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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| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 读书 讀書 | to read a book; to study; to attend school | |
| 唱歌 唱歌 | to sing a song | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 妹 妹 | younger sister | |
| 明年 明年 | next year | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 在家 在家 | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) | |
| 弟弟 弟弟 | younger brother | |
| 下次 下次 | next time | |
| 贵 貴 | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your | |
| 一会儿 一會兒 | a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] | |
| 雨 雨 | rain | |
| 茶 茶 | tea; tea plant | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 帮忙 幫忙 | to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 路上 路上 | on the road; on a journey; road surface | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 进去 進去 | to go in | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 姐姐 姐姐 | older sister | |
| 东 東 | east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord | |
| 衣服 衣服 | clothes | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 休息 休息 | rest; to rest | |
| 累 累 | tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 风 風 | wind; news; style; custom; manner | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 读 讀 | comma; phrase marked by pause | |
| 教 教 | to teach | |
| 家里 家裡 | home | |
| 西 西 | the West; abbr. for Spain 牙; Spanish | |
| 来到 來到 | to arrive; to come | |
| 热 熱 | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent | |
| 去年 去年 | last year | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 字 字 | letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 今年 今年 | this year | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) |