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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动脑筋 動腦筋 dòng nǎo jīn to use one's brains; to think ∼HSK 6
有情 有情 yǒu qíng to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism) ∼HSK 6
牢狱 牢獄 láo yù prison ∼HSK 6
大驾光临 大駕光臨 dà jià guāng lín we are honored by your presence ∼HSK 6
公干 公幹 gōng gàn public business; official work ∼HSK 6
听审 聽審 tīng shěn to attend court; to take part in a trial ∼HSK 6
凭据 憑據 píng jù evidence ∼HSK 6
作贼心虚 作賊心虛 zuò zéi xīn xū a guilty conscience betrays itself; one who has done wrong feels uneasy (idiom) ∼HSK 6
悔之不及 悔之不及 huǐ zhī bù jí too late for regrets (idiom); to regret when it is already too late ∼HSK 6
除掉 除掉 chú diào to eliminate ∼HSK 6
绝交 絕交 jué jiāo to break off relations; to break with sb ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
药理 藥理 yào lǐ pharmacology ∼HSK 6
狡辩 狡辯 jiǎo biàn to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses ∼HSK 6
辱骂 辱罵 rǔ mà to insult; to revile; abuse; vituperation ∼HSK 6
诬赖 誣賴 wū lài to accuse falsely ∼HSK 6
大堂 大堂 dà táng lobby ∼HSK 6
串供 串供 chuàn gòng to collude to fabricate a story ∼HSK 6
爱民如子 愛民如子 ài mín rú zǐ (idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler) ∼HSK 6
悔之晚矣 悔之晚矣 huǐ zhī wǎn yǐ too late for regrets (idiom); to repent when it is already too late ∼HSK 6
罢手 罷手 bà shǒu to give up ∼HSK 6
受尽 受盡 shòu jìn to suffer enough from; to suffer all kinds of; to have one's fill of ∼HSK 6
侍郎 侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties) ∼HSK 6
入禀 入稟 rù bǐng to file (law) ∼HSK 6
情面 情面 qíng miàn feelings and sensibilities; sentiment and face; sensitivity to other's feelings ∼HSK 6
蚂蚱 螞蚱 mà zha (dialect) locust; grasshopper ∼HSK 6
分清 分清 fēn qīng to distinguish (between different things); to make distinctions clear ∼HSK 6
郎中 郎中 láng zhōng doctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful) ∼HSK 6
活神仙 活神仙 huó shén xiān a god living in our midst (sb who can predict the future like a prophet or who leads a life without constraints) ∼HSK 6
血肉模糊 血肉模糊 xuè ròu - mó hu (idiom) badly mangled or mutilated; gruesome ∼HSK 6
苦命 苦命 kǔ mìng hard lot; bitter fate; unfortunate ∼HSK 6
冤情 冤情 yuān qíng facts of an injustice; circumstances surrounding a miscarriage of justice ∼HSK 6
逼供 逼供 bī gòng to extort a confession ∼HSK 6
残废 殘廢 cán fèi deformity; handicapped ∼HSK 6
劫难 劫難 jié nàn calamity ∼HSK 6
恩爱 恩愛 ēn ài loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love ∼HSK 6
天良 天良 tiān liáng conscience ∼HSK 6
会审 會審 huì shěn joint hearing; to review jointly (i.e. with other checkers) ∼HSK 6
恩德 恩德 ēn dé benevolence; favor ∼HSK 6
据我看 據我看 jù wǒ kàn in my view; in my opinion; from what I can see ∼HSK 6
定夺 定奪 dìng duó to make a decision; to determine ∼HSK 6
含冤 含冤 hán yuān wronged; to suffer false accusations ∼HSK 6
忌妒 忌妒 jì du to be jealous of; to envy ∼HSK 6
污辱 汙辱 wū rǔ to humiliate; to insult; to tarnish; to sully ∼HSK 6
苦苦哀求 苦苦哀求 kǔ kǔ āi qiú to entreat piteously; to implore ∼HSK 6
童养媳妇 童養媳婦 tóng yǎng xí fù child bride; girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
拜堂 拜堂 bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony; same as 拜天地 ∼HSK 6
公理 公理 gōng lǐ self-evident truth; (math.) axiom ∼HSK 6
钢刀 鋼刀 gāng dāo steel knife; sword ∼HSK 6
良善 良善 liáng shàn good ∼HSK 6