过冬 過冬 guò dōng to get through the winter ∼HSK 3
心想 心想 xīn xiǎng to think to oneself; to think ∼HSK 3
调羹 調羹 tiáo gēng spoon; (esp.) Chinese soup spoon (often ceramic) ∼HSK 3
到那个时候 到那個時候 dào nà gè shí hòu until this moment ∼HSK 3
本部 本部 běn bù headquarters; head office ∼HSK 3
摄 攝 shè take in, absorb; act as deputy ∼HSK 3
谈不上 談不上 tán bu shàng to be out of the question ∼HSK 3
白菜 白菜 bái cài Chinese cabbage; pak choi HSK 3
勺子 勺子 sháo zi scoop; ladle HSK 3
沙子 沙子 shā zi sand; grit HSK 3
话剧 話劇 huà jù stage play; modern drama HSK 3
初级 初級 chū jí junior; primary HSK 3
总的来说 總的來說 zǒng de lái shuō generally speaking; to sum up; in summary; in short ∼HSK 3
邮票 郵票 yóu piào (postage) stamp HSK 3
木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted; blockhead; log (of wood, timber etc) HSK 3