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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| 急 急 | urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 占 佔 | to observe; to divine | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 交给 交給 | to give; to deliver; to hand over | |
| 水平 水平 | level (of achievement etc); standard; horizontal | |
| 级 級 | level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier: step, level | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 想法 想法 | way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) | |
| 举行 舉行 | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 鸡 雞 | fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 流 流 | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade | |
| 心情 心情 | mood; frame of mind | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 科学 科學 | science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational | |
| 油 油 | oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 推 推 | to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage | |
| 目的 目的 | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective | |
| 鞋 鞋 | shoe | |
| 通知 通知 | to notify; to inform; notice; notification | |
| 全国 全國 | whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national | |
| 腿 腿 | leg | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 取 取 | to take; to get; to choose; to fetch | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 节 節 | see 节骨眼 | |
| 排 排 | a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc | |
| 办公室 辦公室 | office; business premises; bureau | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 运动 運動 | to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign | |
| 提出 提出 | to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash) | |
| 画 畫 | to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) | |
| 条件 條件 | condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition | |
| 年轻 年輕 | young | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 海 海 | ocean; sea; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous | |
| 省 省 | to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government) | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 自由 自由 | freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 市 市 | market; city | |
| 主要 主要 | main; principal; major; primary |