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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白天 白天 bái tiān daytime; during the day; day HSK 1
坐下 坐下 zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
那儿 那兒 nà r there HSK 1
上次 上次 shàng cì last time HSK 1
火车 火車 huǒ chē train HSK 1
这边 這邊 zhè biān this side; here HSK 1
门口 門口 mén kǒu doorway; gate HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? HSK 1
这儿 這兒 zhè r here HSK 1
明年 明年 míng nián next year HSK 1
百 百 bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
那边 那邊 nà bian over there; yonder HSK 1
记住 記住 jì zhu to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart HSK 1
一会儿 一會兒 yī huì r a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] HSK 1
北 北 běi north; (classical) to be defeated HSK 1
慢 慢 màn slow HSK 1
南 南 nán south HSK 1
小姐 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute HSK 1
饭 飯 fàn cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee HSK 1
东 東 dōng east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord HSK 1
衣服 衣服 yī fu clothes HSK 1
七 七 qī seven; 7 HSK 1
八 八 bā eight; 8 HSK 1
毛 毛 máo hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) HSK 1
有的 有的 yǒu de (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) HSK 1
坏 壞 huài bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost HSK 1
休息 休息 xiū xi rest; to rest HSK 1
累 累 lěi to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi]); continuous; repeated HSK 1
回去 回去 huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
哥 哥 gē elder brother HSK 1
关 關 guān mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve HSK 1
记 記 jì to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots HSK 1
早上 早上 zǎo shang early morning HSK 1
常 常 cháng always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant HSK 1
冷 冷 lěng cold HSK 1
忘 忘 wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect HSK 1
家里 家裡 jiā lǐ home HSK 1
西 西 Xī the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish HSK 1
睡觉 睡覺 shuì jiào to go to bed; to sleep HSK 1
看见 看見 kàn jiàn to see; to catch sight of HSK 1
忙 忙 máng busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush HSK 1
马上 馬上 mǎ shàng at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) HSK 1
名字 名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) HSK 1
病 病 bìng illness; disease; to fall ill; defect HSK 1
六 六 liù six; 6 HSK 1
学习 學習 xué xí to learn; to study HSK 1
出去 出去 chū qù to go out HSK 1
那里 那裏 nà li there; that place HSK 1