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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唯我独尊 唯我獨尊 wéi wǒ dú zūn 唯: only; yes · 我: our, us, i, me, my, we · 独: alone, single, solitary, only · 尊: respect, revere, venerate; honor Idiom ∼HSK 7
扬眉吐气 揚眉吐氣 yáng méi tǔ qì 扬: scatter, spread; praise · 眉: eyebrows; upper margin of book · 吐: vomit, spew out, cough up · 气: steam, vapor; KangXi radical 84 Idiom ∼HSK 7
天高地厚 天高地厚 tiān gāo dì hòu 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 高: high, tall; lofty, elevated · 地: earth; soil, ground; region · 厚: thick; substantial; greatly Idiom ∼HSK 7
有血有肉 有血有肉 yǒu xuè yǒu ròu 有: have, own, possess; exist · 血: blood; radical number 143 · 有: have, own, possess; exist · 肉: flesh; meat; KangXi radical 130 Idiom ∼HSK 7
七嘴八舌 七嘴八舌 qī zuǐ bā shé lively discussion with everybody talking at once Idiom HSK 7
实事求是 實事求是 shí shì qiú shì lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom); fig. to be practical and realistic Idiom HSK 7
乱七八糟 亂七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled Idiom HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
奔波 奔波 bēn bō to rush about; to be constantly on the move Xiehouyu HSK 7
不理 不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore Xiehouyu HSK 7
着手 著手 zhuó shǒu to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out Xiehouyu HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
向着 向著 xiàng zhe towards; facing (sb or sth); (coll.) to side with; to favor Colloquialism HSK 7
扯 扯 chě to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
戈壁 戈壁 Gē bì Gobi (desert) HSK 7
过奖 過獎 guò jiǎng to overpraise; to flatter HSK 7
秉承 秉承 bǐng chéng to take orders; to receive commands; to carry on (a tradition) HSK 7
学子 學子 xué zǐ (literary) student; scholar HSK 7
风沙 風沙 fēng shā sand blown by wind; sandstorm HSK 7
下乡 下鄉 xià xiāng to go to the countryside HSK 7
清明 清明 Qīng míng Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-19th April; Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) HSK 7
落户 落戶 luò hù to settle; to set up home HSK 7
开垦 開墾 kāi kěn to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow HSK 7
公安局 公安局 gōng ān jú public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) HSK 7
成才 成才 chéng cái to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect HSK 7
教条 教條 jiào tiáo doctrine; dogma; creed; dogmatic HSK 7
长征 長征 Cháng zhēng Long March (retreat of the Red Army 1934-1935) HSK 7
合作社 合作社 hé zuò shè cooperative; workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc HSK 7
辛酸 辛酸 xīn suān pungent (taste); bitter; fig. sad; miserable HSK 7
污蔑 污衊 wū miè to slander; to smear; to tarnish HSK 7
要强 要強 yào qiáng eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded HSK 7
操劳 操勞 cāo láo to work hard; to look after HSK 7
把关 把關 bǎ guān to guard a pass; to check on sth HSK 7
甚至于 甚至於 shèn zhì yú so much (that); even (to the extent that) HSK 7
浩劫 浩劫 hào jié calamity; catastrophe; apocalypse HSK 7
节俭 節儉 jié jiǎn frugal; economical HSK 7
孝敬 孝敬 xiào jìng to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents HSK 7
本分 本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part; one's role; one's duty; (to stay within) one's bounds; dutiful; keeping to one's role HSK 7
遭殃 遭殃 zāo yāng to suffer a calamity HSK 7
上火 上火 shàng huǒ to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) HSK 7
公职 公職 gōng zhí civil service; public office; government job HSK 7
跟上 跟上 gēn shàng to catch up with; to keep pace with HSK 7
眼色 眼色 yǎn sè signal made with one's eyes; meaningful glance HSK 7
隔阂 隔閡 gé hé misunderstanding; estrangement; (language etc) barrier HSK 7
稠 稠 chóu dense; crowded; thick; many HSK 7
威信 威信 Wēi xìn Weixin county in Zhaotong 通, Yunnan HSK 7
放水 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water; to let water out; (sports) to throw a game HSK 7
不懈 不懈 bù xiè untiring; unremitting; indefatigable HSK 7
世代 世代 shì dài for many generations; generation; era; age HSK 7