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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死到临头 死到臨頭 sǐ dào lín tóu Death is near at hand. (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
软硬兼施 軟硬兼施 ruǎn yìng jiān shī use both carrot and stick; use gentle methods and force; an iron hand in a velvet glove Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
帮凶 幫兇 bāng xiōng variant of Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
砒霜 砒霜 pī shuāng white arsenic; arsenic trioxide As2O3 ∼HSK 6
孝廉 孝廉 xiào lián xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing; successful second degree candidate ∼HSK 6
钧谕 鈞諭 jūn yù (deferential) your instructions ∼HSK 6
真凶 真兇 zhēn xiōng culprit ∼HSK 6
从实招来 從實招來 cóng shí zhāo lái to own up to the facts ∼HSK 6
公报私仇 公報私仇 gōng bào sī chóu to use public office to avenge private wrongs ∼HSK 6
堂堂 堂堂 táng táng grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance ∼HSK 6
爹娘 爹孃 diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
岂敢 豈敢 qǐ gǎn how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise ∼HSK 6
招认 招認 zhāo rèn to confess ∼HSK 6
功名 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory ∼HSK 6
申冤 申冤 shēn yuān to appeal for justice; to demand redress for a grievance ∼HSK 6
搭救 搭救 dā jiù to rescue ∼HSK 6
嫁祸 嫁禍 jià huò to impute; to shift the blame onto someone else ∼HSK 6
昏过去 昏過去 hūn guo qu to faint ∼HSK 6
恩重如山 恩重如山 ēn zhòng rú shān lit. a debt of gratitude as weighty as a mountain (idiom); deeply indebted for a great kindness ∼HSK 6
夹棍 夾棍 jiā gùn leg vise (torture instrument) ∼HSK 6
有凭有据 有憑有據 yǒu píng yǒu jù to have evidence and proof; well-grounded, backed up by facts (idiom) ∼HSK 6
严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law; cruel punishment; to carry out cruel law rigorously ∼HSK 6
爹爹 爹爹 diē die daddy; granddad ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
情意 情意 qíng yì friendly regard; affection ∼HSK 6
服药 服藥 fú yào to take medicine ∼HSK 6
临终 臨終 lín zhōng approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave ∼HSK 6
状告 狀告 zhuàng gào to sue; to take to court; to file a lawsuit ∼HSK 6
开恩 開恩 kāi ēn show mercy ∼HSK 6
再审 再審 zài shěn to hear a case again; review; retrial ∼HSK 6
逼奸 逼姦 bī jiān to rape ∼HSK 6
讲理 講理 jiǎng lǐ to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable ∼HSK 6
案情 案情 àn qíng details of a case; case ∼HSK 6
私情 私情 sī qíng personal considerations; love affair ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
情书 情書 qíng shū love letter ∼HSK 6
账簿 賬簿 zhàng bù an account book; a ledger ∼HSK 6
耗子 耗子 hào zi (dialect) mouse; rat ∼HSK 6
抵赖 抵賴 dǐ lài to refuse to admit (what one has done); to disavow; to renege ∼HSK 6
招供 招供 zhāo gòng to confess ∼HSK 6
苦刑 苦刑 kǔ xíng torture; corporal punishment (traditionally involving mutilation or amputation) ∼HSK 6
复审 復審 fù shěn to re-examine; to recheck; (law) to conduct a judicial review; to retry (a case) ∼HSK 6
严刑拷打 嚴刑拷打 yán xíng kǎo dǎ torture; interrogation by torture ∼HSK 6
监牢 監牢 jiān láo prison; jail ∼HSK 6
翻供 翻供 fān gòng to retract a confession or testimony ∼HSK 6
行凶 行兇 xíng xiōng violent crime; to commit a violent act (assault or murder) ∼HSK 6