The Ditch 2011
夹边沟
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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 大会 大會 | general assembly; general meeting; convention | |
| 法院 法院 | court of law; court | |
| 登记 登記 | to register (one's name) | |
| 承担 承擔 | to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) | |
| 措施 措施 | measure; step | |
| 躺 躺 | to recline; to lie down | |
| 编 編 | to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 货 貨 | goods; money; commodity | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 教授 教授 | professor; to instruct; to lecture on | |
| 土地 土地 | land; soil; territory | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 牌 牌 | mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 亲爱 親愛 | dear; beloved; darling | |
| 遇到 遇到 | to meet; to run into; to come across | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 局 侷 | narrow | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 死人 死人 | dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen | Colloquialism |
| 达人 達人 | (coll.) expert; connoisseur; guru; enthusiast; geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000); (literary) sensible person; person who understands life; (literary) optimist | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 马拉 馬拉 | Marat (name); Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician | Proper Noun |
| 大城市 大城市 | major city; metropolis | Proper Noun |
| 白银市 白銀市 | Baiyin, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province | Proper Noun |
| 村子 村子 | village | Proper Noun |
| 赵 趙 | surname; ancient state | |
| 右派 右派 | (political) right; right wing; rightist | |
| 诺 諾 | promise; assent, approve | |
| 胡 胡 | recklessly, foolishly; wildly | |
| 牛肉 牛肉 | beef | |
| 死难者 死難者 | victim of an accident; casualty; martyr for one's country | |
| 吉 吉 | lucky, propitious, good | |
| 羊皮 羊皮 | sheepskin |