The Ditch 2011
夹边沟
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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 特别 特別 | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular | |
| 办法 辦法 | means; method; way (of doing sth) | |
| 以前 以前 | before; formerly; previous; ago | |
| 部分 部分 | part; share; section; piece | |
| 当时 當時 | then; at that time; while | |
| 求 求 | to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech | |
| 能够 能夠 | to be capable of; to be able to; can | |
| 道 道 | road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) | |
| 有人 有人 | someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) | |
| 刚 剛 | hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly | |
| 接 接 | to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb | |
| 信 信 | letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random | |
| 以后 以後 | after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future | |
| 全 全 | all; whole; entire; every; complete | |
| 可是 可是 | but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed | |
| 发 發 | to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds) | |
| 完 完 | to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire | |
| 安全 安全 | safe; secure; safety; security | |
| 结果 結果 | to bear fruit | |
| 参加 參加 | to participate; to take part; to join | |
| 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 | |
| 出现 出現 | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up | |
| 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) | |
| 事情 事情 | affair; matter; thing; business | |
| 长 長 | length; long; forever; always; constantly | |
| 所有 所有 | all; to have; to possess; to own | |
| 成 成 | to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth | |
| 不要 不要 | don't!; must not | |
| 一定 一定 | surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must | |
| 大家 大家 | everyone; influential family; great expert | |
| 位 位 | position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 当 當 | (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell) | |
| 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 | |
| 问题 問題 | question; problem; issue; topic | |
| 只 只 | only; merely; just; but | |
| 又 又 | (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway | |
| 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 | |
| 自己 自己 | oneself; one's own |