I Am Not Madame Bovary

I Am Not Madame Bovary 2016

我不是潘金莲 wǒ bùshì pānjīnlián

Li Xuelian, a woman from the countryside is falsely accused by her husband of having an affair. To defend herself, Li moves from her small town to the big city until she reached the capital.

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4.39 Intermediate Director Feng Xiaogang 🍅 85%

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作威作福 作威作福 zuò wēi zuò fú tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people Idiom ∼HSK 6
逍遥法外 逍遙法外 xiāo yáo fǎ wài unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes); still at large Idiom ∼HSK 6
三头六臂 三頭六臂 sān tóu - liù bì lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom); fig. superhuman abilities; exceptional capability Idiom ∼HSK 6
表面文章 表面文章 biǎo miàn wén zhāng superficial show; going through the motions Idiom ∼HSK 6
迎刃而解 迎刃而解 yíng rèn ér jiě lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom); fig. easily solved Idiom ∼HSK 6
逢凶化吉 逢凶化吉 féng xiōng huà jí misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account Idiom ∼HSK 6
功亏一篑 功虧一簣 gōng kuī yī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
头晕眼花 頭暈眼花 tóu yūn yǎn huā to faint with blurred vision (idiom); dizzy and eyes dimmed Idiom ∼HSK 6
打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others Idiom ∼HSK 6
难缠 難纏 nán chán (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
胡搅蛮缠 胡攪蠻纏 hú jiǎo mán chán (idiom) to pester endlessly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
没谱 沒譜 méi pǔ to be clueless; to have no plan Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
磨牙 磨牙 mó yá to grind one's teeth (during sleep); pointless arguing; (coll.) molar Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
指着 指著 zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
畜牲 畜牲 chù shēng variant of ∼HSK 6
王公 王公 wáng gōng princes and dukes; aristocrat ∼HSK 6
上吊 上吊 shàng diào to hang oneself ∼HSK 6
叔伯 叔伯 shū bai (of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather ∼HSK 6
精神文明 精神文明 jīng shén wén míng spiritual culture ∼HSK 6
冤屈 冤屈 yuān qū to treat unjustly; an injustice ∼HSK 6
弄不清 弄不清 nòng bu qīng unable to figure out ∼HSK 6
理儿 理兒 lǐ r reason ∼HSK 6
撤职 撤職 chè zhí to eliminate; to sack; to remove from office ∼HSK 6
蚁穴 蟻穴 yǐ xué ant nest ∼HSK 6
同喜 同喜 tóng xǐ Thank you for your congratulations!; The same to you! (returning a compliment) ∼HSK 6
分忧 分憂 fēn yōu to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
不提也罢 不提也罷 bù tí yě bà best not to mention it; drop it; never mind; let's not talk about it ∼HSK 6
勾搭 勾搭 gōu da to gang up; to fool around with; to make up to ∼HSK 6
娘家 孃家 niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
净身出户 凈身出戶 jìng shēn chū hù to leave a marriage with nothing (no possessions or property) ∼HSK 6
自残 自殘 zì cán to mutilate oneself; self-harm ∼HSK 6
合议庭 合議庭 hé yì tíng (law) collegiate bench; panel of judges ∼HSK 6
合议 合議 hé yì to discuss together; to try to reach a common judgment; panel discussion ∼HSK 6
添麻烦 添麻煩 tiān má fan to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience ∼HSK 6
公职人员 公職人員 gōng zhí rén yuán civil servant ∼HSK 6
立案侦查 立案偵查 lì àn zhēn chá to file for investigation; to prosecute (a case) ∼HSK 6
法盲 法盲 fǎ máng person who has no understanding of legal matters ∼HSK 6
采取措施 採取措施 cǎi qǔ cuò shī to adopt measures; to take steps ∼HSK 6
团结一致 團結一致 tuán jié yī zhì to unite as one ∼HSK 6
事到如今 事到如今 shì dào rú jīn as matters stand; things having reached this stage ∼HSK 6
大狱 大獄 dà yù jail; prison ∼HSK 6
炒蛋 炒蛋 chǎo dàn scrambled eggs ∼HSK 6
腌制 腌製 yān zhì marinated; to make by pickling, salting or curing ∼HSK 6