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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没有什么 沒有什麼 méi yǒu shén me it is nothing; there's nothing... about it ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
打饭 打飯 dǎ fàn to get food at a canteen ∼HSK 1
工 工 gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
不等 不等 bù děng unequal; varied ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
一号 一號 yī hào first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) ∼HSK 1
坏了 壞了 huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
我这儿 我這兒 wǒ zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
点水 點水 diǎn shuǐ to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep ∼HSK 1
好用 好用 hǎo yòng useful; serviceable; effective; handy; easy to use ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
天天 天天 tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
说说 說說 shuō shuo to say sth ∼HSK 1
每年 每年 měi nián every year; each year; yearly ∼HSK 1
年年 年年 nián nián year after year; yearly; every year; annually ∼HSK 1
从来没 從來沒 cóng lái méi have never; has never ∼HSK 1
也就是 也就是 yě jiù shì in other words; i.e. ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
对上 對上 duì shàng to fit one into the other; to bring two things into contact ∼HSK 1
走出 走出 zǒu chū to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) ∼HSK 1
兴 興 Xīng thrive, prosper, flourish ∼HSK 1
几次 幾次 jǐ cì several times ∼HSK 1
三两 三兩 sān liǎng two or three ∼HSK 1
几点 幾點 jǐ diǎn what time?; when? ∼HSK 1
那天 那天 nà tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
前几天 前幾天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago; a few days before; the past few days; the previous few days ∼HSK 1
不见了 不見了 bù jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
做事 做事 zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
哪个 哪個 nǎ ge which; who ∼HSK 1
著 著 zhù manifest; (Cant.) to wear ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
后事 後事 hòu shì future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements ∼HSK 1
走动 走動 zǒu dòng to walk around; to move about; to stretch one's legs; to go for a walk; to be mobile (e.g. after an illness); to visit one another; to socialize; to pay a visit (go to the toilet) ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
茶杯 茶杯 chá bēi teacup; tea-glass; cup; mug ∼HSK 1
差点 差點 chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
本字 本字 běn zì original form of a Chinese character ∼HSK 1
里边 裡邊 lǐ bian inside HSK 1
前天 前天 qián tiān the day before yesterday HSK 1
火车站 火車站 huǒ chē zhàn train station HSK 1
日期 日期 rì qī date HSK 1