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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拾掇 拾掇 shí duo to clear up; to tidy up; to pick up; to repair ∼HSK 5
籽 籽 zǐ seed, pip, pit, stone ∼HSK 5
滩 灘 tān bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids ∼HSK 5
惠 惠 Huì favor, benefit, confer kindness ∼HSK 5
出勤 出勤 chū qín to go to work; to be present (at work, school etc); to be away on business ∼HSK 5
三分之一 三分之一 sān fēn zhī yī one third ∼HSK 5
粮票 糧票 liáng piào coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993 ∼HSK 5
匀 勻 yún even, distribute ∼HSK 5
捋 捋 lǚ to pluck; to gather in the fingers; to rub; to scrape off ∼HSK 5
轩 軒 Xuān carriage; high; wide; balcony ∼HSK 5
土木 土木 tǔ mù building; construction; civil engineering ∼HSK 5
协 協 xié be united; cooperate ∼HSK 5
庭 庭 tíng courtyard; spacious hall or yard ∼HSK 5
在旁 在旁 zài páng alongside; nearby ∼HSK 5
梧 梧 wú Chinese parasoltree, Sterculia platanifolia ∼HSK 5
老鼠洞 老鼠洞 lǎo shǔ dòng mouse hole ∼HSK 5
嘴硬 嘴硬 zuǐ yìng reluctant to admit a mistake ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
发臭 發臭 fā chòu smelly; to smell bad ∼HSK 5
伟 偉 wěi great, robust; extraordinary ∼HSK 5
燎 燎 liáo to burn, set afire; to illuminate; a signal lamp ∼HSK 5
悦 悅 yuè pleased, contented, gratified ∼HSK 5
剜 剜 wān cut, cut out, pick out, scoop out ∼HSK 5
剐 剮 guǎ cut, cut flesh from bones ∼HSK 5
劳动教养 勞動教養 láo dòng jiào yǎng reeducation through labor ∼HSK 5
听劝 聽勸 tīng quàn to heed advice; to listen to counsel ∼HSK 5
年青 年青 nián qīng youthful ∼HSK 5
冻死 凍死 dòng sǐ to freeze to death; to die off in winter ∼HSK 5
知情 知情 zhī qíng to know the facts; to understand; to be familiar with the situation ∼HSK 5
驴 驢 lǘ donkey, ass ∼HSK 5
饥荒 饑荒 jī huāng crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty ∼HSK 5
鉴 鑑 jiàn mirror, looking glass; reflect ∼HSK 5
烤鸭 烤鴨 kǎo yā roast duck HSK 5
回信 回信 huí xìn to reply; to write back; letter written in reply HSK 5
动员 動員 dòng yuán to mobilize; mobilization HSK 5
脆 脃 cuì brittle; fragile; crisp; crunchy; clear and loud voice; neat HSK 5
一身 一身 yī shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5
梨 梨 lí pear HSK 5
咳 咳 hāi sound of sighing; (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh; damn; wow HSK 5
变动 變動 biàn dòng to change; to fluctuate; change; fluctuation HSK 5
来信 來信 lái xìn incoming letter; to send us a letter HSK 5
沟 溝 gōu ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine HSK 5
上级 上級 shàng jí higher authorities; superiors HSK 5
糟 糟 zāo dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined HSK 5
琴 琴 qín guqin 琴 (a type of zither); musical instrument in general HSK 5
保卫 保衛 bǎo wèi to defend; to safeguard HSK 5
师傅 師傅 shī fu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men HSK 5
献 獻 xiàn to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old) HSK 5
处在 處在 chǔ zài to be situated at; to find oneself at HSK 5
依据 依據 yī jù according to; basis; foundation HSK 5