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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调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities ∼HSK 5
姊 姉 zǐ elder sister ∼HSK 5
铁石 鐵石 tiě shí iron and stone ∼HSK 5
忧 憂 yōu sad, grieved; grief, melancholy ∼HSK 5
惩 懲 chéng punish, reprimand; warn ∼HSK 5
恶人 惡人 è rén evil person; vile creature; villain; (archaic) ugly person ∼HSK 5
逍遥 逍遙 xiāo yáo free and unfettered ∼HSK 5
棺木 棺木 guān mù coffin ∼HSK 5
祥 祥 xiáng good luck, good omen; happiness ∼HSK 5
酷刑 酷刑 kù xíng cruelty; torture ∼HSK 5
油锅 油鍋 yóu guō a deep fryer ∼HSK 5
唤醒 喚醒 huàn xǐng to wake sb; to rouse ∼HSK 5
奸夫淫妇 姦夫淫婦 jiān fū yín fù adulterous couple ∼HSK 5
斩首 斬首 zhǎn shǒu to behead; to decapitate ∼HSK 5
地府 地府 dì fǔ hell; the nether world; Hades ∼HSK 5
畅 暢 chàng smoothly, freely, unrestrained ∼HSK 5
辨 辨 biàn distinguish, discriminate ∼HSK 5
休 休 xiū do not, stop ∼HSK 5
更鼓 更鼓 gēng gǔ drum marking night watches; night watchman's clapper ∼HSK 5
迷途 迷途 mí tú to lose one's way ∼HSK 5
公义 公義 gōng yì righteousness ∼HSK 5
亡 亡 wáng death, destroyed; lose, perish ∼HSK 5
昌 昌 Chāng light of sun; good, proper ∼HSK 5
睿 叡 ruì shrewd, astute, clever, keen ∼HSK 5
荪 蓀 sūn aromatic grass; iris, flower ∼HSK 5
纵 縱 zòng even if ∼HSK 5
知情 知情 zhī qíng to know the facts; to understand; to be familiar with the situation ∼HSK 5
无可 無可 wú kě can't ∼HSK 5
恕 恕 shù forgive ∼HSK 5
拢 攏 lǒng collect, bring together ∼HSK 5
孝心 孝心 xiào xīn filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents ∼HSK 5
不敢当 不敢當 bù gǎn dāng lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me HSK 5
两岸 兩岸 liǎng àn bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland HSK 5
受灾 受災 shòu zāi disaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
辈 輩 bèi lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people HSK 5
依照 依照 yī zhào according to; in light of HSK 5
无奈 無奈 wú nài to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately HSK 5
泼 潑 pō to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish HSK 5
亏 虧 kuī deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... HSK 5
预备 預備 yù bèi to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory HSK 5
占有 佔有 zhàn yǒu to have; to own; to hold; to occupy; to possess; to account for (a high proportion etc) HSK 5
歇 歇 xiē to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while HSK 5
再也 再也 zài yě (not) any more HSK 5
怨 怨 yuàn to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge HSK 5
言语 言語 yán yǔ words; speech; (spoken) language HSK 5
跟随 跟隨 gēn suí to follow HSK 5
肠 腸 cháng intestines HSK 5
愁 愁 chóu to worry about HSK 5
胆 膽 dǎn gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) HSK 5