The Adulteress

The Adulteress 1963

杨乃武与小白菜 yáng nǎi wǔ yǔ xiǎobáicài

The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drugged, then disgraced wife of a peddler in the waning days of the Ching Dynasty. To make matters worse, she’s soon framed for her husband’s murder by her rapist - the son of the local magistrate! And even that isn’t the end of her woes. It’s best to have a box of tissues nearby as two expert directors ratchet up the emotional suspense in this consummate tearjerker.

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冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
确凿 確鑿 què záo definite; conclusive; undeniable; authentic; also pr. [què zuò] HSK 7
竟敢 竟敢 jìng gǎn to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
恳求 懇求 kěn qiú to beg; to beseech; to entreat; entreaty HSK 7
平日 平日 píng rì ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually HSK 7
嫌弃 嫌棄 xián qì to regard with disdain; to shun HSK 7
丑恶 醜惡 chǒu è ugly; repulsive HSK 7
仓促 倉促 cāng cù all of a sudden; hurriedly HSK 7
勾结 勾結 gōu jié to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with HSK 7
受苦 受苦 shòu kǔ to suffer hardship HSK 7
迈进 邁進 mài jìn to step in; to stride forward; to forge ahead HSK 7
风波 風波 fēng bō disturbance; crisis; disputes; restlessness HSK 7
秘方 祕方 mì fāng secret recipe HSK 7
无赖 無賴 wú lài hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly HSK 7
留恋 留戀 liú liàn reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly HSK 7
连同 連同 lián tóng together with; along with HSK 7
拴 拴 shuān to tie up HSK 7
搁 擱 gē to place; to put aside; to shelve HSK 7
媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman HSK 7
脱身 脫身 tuō shēn to get away; to escape (from obligations); to free oneself; to disengage HSK 7
哑 啞 yǎ mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud HSK 7
趁机 趁機 chèn jī to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of situation HSK 7
剃 剃 tì to shave HSK 7
绣 繡 xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
向来 向來 xiàng lái always (previously) HSK 7
要害 要害 yào hài vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
多亏 多虧 duō kuī thanks to; luckily HSK 7
恩怨 恩怨 ēn yuàn gratitude and grudges; resentment; grudges; grievances HSK 7
迫害 迫害 pò hài to persecute HSK 7
葬 塟 zàng to bury (the dead); to inter HSK 7
书写 書寫 shū xiě to write HSK 7
灭亡 滅亡 miè wáng to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate HSK 7
惭愧 慚愧 cán kuì ashamed HSK 7
莫非 莫非 mò fēi can it be possible that; could it be HSK 7
恨不得 恨不得 hèn bu de wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth HSK 7
抵挡 抵擋 dǐ dǎng to resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand HSK 7
太平 太平 tài píng peace and security HSK 7
辜负 辜負 gū fù to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
旺盛 旺盛 wàng shèng vigorous; exuberant HSK 7
胜任 勝任 shèng rèn qualified; competent (professionally); to be up to a task HSK 7
精明 精明 jīng míng astute; shrewd; smart HSK 7
四肢 四肢 sì zhī the four limbs of the body HSK 7
皇上 皇上 huáng shang the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty HSK 7
棺材 棺材 guān cai coffin HSK 7
庙 廟 miào temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial HSK 7
要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important; urgent HSK 7
白白 白白 bái bái in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white HSK 7