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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| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 证人 證人 | witness | |
| 勾 勾 | used in 勾当 | |
| 口气 口氣 | tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone | |
| 审 審 | to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court) | |
| 扬 揚 | to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate | |
| 平民 平民 | ordinary people; commoner; civilian | |
| 身子 身子 | body; pregnancy; health | |
| 撕 撕 | to tear | |
| 乃 乃 | to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon | |
| 但愿 但願 | if only (sth were possible); I wish (that) | |
| 睁 睜 | to open (one's eyes) | |
| 沾 沾 | to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch | |
| 拜托 拜託 | to request sb to do sth; please! | |
| 担 擔 | to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibility | |
| 规矩 規矩 | lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved | |
| 押 押 | to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign | |
| 难怪 難怪 | (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) | |
| 指望 指望 | to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope | |
| 撤 撤 | to remove; to take away | |
| 耐 耐 | (bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand | |
| 魂 䰟 | soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) | |
| 钉 釘 | to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on | |
| 亲戚 親戚 | a relative (i.e. family relation) | |
| 谎言 謊言 | lie | |
| 无辜 無辜 | innocent; innocence; not guilty (law) | |
| 无论如何 無論如何 | whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means | |
| 宁愿 寧願 | would rather ... (than ...) | |
| 有意 有意 | to intend; intentionally; interested in | |
| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 天生 天生 | nature; disposition; innate; natural | |
| 残 殘 | to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus | |
| 爹 爹 | dad | |
| 桩 樁 | stump; stake; pile; classifier for items | |
| 浪 浪 | wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble | |
| 借口 借口 | to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext | |
| 实话 實話 | truth | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 顺便 順便 | conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 依 依 | to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 恶 惡 | used in 恶心 | |
| 监狱 監獄 | prison | |
| 一阵 一陣 | a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) | |
| 竟 竟 | unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 |