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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惊 驚 jīng to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
哼 哼 hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
家族 家族 jiā zú family; clan HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
患 患 huàn to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry HSK 7
唉 唉 āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
设 設 shè to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
并非 並非 bìng fēi really isn't HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
供 供 gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
有所 有所 yǒu suǒ somewhat; to some extent HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
家破人亡 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless Idiom ∼HSK 6
官官相护 官官相護 guān guān xiāng hù officials shield one another (idiom); a cover-up Idiom ∼HSK 6
孤苦伶仃 孤苦伶仃 gū kǔ líng dīng solitary and impoverished (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
知法犯法 知法犯法 zhī fǎ fàn fǎ to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules Idiom ∼HSK 6
狼心狗肺 狼心狗肺 láng xīn gǒu fèi lit. heart of wolf and lungs of dog (idiom); cruel and unscrupulous Idiom ∼HSK 6
心心相印 心心相印 xīn xīn xiāng yìn two hearts beat as one (idiom); a kindred spirit Idiom ∼HSK 6
良辰美景 良辰美景 liáng chén měi jǐng fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely Idiom ∼HSK 6
功名利禄 功名利祿 gōng míng lì lù position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune Idiom ∼HSK 6
糊里糊涂 糊裡糊塗 hú li hú tú confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze Idiom ∼HSK 6
才高八斗 才高八斗 cái gāo - bā dǒu (idiom) of great talent Idiom ∼HSK 6
了如指掌 瞭如指掌 liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside out Idiom ∼HSK 6
八拜之交 八拜之交 bā bài zhī jiāo sworn brotherhood; intimate friendship Idiom ∼HSK 6
蓬荜生辉 蓬蓽生輝 péng bì shēng huī Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling; see also Idiom ∼HSK 6
才疏学浅 才疏學淺 cái shū xué qiǎn (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,... Idiom ∼HSK 6
人命关天 人命關天 rén mìng guān tiān human life is beyond value (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
仗势欺人 仗勢欺人 zhàng shì qī rén to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom); to kick people around Idiom ∼HSK 6
不费吹灰之力 不費吹灰之力 bù fèi chuī huī zhī lì as easy as blowing off dust; effortless; with ease Idiom ∼HSK 6
强词夺理 強詞奪理 qiǎng cí duó lǐ to twist words and force logic (idiom); sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument; shoving false arguments down people's throats Idiom ∼HSK 6
冤家对头 冤家對頭 yuān jiā duì tóu enemy (idiom); opponent; arch-enemy Idiom ∼HSK 6
报仇雪恨 報仇雪恨 bào chóu xuě hèn to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
有钱能使鬼推磨 有錢能使鬼推磨 yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò lit. with money, you can get a devil to turn a millstone (idiom); fig. with money, you can get anything done; money talks Idiom ∼HSK 6
贪赃枉法 貪贓枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law Idiom ∼HSK 6
罪大恶极 罪大惡極 zuì dà è jí guilty of terrible crimes (idiom); reprehensible Idiom ∼HSK 6
屈打成招 屈打成招 qū dǎ chéng zhāo to obtain confessions under torture Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
混账 混賬 hùn zhàng shameful; absolutely disgraceful! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
窝囊废 窩囊廢 wō nang fèi (coll.) spineless coward; wimp; a good-for-nothing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
老糊涂 老糊塗 lǎo hú tu dotard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
非同小可 非同小可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě extremely important; no small matter Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
浑蛋 渾蛋 hún dàn variant of Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6