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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积德 積德 jī dé to accumulate merit; to do good; to give to charity; virtuous actions ∼HSK 6
回护 回護 huí hù to stick up for a wrongdoer ∼HSK 6
不负 不負 bù fù to live up to ∼HSK 6
感怀 感懷 gǎn huái to recall with emotion; to feel sentiments ∼HSK 6
溢于言表 溢於言表 yì yú yán biǎo to exhibit one's feelings in one's speech ∼HSK 6
遥想 遙想 yáo xiǎng to think about (the distant past or future) ∼HSK 6
同窗 同窗 tóng chuāng schoolmate; fellow student ∼HSK 6
鸣不平 鳴不平 míng bù píng to cry out against injustice; to protest unfairness ∼HSK 6
成绩卓然 成績卓然 chéng jì zhuó rán to achieve astounding results (idiom) ∼HSK 6
权贵 權貴 quán guì influential officials; bigwigs ∼HSK 6
异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land; a place far from home ∼HSK 6
壮志 壯志 zhuàng zhì great goal; magnificent aspiration ∼HSK 6
尽展 盡展 jìn zhǎn to display (one's potential, one's talents etc) ∼HSK 6
积年 積年 jī nián for a long time; over many years; old; advanced in age ∼HSK 6
兄长 兄長 xiōng zhǎng elder brother ∼HSK 6
亲族 親族 qīn zú relatives; members of the same family, clan, tribe etc ∼HSK 6
铺床 鋪床 pū chuáng to make a bed; to lay bedding ∼HSK 6
不绝 不絕 bù jué unending; uninterrupted ∼HSK 6
通晓 通曉 tōng xiǎo proficient (in sth); to understand sth through and through ∼HSK 6
事理 事理 shì lǐ reason; logic ∼HSK 6
详情度理 詳情度理 xiáng qíng dù lǐ 详: detailed, complete, thorough · 情: feeling, sentiment, emotion · 度: degree, system; manner; to consider · 理: reason, logic; manage ∼HSK 6
荒废 荒廢 huāng fèi to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study) ∼HSK 6
点点滴滴 點點滴滴 diǎn diǎn dī dī bit by bit; dribs and drabs; the little details; every aspect ∼HSK 6
绵绵 綿綿 mián mián continuous; uninterrupted ∼HSK 6
之恩 之恩 zhī ēn 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 恩: kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 6
在天之灵 在天之靈 zài tiān zhī líng soul and spirit of the deceased ∼HSK 6
享年 享年 xiǎng nián to live to the (ripe) age of ∼HSK 6
席子 席子 xí zi woven mat ∼HSK 6
挖掉 挖掉 wā diào to dig out; to eradicate ∼HSK 6
作怪 作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen; to act up; to act behind the scenes; to make mischief; odd; to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) ∼HSK 6
限期 限期 xiàn qī to set a time limit; time limit; deadline ∼HSK 6
灵气 靈氣 líng qì spiritual influence (of mountains etc); cleverness; ingeniousness ∼HSK 6
撤职 撤職 chè zhí to eliminate; to sack; to remove from office ∼HSK 6
旅游景点 旅遊景點 lǚ yóu jǐng diǎn tourist attraction; travel sight ∼HSK 6
农业生产合作社 農業生產合作社 nóng yè shēng chǎn hé zuò shè agricultural producers' cooperative ∼HSK 6
父母亲 父母親 fù mǔ qīn parents ∼HSK 6
谷子 穀子 gǔ zi millet; (ACG) collectible merch (loanword from "goods", via Japanese "guzzu") ∼HSK 6
挨个儿 挨個兒 āi gè r erhua variant of ∼HSK 6
心肝 心肝 xīn gān darling; (in negative sentences) heart; humanity ∼HSK 6
顶门立户 頂門立戶 dǐng mén lì hù 顶: top, summit, peak; to carry on the head · 门: gate, door, entrance, opening · 立: stand; let stand; establish, set · 户: door; family ∼HSK 6
袖子 袖子 xiù zi sleeve ∼HSK 6
开除党籍 開除黨籍 kāi chú dǎng jí to expel from the Party ∼HSK 6
通讯员 通訊員 tōng xùn yuán correspondent; reporter; messenger boy ∼HSK 6
岔路 岔路 chà lù fork in the road ∼HSK 6
同房 同房 tóng fáng (of a married couple) to have intercourse; (literary) to share the same room; of the same family branch ∼HSK 6
初审 初審 chū shěn preliminary trial ∼HSK 6
喉舌 喉舌 hóu shé mouthpiece; spokesperson ∼HSK 6
炼油厂 煉油廠 liàn yóu chǎng oil refinery ∼HSK 6
人氏 人氏 rén shì native; person from a particular place ∼HSK 6
军训 軍訓 jūn xùn to do military training ∼HSK 6