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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| 熟 熟 | ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] | |
| 做法 做法 | way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice | |
| 早晨 早晨 | early morning; also pr. [zǎo chen] | |
| 碰到 碰到 | to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 比如说 比如說 | for example | |
| 平时 平時 | ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime | |
| 人口 人口 | population; people | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 提到 提到 | to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to | |
| 教师 教師 | teacher | |
| 公里 公里 | kilometer | |
| 草 艸 | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough | |
| 看法 看法 | way of looking at a thing; view; opinion | |
| 闻 聞 | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 单位 單位 | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) | |
| 举 舉 | to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed | |
| 河 河 | river | |
| 报纸 報紙 | newspaper; newsprint | |
| 骑 騎 | (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 高级 高級 | high level; high grade; advanced; high-ranking | |
| 观点 觀點 | point of view; viewpoint; standpoint | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 以上 以上 | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. | |
| 相同 相同 | identical; same | |
| 随时 隨時 | at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 大多数 大多數 | (great) majority | |
| 喊 喊 | to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) | |
| 实际 實際 | reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual | |
| 那时 那時 | then; at that time; in those days | |
| 雪 雪 | snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) | |
| 语言 語言 | language | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 大部分 大部分 | in large part; the greater part; the majority | |
| 好多 好多 | many; quite a lot; much better | |
| 大量 大量 | great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous | |
| 满意 滿意 | satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction | |
| 墙 牆 | wall | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 出发 出發 | to set off; to start (on a journey) | |
| 平 平 | flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 | |
| 篇 篇 | sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article | |
| 交通 交通 | to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison | |
| 数字 數字 | numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc) | |
| 小组 小組 | group | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly |