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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撵出 攆出 niǎn chū to expel; to drive out; to oust ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
多多 多多 duō duō many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more ∼HSK 1
做出 做出 zuò chū to put out; to issue ∼HSK 1
回话 回話 huí huà to reply ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
住口 住口 zhù kǒu shut up; shut your mouth; stop talking ∼HSK 1
大白 大白 dà bái to be revealed; to come out (of the truth); chalk (for whitening walls); (old) wine cup; (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Com ∼HSK 1
出钱 出錢 chū qián to pay ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
拷打 拷打 kǎo dǎ to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions); to give sb the third degree; to torture ∼HSK 1
说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
十二 十二 shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
外放 外放 wài fàng extroverted; outgoing; to play audio through speakers (rather than through earphones); (old) to appoint to a post outside the capital ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
十八 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
人人 人人 rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
月老 月老 yuè lǎo matchmaker; go-between; same as ∼HSK 1
这几天 這幾天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days ∼HSK 1
点菜 點菜 diǎn cài to order dishes (in a restaurant) ∼HSK 1
大老远 大老遠 dà lǎo yuǎn very far away ∼HSK 1
这天 這天 zhè tiān this day ∼HSK 1
帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
听来 聽來 tīng lái to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc); to ring (true); to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression); to hear from somewhere ∼HSK 1
行好 行好 xíng hǎo to be charitable; to do a good deed ∼HSK 1
小子 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
大大小小 大大小小 dà dà - xiǎo xiǎo large and small; of all sizes ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
有点 有點 yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
好日子 好日子 hǎo rì zi auspicious day; good day; happy life ∼HSK 1
想想看 想想看 xiǎng xiǎng kàn to think about it ∼HSK 1
问话 問話 wèn huà to ask sb a question; question ∼HSK 1
去重 去重 qù chóng to remove duplicates ∼HSK 1
有话快说 有話快說 yǒu huà kuài shuō spit it out! ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
见教 見教 jiàn jiào I have been enlightened by your teaching (humble) ∼HSK 1
京 京 Jīng capital city ∼HSK 1
会考 會考 huì kǎo unified examination ∼HSK 1
饯行 餞行 jiàn xíng to give a farewell dinner ∼HSK 1
哪里哪里 哪裡哪裡 nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ you're too kind; you flatter me ∼HSK 1
要有 要有 yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
坏了 壞了 huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
住手 住手 zhù shǒu to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand ∼HSK 1