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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| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 安排 安排 | to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans | |
| 力量 力量 | power; force; strength | |
| 城 城 | city walls; city; town | |
| 父母 父母 | father and mother; parents | |
| 首先 首先 | first (of all); in the first place | |
| 负责 負責 | to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 发展 發展 | development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand | |
| 确实 確實 | indeed; really; reliable; real; true | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 社会 社會 | society | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 约 約 | to weigh in a balance or on a scale | |
| 建议 建議 | to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation | |
| 性 性 | nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence | |
| 利用 利用 | to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize | |
| 设计 設計 | to design; to plan; design; plan | |
| 技术 技術 | technology; technique; skill | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 坚持 堅持 | to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 简单 簡單 | simple; not complicated | |
| 另外 另外 | additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore | |
| 明显 明顯 | clear; distinct; obvious | |
| 按 按 | to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment | |
| 人员 人員 | staff; crew; personnel | |
| 任务 任務 | mission; assignment; task; duty; role | |
| 目标 目標 | target; goal; objective | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 代表 代表 | representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of | |
| 双 雙 | two; double; pair; both; even (number) | |
| 精神 精神 | spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist | |
| 指 指 | finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end | |
| 区 區 | area; region; district; small; distinguish | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 现场 現場 | the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site | |
| 比较 比較 | to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison | |
| 马 馬 | horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess | |
| 城市 城市 | city; town | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all | |
| 整个 整個 | whole; entire; total | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 注意 注意 | to take note of; to pay attention to |