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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盖上 蓋上 gài shang to cover ∼HSK 4
分局 分局 fēn jú branch office; sub-bureau ∼HSK 4
定量 定量 dìng liàng quantity; fixed amount; ration ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
烟袋 煙袋 yān dài tobacco pipe ∼HSK 4
老父 老父 lǎo fù father; old man; venerable sir ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
好些 好些 hǎo xiē a good deal of; quite a lot ∼HSK 4
市政 市政 shì zhèng municipal administration ∼HSK 4
提法 提法 tí fǎ wording (of a proposal); formulation; viewpoint (on an issue); (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting ∼HSK 4
王法 王法 wáng fǎ the law; the law of the land; the law of a state (in former times); criterion ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
肥肉 肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat); fatty meat; (fig.) a gold mine; cash cow ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
卷起 捲起 juǎn qǐ variant of ∼HSK 4
工作队 工作隊 gōng zuò duì a working group; a task force ∼HSK 4
为啥 為啥 wèi shá dialectal equivalent of ∼HSK 4
反动分子 反動份子 fǎn dòng fèn zǐ reactionaries; reactionary elements ∼HSK 4
判刑 判刑 pàn xíng to sentence (to prison etc) ∼HSK 4
前些 前些 qián xiē a few (days, years etc) ago ∼HSK 4
皮箱 皮箱 pí xiāng leather suitcase ∼HSK 4
小腿肚 小腿肚 xiǎo tuǐ dù calf (of the leg) ∼HSK 4
躺下 躺下 tǎng xià to lie down ∼HSK 4
公尺 公尺 gōng chǐ meter (unit of length) ∼HSK 4
散会 散會 sàn huì to disperse a meeting; to adjourn; finished ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
这阵儿 這陣兒 zhè zhèn r now; at present; at this juncture ∼HSK 4
导 導 dǎo direct, guide, lead, conduct ∼HSK 4
法律责任 法律責任 fǎ lǜ zé rèn legal responsibility; liability ∼HSK 4
各方 各方 gè fāng all parties (in a dispute etc); all sides; all directions ∼HSK 4
味儿 味兒 wèi r taste HSK 4
大姐 大姐 dà jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
着火 著火 zháo huǒ to catch fire HSK 4
用途 用途 yòng tú use; application HSK 4
两边 兩邊 liǎng bian either side; both sides HSK 4
老家 老家 lǎo jiā native place; place of origin; home state or region HSK 4
粮食 糧食 liáng shi foodstuff; cereals HSK 4
替代 替代 tì dài to substitute for; to replace; to supersede HSK 4
集合 集合 jí hé to gather; to assemble; (math.) set HSK 4
着急 著急 zháo jí to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4
改善 改善 gǎi shàn to make better; to improve HSK 4
大哥 大哥 dà gē eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
反而 反而 fǎn ér on the contrary; instead HSK 4
过分 過分 guò fèn excessive; undue; overly HSK 4
帽子 帽子 mào zi hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name HSK 4
县 縣 xiàn county HSK 4
临时 臨時 lín shí as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc HSK 4
睡着 睡著 shuì zháo to fall asleep HSK 4
寄 寄 jì to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) HSK 4
在乎 在乎 zài hu to care about; equivalent of 在于 HSK 4