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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| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 食品 食品 | foodstuff; food; provisions | |
| 商业 商業 | business; trade; commerce | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 评价 評價 | to evaluate; to assess | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 内心 內心 | heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 员 員 | person; employee; member | |
| 交流 交流 | to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb) | |
| 证据 證據 | evidence; proof; testimony | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 采取 採取 | to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take | |
| 建 建 | to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct | |
| 猪 豬 | hog; pig; swine | |
| 思想 思想 | thought; thinking; idea; ideology | |
| 调 調 | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody | |
| 领导 領導 | lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader | |
| 增加 增加 | to raise; to increase | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 刀 刀 | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 内容 內容 | content; substance; details | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 火 火 | fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 | |
| 专业 專業 | specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; professional | |
| 困难 困難 | difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation | |
| 挂 掛 | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) | |
| 仅 僅 | barely; only; merely | |
| 经历 經歷 | experience; to experience; to go through | |
| 由于 由於 | due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because | |
| 报 報 | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge | |
| 责任 責任 | responsibility; blame; duty | |
| 会议 會議 | meeting; conference | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 安排 安排 | to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans | |
| 父母 父母 | father and mother; parents | |
| 首先 首先 | first (of all); in the first place | |
| 负责 負責 | to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious | |
| 确实 確實 | indeed; really; reliable; real; true | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 建议 建議 | to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation | |
| 设计 設計 | to design; to plan; design; plan | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 坚持 堅持 | to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on |