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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扶 扶 fú to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help HSK 5
天才 天才 tiān cái talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted HSK 5
倒是 倒是 dào shi contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you HSK 5
立场 立場 lì chǎng position; standpoint HSK 5
不止 不止 bù zhǐ incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to HSK 5
劝 勸 quàn to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe HSK 5
夹 夾 jiā to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jiá] HSK 5
显 顯 xiǎn to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero- HSK 5
认 認 rèn to recognize; to know; to admit HSK 5
挡 擋 dǎng to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) HSK 5
详细 詳細 xiáng xì detailed; in detail; minute HSK 5
一句话 一句話 yī jù huà in a word; in short HSK 5
后悔 後悔 hòu huǐ to regret; to feel remorse HSK 5
骂 罵 mà to scold; to abuse; to curse HSK 5
硬 硬 yìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial HSK 5
扔 扔 rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
说法 說法 shuō fǎ to expound Buddhist teachings HSK 5
暂时 暫時 zàn shí temporary; provisional; for the time being HSK 5
滚 滾 gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
可怜 可憐 kě lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
剩下 剩下 shèng xià to remain; to be left over HSK 5
偷 偷 tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
运 運 yùn to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate HSK 5
建筑 建築 jiàn zhù to construct; building HSK 5
疯 瘋 fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
哈 哈 Hā abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin HSK 5
组织 組織 zǔ zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
肥头大耳 肥頭大耳 féi tóu dà ěr fat; plump; chubby Idiom ∼HSK 4
无法无天 無法無天 wú fǎ - wú tiān (idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality; lawless; out of control; unruly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
兰州 蘭州 Lán zhōu Lanzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
帕金森 帕金森 Pà jīn sēn (name) Parkinson Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
华文 華文 Huá wén Chinese language; Chinese script Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
永顺 永順 Yǒng shùn Yongshun County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
戈壁沙漠 戈壁沙漠 Gē bì Shā mò Gobi Desert Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
县长 縣長 xiàn zhǎng county's head commissioner Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
戈壁滩 戈壁灘 Gē bì tān Gobi desert Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
魏 魏 Wèi kingdom of Wei; surname ∼HSK 4
幸存者 倖存者 xìng cún zhě survivor ∼HSK 4
专政 專政 zhuān zhèng dictatorship ∼HSK 4
红烧肉 紅燒肉 hóng shāo ròu red braised pork ∼HSK 4
无产阶级 無產階級 wú chǎn jiē jí proletariat ∼HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
地主 地主 dì zhǔ landlord; landowner; host ∼HSK 4