The Adulteress 1963
杨乃武与小白菜
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.
Vocabulary
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| 城里 城裡 | In the city | |
| 现有 現有 | currently existing; currently available | |
| 从中 從中 | from within; therefrom | |
| 鼓 皷 | drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell | |
| 模样 模樣 | look; style; appearance; approximation; about; also pr. [mó yàng] | |
| 难得 難得 | seldom; rare; hard to come by | |
| 中毒 中毒 | to be poisoned | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 大胆 大膽 | brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless | |
| 一向 一向 | always (previously); a period of time in the recent past | |
| 漏 漏 | to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old) | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 情形 情形 | circumstances; situation | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 明明 明明 | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely | |
| 提起 提起 | to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) | |
| 珍惜 珍惜 | to treasure; to value; to cherish | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 虎 虎 | tiger | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 今日 今日 | today | |
| 不足 不足 | insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not | |
| 品 品 | (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute) | |
| 一句话 一句話 | in a word; in short | |
| 不幸 不幸 | misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 本人 本人 | I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned | |
| 鼓励 鼓勵 | to encourage | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 立 立 | to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 咬 咬 | to bite; to nip | |
| 只不过 只不過 | only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 剩 剩 | to remain; to be left; to have as remainder | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 之外 之外 | outside; excluding | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 毒 毒 | poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics | |
| 吐 吐 | to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 手段 手段 | method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick | |
| 难以 難以 | hard to (predict, imagine etc) | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying |