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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| 个头 個頭 | size; height | |
| 可就 可就 | certainly | |
| 别客气 別客氣 | don't mention it; no formalities, please | |
| 今生 今生 | this life | |
| 来生 來生 | next life | |
| 明知 明知 | to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well | |
| 不当 不當 | unsuitable; improper; inappropriate | |
| 息 息 | rest, put stop to, end, cease | |
| 碰见 碰見 | to run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into | |
| 站住 站住 | to stand | |
| 里头 裡頭 | inside; interior | |
| 药店 藥店 | pharmacy | |
| 得出 得出 | to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) | |
| 从小 從小 | from childhood; from a young age | |
| 忽然 忽然 | suddenly; all of a sudden | |
| 等到 等到 | to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 不但 不但 | not only (... but also ...) | |
| 凉 涼 | the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) | |
| 笑话 笑話 | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 刻 刻 | quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals | |
| 少年 少年 | early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man | |
| 大小 大小 | dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority | |
| 今后 今後 | hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on | |
| 好人 好人 | good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle | |
| 熟 熟 | ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] | |
| 便宜 便宜 | convenient | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 院 院 | courtyard; institution | |
| 湖 湖 | lake | |
| 草 艸 | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 喊 喊 | to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) | |
| 高中 高中 | senior high school; abbr. for 高级中学 | |
| 灯 燈 | lamp; light; lantern | |
| 雪 雪 | snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) | |
| 多么 多麼 | how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 千 千 | thousand |