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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等闲 等閒 děng xián ordinary; common; unimportant; idly; for no reason ∼HSK 5
砚兄 硯兄 yàn xiōng senior fellow student ∼HSK 5
舍 捨 shě to give up; to abandon; to give alms ∼HSK 5
帖 帖 tiē invitation card; notice ∼HSK 5
无声 無聲 wú shēng noiseless; noiselessly; silent ∼HSK 5
帘 簾 lián flag-sign of a tavern ∼HSK 5
打碎 打碎 dǎ suì to shatter; to smash; to break into pieces ∼HSK 5
心绪 心緒 xīn xù state of mind; mood ∼HSK 5
旦 旦 dàn dawn; morning; day ∼HSK 5
夕 夕 xī evening, night, dusk; slanted ∼HSK 5
青天大老爷 青天大老爺 qīng tiān dà lǎo ye my lord (respectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China) ∼HSK 5
鸣 鳴 míng cry of bird or animal; make sound ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
血迹 血跡 xuè jì bloodstain ∼HSK 5
孩儿 孩兒 hái r child (term of address) ∼HSK 5
犯法 犯法 fàn fǎ to break the law ∼HSK 5
卑 卑 bēi humble, low, inferior; despise ∼HSK 5
忠 忠 zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
仗 仗 zhàng rely upon; protector; fight; war, weaponry ∼HSK 5
弟兄 弟兄 dì xiong brothers ∼HSK 5
器重 器重 qì zhòng to regard sth as valuable; to think highly of (a younger person, a subordinate etc) ∼HSK 5
晚辈 晚輩 wǎn bèi the younger generation; those who come after ∼HSK 5
岂 豈 qǐ how could (rhetorical) ∼HSK 5
加之 加之 jiā zhī moreover; in addition to that ∼HSK 5
妇人 婦人 fù rén married woman ∼HSK 5
奈何 奈何 nài hé to do something to sb; to deal with; to cope; how?; to no avail ∼HSK 5
一派胡言 一派胡言 yī pài hú yán a bunch of nonsense ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
尊 尊 zūn honored ∼HSK 5
人命 人命 rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
刁 刁 diāo tricky, crafty ∼HSK 5
暴行 暴行 bào xíng savage act; outrage; atrocity ∼HSK 5
胡说八道 胡說八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5
缨 纓 yīng a chin strap; tassel; to annoy, bother ∼HSK 5
柴 柴 Chái firewood, faggots, fuel ∼HSK 5
胆敢 膽敢 dǎn gǎn to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth) ∼HSK 5
淑 淑 shū good, pure, virtuous, charming ∼HSK 5
拙 拙 zhuō stupid, clumsy, crude; convention ∼HSK 5
绳 繩 shéng rope, string, cord; control ∼HSK 5
枉 枉 wǎng useless, in vain; bent, crooked ∼HSK 5
皂 皂 zào soap; black; menial servant ∼HSK 5
乃是 乃是 nǎi shì equivalent to either or ∼HSK 5
毒药 毒藥 dú yào poison ∼HSK 5
逼死 逼死 bī sǐ to hound sb to death ∼HSK 5
遭 遭 zāo encounter, suffer ∼HSK 5
遭难 遭難 zāo nàn to run into misfortune ∼HSK 5
勾引 勾引 gōu yǐn to seduce; to tempt ∼HSK 5
启 啟 qǐ open; begin, commence; explain ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
下毒手 下毒手 xià dú shǒu to attack murderously; to strike treacherously ∼HSK 5