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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自找 自找 zì zhǎo to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions; you asked for it; to bring it on oneself (sth unpleasant) ∼HSK 4
摆子 擺子 bǎi zi malaria ∼HSK 4
治好 治好 zhì hǎo to cure ∼HSK 4
医术 醫術 yī shù medical expertise; art of healing ∼HSK 4
摆弄 擺弄 bǎi nòng to move back and forth; to fiddle with ∼HSK 4
自忖 自忖 zì cǔn to speculate; to ponder ∼HSK 4
申雪 申雪 shēn xuě to right a wrong; to redress an injustice ∼HSK 4
苦头 苦頭 kǔ tou sufferings ∼HSK 4
五官 五官 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳); facial features ∼HSK 4
作马 作馬 zuò mǎ sawhorse ∼HSK 4
翻案 翻案 fān àn to reverse a verdict; to present different views on a historical person or verdict ∼HSK 4
恐 恐 kǒng fear; fearful, apprehensive ∼HSK 4
别无 別無 bié wú to have no other... (used in fixed expressions) ∼HSK 4
圆房 圓房 yuán fáng (of a child bride) to consummate marriage ∼HSK 4
既是 既是 jì shì is both...(and...); since; as; being the case that ∼HSK 4
示众 示眾 shì zhòng to publicly expose ∼HSK 4
铁窗 鐵窗 tiě chuāng window with an iron grating (apartment etc); barred window of a prison cell ∼HSK 4
相聚 相聚 xiāng jù to meet together; to assemble ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
他乡 他鄉 tā xiāng foreign land; away from one's native place ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
浅水 淺水 qiǎn shuǐ shallow water ∼HSK 4
真言 真言 zhēn yán true statement; incantation (translates Sanskrit: dharani 陀羅尼|陀罗尼) ∼HSK 4
奸官 奸官 jiān guān a treacherous official; a mandarin who conspires against the state ∼HSK 4
密室 密室 mì shì a room for keeping sth hidden; secret room; hidden chamber ∼HSK 4
洗脱 洗脫 xǐ tuō to cleanse; to purge; to wash away ∼HSK 4
贺 賀 Hè congratulate; send present ∼HSK 4
监禁 監禁 jiān jìn to imprison; to jail; to take into custody ∼HSK 4
借此 藉此 jiè cǐ using this as a pretext; thereby ∼HSK 4
片面 片面 piàn miàn unilateral; one-sided HSK 4
一律 一律 yī lǜ same; uniformly; all; without exception HSK 4
不要紧 不要緊 bù yào jǐn unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but HSK 4
纷纷 紛紛 fēn fēn one after another; in succession; one by one; continuously; diverse; in profusion; numerous and confused; pell-mell HSK 4
来得及 來得及 lái de jí to have enough time; can do it in time; can still make it HSK 4
豆腐 豆腐 dòu fu tofu; bean curd HSK 4
严 嚴 yán tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father HSK 4
没错 沒錯 méi cuò that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong HSK 4
破产 破產 pò chǎn to go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy HSK 4
口袋 口袋 kǒu dài pocket; bag; sack HSK 4
着急 著急 zháo jí to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4
粗 粗 cū coarse; rough; thick (for cylindrical objects); unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude HSK 4
薄 薄 báo thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile HSK 4
从此 從此 cóng cǐ from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4
大哥 大哥 dà gē eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
反而 反而 fǎn ér on the contrary; instead HSK 4
帽子 帽子 mào zi hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name HSK 4
县 縣 xiàn county HSK 4
隔 隔 gé to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of HSK 4
夫妻 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife; married couple HSK 4
聚 聚 jù to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize HSK 4