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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乱七八糟 亂七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled Idiom HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
活该 活該 huó gāi (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
公函 公函 gōng hán official letter HSK 7
公安局 公安局 gōng ān jú public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) HSK 7
上火 上火 shàng huǒ to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) HSK 7
岳母 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law HSK 7
遗物 遺物 yí wù remnant HSK 7
死心 死心 sǐ xīn to give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss; to have no more illusions about HSK 7
托付 托付 tuō fù to entrust HSK 7
伙食 伙食 huǒ shí food; meals HSK 7
狭隘 狹隘 xiá ài narrow; tight; narrow minded; lacking in experience HSK 7
墓碑 墓碑 mù bēi gravestone; tombstone HSK 7
记号 記號 jì hao mark; symbol; notation; seal HSK 7
管教 管教 guǎn jiào to discipline; to teach; to guarantee HSK 7
动身 動身 dòng shēn to go on a journey; to leave HSK 7
岳父 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law HSK 7
凑合 湊合 còu he to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad HSK 7
修订 修訂 xiū dìng to revise HSK 7
荒 荒 huāng desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect HSK 7
胡闹 胡鬧 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble HSK 7
掀 掀 xiān to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
一眼 一眼 yī yǎn a glance; a quick look; a glimpse HSK 7
危急 危急 wēi jí critical; desperate (situation) HSK 7
严禁 嚴禁 yán jìn to strictly prohibit HSK 7
陷害 陷害 xiàn hài to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against HSK 7
胀 脹 zhàng to swell; dropsical; swollen; bloated HSK 7
埋葬 埋葬 mái zàng to bury HSK 7
坟 墳 fén grave; tomb; embankment; mound; ancient book HSK 7
亲身 親身 qīn shēn personal; oneself HSK 7
掰 掰 bāi to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship) HSK 7
敬请 敬請 jìng qǐng please (do sth) (deferential form) HSK 7
揭发 揭發 jiē fā to expose; to bring to light; to disclose; revelation HSK 7
示威 示威 shì wēi to demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration; a military show of force HSK 7
亩 畝 mǔ classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare HSK 7
营救 營救 yíng jiù to rescue HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
捆 捆 kǔn a bunch; to tie together; bundle HSK 7
一头 一頭 yī tóu one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously HSK 7
一心 一心 yī xīn wholeheartedly; heart and soul HSK 7
稀 稀 xī rare; uncommon; watery; sparse HSK 7
住处 住處 zhù chù residence; dwelling HSK 7
压制 壓制 yā zhì to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle HSK 7
扒 扒 bā to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig HSK 7
良 良 liáng good; very; very much HSK 7
界限 界限 jiè xiàn boundary HSK 7
夸 夸 kuā used in 克 HSK 7
改编 改編 gǎi biān to adapt; to rearrange; to revise HSK 7