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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七孔 七孔 qī kǒng the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth ∼HSK 6
凶身 兇身 xiōng shēn murderer; killer ∼HSK 6
证据确凿 證據確鑿 zhèng jù què záo the evidence is conclusive (idiom); irrefutable proof ∼HSK 6
受刑 受刑 shòu xíng beaten; tortured; executed ∼HSK 6
奔走 奔走 bēn zǒu to run; to rush about; to be on the go ∼HSK 6
供词 供詞 gòng cí confession; statement; Taiwan pr. [gong1ci2] ∼HSK 6
经不起 經不起 jīng bu qǐ can't stand it; to be unable to bear; to be unable to resist ∼HSK 6
治罪 治罪 zhì zuì to punish sb (for a crime) ∼HSK 6
暗箭 暗箭 àn jiàn attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back ∼HSK 6
判令 判令 pàn lìng decree; (of a court) to order ∼HSK 6
充军 充軍 chōng jūn to banish (to an army post, as a punishment) ∼HSK 6
真命 真命 zhēn mìng to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc); ordained by heaven ∼HSK 6
磨豆腐 磨豆腐 mò dòu fu to grumble; to chatter away incessantly ∼HSK 6
曲尺 曲尺 qū chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) ∼HSK 6
身不由主 身不由主 shēn bù yóu zhǔ unable to act of one's own free will (idiom); not master of oneself ∼HSK 6
趁虚而入 趁虛而入 chèn xū ér rù to take advantage of a weakness to slip in (idiom); to exploit an opening or vulnerability ∼HSK 6
撇下 撇下 piē xia to cast away ∼HSK 6
童养媳 童養媳 tóng yǎng xí child bride; girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
波纹 波紋 bō wén ripple; corrugation ∼HSK 6
清白 清白 qīng bái pure; innocent ∼HSK 6
贤良 賢良 xián liáng (of a man) able and virtuous ∼HSK 6
姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate ∼HSK 6
薄命 薄命 bó mìng to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women); to be born unlucky ∼HSK 6
绣花 繡花 xiù huā to embroider; to do embroidery ∼HSK 6
不枉 不枉 bù wǎng not in vain ∼HSK 6
自幼 自幼 zì yòu from childhood ∼HSK 6
安份守己 安份守己 ān fèn shǒu jǐ to abide by one's lot and behave properly (variant of 安分守己) (idiom); to be law-abiding and content ∼HSK 6
捉奸 捉姦 zhuō jiān to catch a couple in the act (adultery, illicit sexual relations) ∼HSK 6
这般 這般 zhè bān in this way ∼HSK 6
有劳 有勞 yǒu láo thank you for the trouble ∼HSK 6
肝火 肝火 gān huǒ irascibility; irritability; (TCM) inflammation of the liver ∼HSK 6
风寒 風寒 fēng hán cold (TCM) ∼HSK 6
冷冷清清 冷冷清清 lěng lěng qīng qīng deserted; desolate; unfrequented; cold and cheerless; lonely; in quiet isolation ∼HSK 6
家嫂 家嫂 jiā sǎo (polite) my sister-in-law ∼HSK 6
祸福 禍福 huò fú disaster and happiness ∼HSK 6
磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) ∼HSK 6
何人 何人 hé rén who ∼HSK 6
死因不明 死因不明 sǐ yīn bù míng unknown cause of death ∼HSK 6
妄言 妄言 wàng yán lies; wild talk; to tell lies; to talk nonsense; fantasy (literature) ∼HSK 6
诬告 誣告 wū gào to frame sb; to accuse falsely ∼HSK 6
捉拿 捉拿 zhuō ná to arrest; to catch a criminal ∼HSK 6
畜牲 畜牲 chù shēng variant of ∼HSK 6
公堂 公堂 gōng táng law court; hall (in castle) ∼HSK 6
公正廉明 公正廉明 gōng zhèng lián míng fair, upright and honest (idiom); just and incorruptible (esp. of an official) ∼HSK 6
娘家 孃家 niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
罪加一等 罪加一等 zuì jiā yī děng to add one degree to the crime (idiom); to make a guilty person's punishment heavier ∼HSK 6
深谋 深謀 shēn móu forethought ∼HSK 6
大略 大略 dà lüè a broad outline; the general idea; roughly ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
奉送 奉送 fèng sòng (honorific) to give ∼HSK 6