The Adulteress

The Adulteress 1963

yáng nǎi 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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zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
nián lái this past year; over the last years ∼HSK 1
yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
yǒu once; once upon a time ∼HSK 1
bìng fever; pyrexia ∼HSK 1
tiān gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
xiǎng qi lai to remember; to recall ∼HSK 1
huí tiān to reverse a desperate situation ∼HSK 1
jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
shū rén scholar; intellectual ∼HSK 1
zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
zài together ∼HSK 1
zài xià under; myself (humble) ∼HSK 1
bìng zhòng seriously ill ∼HSK 1
kàn zài (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... ∼HSK 1
kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
tiān several days ∼HSK 1
yòng other use; other purpose ∼HSK 1
shì qián in advance; before the event ∼HSK 1
fēn hào semicolon (punct.) ∼HSK 1
several times ∼HSK 1
the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign; first year of an era; first year of a significant time period ∼HSK 1
èr the second time; second; number two ∼HSK 1
bàn kāi bàn guān half-open, half closed ∼HSK 1
rén r figurine ∼HSK 1
jìn Jīng to enter the capital; to go to Beijing ∼HSK 1
zhuō table, desk, stand ∼HSK 1
nán xíng hard to pass ∼HSK 1
Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
yǒu friend, companion; fraternity ∼HSK 1
tài hòu Empress Dowager ∼HSK 1
qǐng zuò please, have a seat HSK 1
liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife ∼HSK 1
zhēn shi de Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) ∼HSK 1
wàng liǎo cannot forget ∼HSK 1
tiān dào wǎn all day long; the whole day ∼HSK 1
wài bian outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home HSK 1
bian inside HSK 1
guò zi to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along ∼HSK 1
cóng lái never ∼HSK 1
kàn bìng to visit a doctor; to see a patient HSK 1
bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter) HSK 1
not very; not too; not often HSK 1
Běi jīng Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China HSK 1
shēng bìng to fall ill HSK 1
qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? HSK 1