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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作证 作證 zuò zhèng to bear witness; to testify; to serve as evidence ∼HSK 5
蒯 蒯 kuǎi a rush, of which various things are made ∼HSK 5
屈 屈 Qū bend, flex; bent, crooked; crouch ∼HSK 5
孤 孤 gū I (used by rulers); alone ∼HSK 5
闲言闲语 閒言閒語 xián yán xián yǔ idle gossip ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
掌柜 掌櫃 zhǎng guì shopkeeper ∼HSK 5
似 似 sì resemble (literary) ∼HSK 5
益 益 Yì profit, benefit; advantage ∼HSK 5
凭什么 憑什麼 píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
花厅 花廳 huā tīng reception pavilion (generally part of a large residence, and often built in a garden) ∼HSK 5
可知 可知 kě zhī evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable ∼HSK 5
诬 誣 wū make false accusation; defame ∼HSK 5
葆 葆 bǎo reserve, preserve; conceal ∼HSK 5
诚 誠 chéng (bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly ∼HSK 5
丧 喪 sāng mourning; mourn; funeral ∼HSK 5
舖 舖 pù store, shop ∼HSK 5
哀 哀 Āi sad, mournful, pitiful; pity ∼HSK 5
莲 蓮 lián lotus, water lily; paradise ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
斜对 斜對 xié duì catty-corner; to be diagonally opposite to ∼HSK 5
烈 烈 liè fiery, violent, vehement, ardent ∼HSK 5
恼 惱 nǎo annoyed ∼HSK 5
煞 煞 shā to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop; to squeeze; to tighten; to damage; variant of ∼HSK 5
洪 洪 Hóng vast, immense; flood, deluge ∼HSK 5
媒婆 媒婆 méi pó matchmaker ∼HSK 5
池 池 Chí pool, pond; moat; cistern ∼HSK 5
婆 婆 pó old woman; grandmother ∼HSK 5
矩 榘 jǔ variant of ∼HSK 5
众位 眾位 zhòng wèi all of you ∼HSK 5
禹 禹 Yǔ legendary hsia dynasty founder ∼HSK 5
魁 魁 kuí chief; leader; best; monstrous ∼HSK 5
榜 榜 bǎng public notice ∼HSK 5
鹏 鵬 Péng fabulous bird of enormous size ∼HSK 5
佐 佐 zuǒ assist, aid, second; subordinate ∼HSK 5
朝纲 朝綱 cháo gāng laws and discipline of imperial court ∼HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
莽撞 莽撞 mǎng zhuàng rash; reckless ∼HSK 5
呸 呸 pēi bah! (contempt) ∼HSK 5
丑事 醜事 chǒu shì scandal ∼HSK 5
迥 㢠 jiǒng vastly different ∼HSK 5
莺 鶯 yīng oriole, green finch; Sylvia species (various) ∼HSK 5
啭 囀 zhuàn sing, chirp, warble, twitter ∼HSK 5
庭 庭 tíng courtyard; spacious hall or yard ∼HSK 5
晓 曉 xiǎo dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit ∼HSK 5
柔 柔 róu soft; gentle, pliant ∼HSK 5
拂 拂 bì shake off, brush away; dust ∼HSK 5
径 徑 jìng narrow path; diameter; direct ∼HSK 5
堪 堪 kān adequately capable of, worthy of ∼HSK 5