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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事儿 事兒 shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
银子 銀子 yín zi money; silver ∼HSK 3
气死 氣死 qì sǐ to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger ∼HSK 3
传遍 傳遍 chuán biàn to spread widely ∼HSK 3
刀笔 刀筆 dāo bǐ writing up of official or judicial documents; pettifoggery ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
日内 日內 rì nèi in a few days; one of these days ∼HSK 3
政 政 zhèng government, political affairs ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
过目 過目 guò mù to look over ∼HSK 3
皮肉 皮肉 pí ròu skin and flesh; superficial; physical (suffering); bodily ∼HSK 3
无由 無由 wú yóu to be unable (to do sth); no reason to...; without rhyme or reason ∼HSK 3
诸 諸 Zhū various, all, these; surname ∼HSK 3
味 味 wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy ∼HSK 3
亲口 親口 qīn kǒu one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally ∼HSK 3
势 勢 shì power, force; tendency ∼HSK 3
家居 家居 jiā jū home; residence; to stay at home (unemployed) ∼HSK 3
乱叫 亂叫 luàn jiào to inconsiderately shout ∼HSK 3
阴阳 陰陽 yīn yáng yin and yang ∼HSK 3
今世 今世 jīn shì this life; this age ∼HSK 3
来世 來世 lái shì afterlife; next life ∼HSK 3
三代 三代 sān dài three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) ∼HSK 3
恩 㤙 ēn kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 3
会死 會死 huì sǐ mortal ∼HSK 3
迷药 迷藥 mí yào knockout drops; incapacitating agent; Mickey Finn ∼HSK 3
心伤 心傷 xīn shāng broken-hearted ∼HSK 3
易事 易事 yì shì easy task ∼HSK 3
铁板 鐵板 tiě bǎn iron panel; hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan) ∼HSK 3
午时 午時 wǔ shí 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) ∼HSK 3
澡 澡 zǎo wash, bathe ∼HSK 3
长空 長空 cháng kōng (literary) the vast sky; (finance) eventual downturn; poor prospects in the long term ∼HSK 3
羔羊 羔羊 gāo yáng sheep; lamb ∼HSK 3
蛟龙 蛟龍 jiāo lóng legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods ∼HSK 3
瞑目 瞑目 míng mù to close one's eyes; (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved grievances.) ∼HSK 3
造化 造化 zào huà (literary) Nature; the Creator ∼HSK 3
相会 相會 xiāng huì to meet together ∼HSK 3
兰 蘭 Lán orchid; elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
深重 深重 shēn zhòng very serious; grave; profound ∼HSK 3
好胜 好勝 hào shèng eager to win; competitive; aggressive ∼HSK 3
心境 心境 xīn jìng mood; mental state; frame of mind ∼HSK 3
请教 請教 qǐng jiào to ask for guidance; to consult HSK 3
故乡 故鄉 gù xiāng home; homeland; native place HSK 3
大夫 大夫 dà fū senior official (in imperial China) HSK 3
干吗 幹嗎 gàn má see 干嘛 HSK 3
本事 本事 běn shì source material; original story HSK 3
从前 從前 cóng qián previously; formerly; once upon a time HSK 3
行李 行李 xíng li luggage HSK 3
早已 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past HSK 3
反复 反覆 fǎn fù repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return HSK 3
整整 整整 zhěng zhěng whole; full HSK 3