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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狡猾 狡猾 jiǎo huá crafty; cunning; sly HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
伤势 傷勢 shāng shì condition of an injury HSK 7
分明 分明 fēn míng clear; distinct; evidently; clearly HSK 7
胆子 膽子 dǎn zi courage; nerve; guts HSK 7
有待 有待 yǒu dài not yet (done); pending HSK 7
斩 斬 zhǎn to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop HSK 7
情愿 情願 qíng yuàn willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y) HSK 7
安宁 安寧 Ān níng Anning District of Lanzhou City 兰州市, Gansu; Anning City, to the west of Kunming 明, Yunnan HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
锡 錫 xī tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xí] HSK 7
保重 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7
贫穷 貧窮 pín qióng poor; impoverished HSK 7
滥用 濫用 làn yòng to misuse; to abuse HSK 7
人手 人手 rén shǒu manpower; staff; human hand HSK 7
好心 好心 hǎo xīn kindness; good intentions HSK 7
好比 好比 hǎo bǐ to be just like; can be compared to HSK 7
点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert HSK 7
过节 過節 guò jié to celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over) HSK 7
抚养 撫養 fǔ yǎng to foster; to bring up; to raise HSK 7
报仇 報仇 bào chóu to take revenge; to avenge HSK 7
良 良 liáng good; very; very much HSK 7
宁可 寧可 nìng kě preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils HSK 7
偏偏 偏偏 piān piān (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people HSK 7
当今 當今 dāng jīn current; present; now; nowadays HSK 7
仇 仇 chóu hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc) HSK 7
心意 心意 xīn yì intention; regard; kindly feelings HSK 7
怪不得 怪不得 guài bu de no wonder!; so that's why! HSK 7
剥 剝 bāo to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck HSK 7
吩咐 吩咐 fēn fù to tell; to instruct; to command HSK 7
无知 無知 wú zhī ignorant; ignorance HSK 7
亲近 親近 qīn jìn intimate; to get close to HSK 7
下令 下令 xià lìng to give an order; to command HSK 7
何况 何況 hé kuàng let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
盲目 盲目 máng mù blind; blindly; ignorant; lacking understanding HSK 7
祭 祭 jì to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); memorial ceremony; (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; (lit. and fig.) to wield HSK 7
哄 哄 hōng roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd) HSK 7
上司 上司 shàng si boss; superior HSK 7
听话 聽話 tīng huà to do what one is told; obedient HSK 7
上诉 上訴 shàng sù to appeal (a judicial case); appeal HSK 7
亲手 親手 qīn shǒu personally; with one's own hands HSK 7
深夜 深夜 shēn yè very late at night HSK 7
良心 良心 liáng xīn conscience HSK 7
昏迷 昏迷 hūn mí to lose consciousness; to be in a coma; stupor; coma; stunned; disoriented HSK 7
是非 是非 shì fēi right and wrong; quarrel HSK 7
废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) HSK 7
何必 何必 hé bì there is no need; why should HSK 7
糊涂 糊塗 hú tu muddled; silly; confused HSK 7
性命 性命 xìng mìng life HSK 7