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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求得 求得 qiú dé to ask for sth and receive it; to try to obtain; to look for and obtain ∼HSK 2
好办 好辦 hǎo bàn easy to do; easy to manage ∼HSK 2
身为 身為 shēn wéi in the capacity of; as ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
叩头 叩頭 kòu tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
午夜 午夜 wǔ yè midnight ∼HSK 2
河面 河面 hé miàn surface of a river ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
八成 八成 bā chéng eighty percent; most probably; most likely ∼HSK 2
贞节 貞節 zhēn jié chastity; virginity (of women); moral integrity (of men); loyalty; constancy ∼HSK 2
复 復 fù return; repeat; repeatedly ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
谁知 誰知 shéi zhī who would have thought; unexpectedly ∼HSK 2
论 論 Lún debate; discuss; discourse ∼HSK 2
听信 聽信 tīng xìn to listen to information; to get the news; to believe what one hears ∼HSK 2
道喜 道喜 dào xǐ to congratulate ∼HSK 2
三级 三級 sān jí grade 3; third class; category C ∼HSK 2
不用客气 不用客氣 bù yòng kè qi you're welcome; don't mention it; no need to stand on ceremony ∼HSK 2
放在眼里 放在眼裡 fàng zài yǎn lǐ to pay attention to; to care about; to attach importance to ∼HSK 2
狗腿 狗腿 gǒu tuǐ lackey; henchman ∼HSK 2
嫣然 嫣然 yān rán beautiful; sweet; engaging ∼HSK 2
改天 改天 gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
外加 外加 wài jiā in addition; extra ∼HSK 2
这些个 這些個 zhè xiē ge these ∼HSK 2
目 目 mù eye; look, see; division, topic ∼HSK 2
职 職 zhí duty, profession; office, post ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
弄明白 弄明白 nòng míng bai to figure out how to do something ∼HSK 2
假话 假話 jiǎ huà a lie; untrue statement; misstatement ∼HSK 2
欲 慾 yù desire, want, long for; intend ∼HSK 2
介 介 jiè forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor ∼HSK 2
该当 該當 gāi dāng should; to deserve ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
夫家 夫家 fū jiā husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into) ∼HSK 2
术 術 shù art, skill, special feat; method, technique ∼HSK 2
分头 分頭 fēn tóu separately; severally; parted hair ∼HSK 2
然 然 rán yes, certainly; pledge, promise ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
妻 妻 qī wife ∼HSK 2
诉 訴 sù accuse; sue; inform; narrate ∼HSK 2
分身 分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time; a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet); to spare some time for a separate task; to cut a ∼HSK 2
遍体 遍體 biàn tǐ all over the body ∼HSK 2
倒地 倒地 dǎo dì to fall to the ground ∼HSK 2
又名 又名 yòu míng also known as; alternative name; to also be called ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
百姓 百姓 bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
女流 女流 nǚ liú (derog.) woman ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2