The Ditch

The Ditch 2011

夹边沟 jiā biān gōu

The film focuses on the suffering of Chinese who were imprisoned in a forced labor camp called Jiabiangou in the Gobi Desert in winter 1960 under Mao Zedong on the grounds that they were "rightist elements". The film tells of the harsh life of these men, who coped with physical exhaustion, extreme cold, starvation and death on a daily basis.

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3.84 Beginner Director Wang Bing IMDb 7.1

Cast

Cheng Zhengwu Niansong Jing Xiangnian Li Renjun Lian Ye Lu Xiao Li Yang Haoyu Yang Haoyu Lao Dong Jieleu Wan Li Daguang Li Daguang Wang Dayuan Liming Lei

Vocabulary

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全民 全民 quán mín entire population (of a country) ∼HSK 2
吃完 吃完 chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
史 史 Shǐ history, chronicle, annals ∼HSK 2
够意思 夠意思 gòu yì si wonderful; great; delightful; very kind; generous ∼HSK 2
用场 用場 yòng chǎng use; application ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
家信 家信 jiā xìn letter to or from home or family ∼HSK 2
病倒 病倒 bìng dǎo to fall ill; to be stricken with an illness ∼HSK 2
带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
片儿 片兒 piān r sheet; thin film ∼HSK 2
宾 賓 bīn guest, visitor; surname; submit ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
分头 分頭 fēn tóu separately; severally; parted hair ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
到场 到場 dào chǎng to show up; present (at the scene) ∼HSK 2
哭哭啼啼 哭哭啼啼 kū ku tí tí to weep endlessly; interminable wailing ∼HSK 2
多嘴 多嘴 duō zuǐ talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly ∼HSK 2
天黑 天黑 tiān hēi to get dark; dusk ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
拿出 拿出 ná chū to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) HSK 2
东南 東南 dōng nán southeast HSK 2
组长 組長 zǔ zhǎng group leader HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
送到 送到 sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
西北 西北 Xī běi Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang) HSK 2
夜里 夜裡 yè li during the night; at night; nighttime HSK 2
手表 手錶 shǒu biǎo wristwatch HSK 2
大衣 大衣 dà yī overcoat; topcoat; cloak HSK 2
不满 不滿 bù mǎn resentful; discontented; dissatisfied HSK 2
脏 臟 zàng viscera; (anatomy) organ HSK 2
拿到 拿到 ná dào to get; to obtain HSK 2
春天 春天 chūn tiān spring (season) HSK 2
爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC) HSK 2
等到 等到 děng dào to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) HSK 2
姓名 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name; full name HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
太太 太太 tài tai married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife HSK 2
影片 影片 yǐng piàn a copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie HSK 2
队长 隊長 duì zhǎng captain; team leader HSK 2
咱 偺 zá see 咱 HSK 2
全身 全身 quán shēn the whole body; (typography) em HSK 2
夏天 夏天 xià tiān summer HSK 2
碗 㼝 wǎn bowl; cup HSK 2
小说 小說 xiǎo shuō novel; fiction HSK 2
草 艸 cǎo grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
早就 早就 zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2