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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督学 督學 dū xué school inspector ∼HSK 6
庄稼活儿 莊稼活兒 zhuāng jia huó r farm work ∼HSK 6
水渠 水渠 shuǐ qú canal ∼HSK 6
春播 春播 chūn bō (agriculture) to sow in spring ∼HSK 6
荒年 荒年 huāng nián year of famine ∼HSK 6
娶妻 娶妻 qǔ qī to take a wife; to get married (man) ∼HSK 6
抓捕 抓捕 zhuā bǔ to seize; to capture ∼HSK 6
临走 臨走 lín zǒu before leaving; on departure ∼HSK 6
两样东西 兩樣東西 liǎng yàng dōng xi two distinct things ∼HSK 6
拖家带口 拖家帶口 tuō jiā dài kǒu dragged down by having a family to feed ∼HSK 6
有良心 有良心 yǒu liáng xīn conscientious ∼HSK 6
两码事 兩碼事 liǎng mǎ shì two things that are fundamentally different from each other; two very different things ∼HSK 6
被窝 被窩 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube; (contemporary) bedding; bed cover ∼HSK 6
寻思 尋思 xún sī to consider; to ponder ∼HSK 6
挨饿 挨餓 ái è to go hungry; to endure starvation; famished ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
挖开 挖開 wā kāi to dig into; to cut a mine into ∼HSK 6
啥子 啥子 shá zi (dialect) what ∼HSK 6
待续 待續 dài xù to be continued ∼HSK 6
逝者 逝者 shì zhě the dead; the deceased ∼HSK 6
好学 好學 hǎo xué easy to learn HSK 6
终年 終年 zhōng nián entire year; throughout the year; age at death HSK 6
常年 常年 cháng nián all year round; for years on end; average year HSK 6
馒头 饅頭 mán tou steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread HSK 6
为首 為首 wéi shǒu head; be headed by HSK 6
岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) HSK 6
民意 民意 mín yì public opinion; popular will; public will HSK 6
公安 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security; public safety; public security HSK 6
采纳 採納 cǎi nà to accept; to adopt HSK 6
城区 城區 chéng qū city district; urban area HSK 6
日夜 日夜 rì yè day and night; around the clock HSK 6
镇压 鎮壓 zhèn yā suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell HSK 6
编制 編制 biān zhì to establish (a unit or department); staffing structure (excluding temporary and casual staff) HSK 6
如一 如一 rú yī consistent; the same; unvarying HSK 6
秘书长 秘書長 mì shū zhǎng secretary-general HSK 6
挨着 挨著 āi zhe near HSK 6
勺 勺 sháo spoon; ladle; abbr. for 勺, centiliter (unit of volume) HSK 6
一路上 一路上 yī lù shàng along the way; the whole way; (fig.) the whole time HSK 6
背着 背著 bēi zhe carrying on one's back HSK 6
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc) HSK 6
就是说 就是說 jiù shì shuō in other words; that is HSK 6
凡是 凡是 fán shì each and every; every; all; any HSK 6
关爱 關愛 guān ài to show concern and care for HSK 6
往来 往來 wǎng lái dealings; contacts; to go back and forth HSK 6
不怎么 不怎麼 bù zěn me not very; not particularly HSK 6
事后 事後 shì hòu after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect HSK 6
战友 戰友 zhàn yǒu comrade-in-arms; battle companion HSK 6
强壮 強壯 qiáng zhuàng strong; sturdy; robust HSK 6
坡 坡 pō slope; sloping; slanted HSK 6
处处 處處 chù chù everywhere; in all respects HSK 6