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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| 过去 過去 | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by | |
| 周 周 | to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially | |
| 头 頭 | head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock | |
| 为什么 為什麼 | why?; for what reason? | |
| 进行 進行 | to advance; to conduct; underway; in progress; to do; to carry out; to carry on; to execute | |
| 件 件 | item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc | |
| 场 場 | threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout | |
| 条 條 | strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) | |
| 然后 然後 | then; after that; afterwards | |
| 感觉 感覺 | feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive | |
| 事情 事情 | affair; matter; thing; business | |
| 其他 其他 | other; (sth or sb) else; the rest | |
| 成为 成為 | to become; to turn into | |
| 长 長 | length; long; forever; always; constantly | |
| 而且 而且 | (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore | |
| 所有 所有 | all; to have; to possess; to own | |
| 名 名 | name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people | |
| 成 成 | to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth | |
| 第一 第一 | first; number one; primary | |
| 不要 不要 | don't!; must not | |
| 公司 公司 | company; firm; corporation | |
| 不过 不過 | only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival) | |
| 一直 一直 | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through | |
| 大家 大家 | everyone; influential family; great expert | |
| 发现 發現 | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery | |
| 带 帶 | band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise | |
| 应该 應該 | ought to; should; must | |
| 认为 認為 | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel | |
| 这么 這麼 | so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this | |
| 向 向 | towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ... | |
| 那么 那麼 | like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case | |
| 所以 所以 | therefore; as a result; so; the reason why | |
| 当 當 | (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell) | |
| 像 像 | to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) | |
| 才 才 | ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only | |
| 可能 可能 | might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps | |
| 更 更 | to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) | |
| 但是 但是 | but; however | |
| 它 它 | it | |
| 问题 問題 | question; problem; issue; topic | |
| 只 只 | classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc | |
| 又 又 | (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway | |
| 因为 因為 | because; owing to; on account of | |
| 如果 如果 | if; in case; in the event that | |
| 已经 已經 | already | |
| 这样 這樣 | this kind of; so; this way; like this; such | |
| 得 得 | to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished | |
| 为 為 | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) | |
| 可以 可以 | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good | |
| 自己 自己 | oneself; one's own |