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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载 載 zǎi load; carry; transport, convey ∼HSK 2
颐养 頤養 yí yǎng to nourish; to nurture; to strengthen ∼HSK 2
数万 數萬 shù wàn several tens of thousands; many thousand ∼HSK 2
带病 帶病 dài bìng to be suffering from an illness (often implying "in spite of being sick"); to carry the causative agent of an infectious disease ∼HSK 2
里拉 里拉 lǐ lā lira (monetary unit) (loanword) ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
往前 往前 wǎng qián (in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future ∼HSK 2
背靠背 背靠背 bèi kào bèi back to back ∼HSK 2
洗脸 洗臉 xǐ liǎn to wash the face ∼HSK 2
凉凉 涼涼 liáng liáng slightly cold; cool; (neologism) (slang) to be done for; about to be obliterated; (of a place or a person) desolate ∼HSK 2
早知道 早知道 zǎo zhī dao If I had known earlier... ∼HSK 2
变卦 變卦 biàn guà to change one's mind; to go back on one's word ∼HSK 2
最近几年 最近幾年 zuì jìn jǐ nián the last few years; last several years; recent years ∼HSK 2
轻轻 輕輕 qīng qīng lightly; softly ∼HSK 2
纸钱 紙錢 zhǐ qián ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead ∼HSK 2
韩 韓 Hán fence; surname; Korea ∼HSK 2
不满意 不滿意 bù mǎn yì dissatisfied ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
十月份 十月份 shí yuè fèn October ∼HSK 2
市斤 市斤 shì jīn Chinese unit of weight equal to 0.5 kg ∼HSK 2
十一月份 十一月份 shí yī yuè fèn November ∼HSK 2
走道 走道 zǒu dào pavement; sidewalk; path; walk; footpath; aisle ∼HSK 2
接人 接人 jiē rén to meet a person ∼HSK 2
红萝卜 紅蘿蔔 hóng luó bo carrot; red radish ∼HSK 2
男孩 男孩 nán hái boy ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
吃饱 吃飽 chī bǎo to eat one's fill ∼HSK 2
接上 接上 jiē shàng to connect (a cable etc); to hook up (a device); to resume (a conversation); to set (a bone) ∼HSK 2
二月份 二月份 èr yuè fèn February ∼HSK 2
职 職 zhí duty, profession; office, post ∼HSK 2
省去 省去 shěng qù to omit; to dispense with; to make unnecesary; to save (time, trouble etc) ∼HSK 2
义 義 Yì right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
靠边 靠邊 kào biān to keep to the side; to pull over; move aside! ∼HSK 2
吃鸡 吃雞 chī jī (video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG); battle royale game; last-man-standing game; to play PUBG (or similar game); to win at PUBG (or similar game) ∼HSK 2
四月份 四月份 sì yuè fèn April ∼HSK 2
天亮 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) ∼HSK 2
大卡 大卡 dà kǎ kilocalorie ∼HSK 2
选出 選出 xuǎn chū to pick out; to select; to elect ∼HSK 2
平米 平米 píng mǐ square meter; short for 平方米 ∼HSK 2
维 維 Wéi maintain, preserve, safeguard ∼HSK 2
出问题 出問題 chū wèn tí to have sth go wrong; to have a problem arise; to give problems ∼HSK 2
质 質 zhì matter, material, substance ∼HSK 2
党员 黨員 dǎng yuán party member ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
干草 乾草 gān cǎo hay ∼HSK 2
在身 在身 zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
大院 大院 dà yuàn courtyard; compound ∼HSK 2
平地 平地 píng dì to level the land; level ground; plain ∼HSK 2
一排 一排 yī pái row ∼HSK 2