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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| 行刑 行刑 | to carry out a (death) sentence; execution | |
| 不吉 不吉 | unlucky; inauspicious; ominous | |
| 岂能 豈能 | how could ...?; how can it be that ...? (rhetorical) | |
| 喊冤 喊冤 | to cry out a grievance | |
| 相貌 相貌 | appearance | |
| 清寒 清寒 | poor; underprivileged; (of weather) crisp and clear | |
| 偿命 償命 | to pay with one's life | |
| 同谋 同謀 | to conspire with sb; to plot; a conspirator; a partner in crime; an accomplice | |
| 维持原判 維持原判 | to affirm the original sentence (law) | |
| 酒席 酒席 | feast; banquet | |
| 留情 留情 | to relent (to spare sb's feelings); to show mercy or forgiveness; to forbear; lenient | |
| 不清 不清 | unclear | |
| 今宵 今宵 | tonight (literary) | |
| 心灰意冷 心灰意冷 | discouraged; downhearted | |
| 主见 主見 | one's own view; definite opinion | |
| 恰似 恰似 | just like; exactly like | |
| 桩桩件件 樁樁件件 | each and every one | |
| 赎罪 贖罪 | to atone for one's crime; to buy freedom from punishment; redemption; atonement | |
| 灾祸 災禍 | disaster | |
| 欺压 欺壓 | to bully; to push around | |
| 良民 良民 | good people; ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) | |
| 妙计 妙計 | excellent plan; brilliant scheme | |
| 之恩 之恩 | kindness; favor; grace (of one's benefactor), as in "the kindness of ..." | |
| 今生今世 今生今世 | this present life (idiom); in this lifetime; here and now | |
| 特赦 特赦 | to grant a special pardon | |
| 担待 擔待 | to pardon; please excuse (me); to take responsibility | |
| 端午节 端午節 | Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) | |
| 用得着 用得著 | to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to | |
| 恩人 恩人 | a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else | |
| 外头 外頭 | outside; out | |
| 更是 更是 | even more (so) | |
| 只管 只管 | solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) | |
| 造反 造反 | to rebel; to revolt | |
| 只顾 只顧 | solely preoccupied (with one thing); engrossed; focusing (on sth); to look after only one aspect | |
| 一齐 一齊 | at the same time; simultaneously | |
| 冷水 冷水 | cold water; unboiled water; fig. not yet ready (of plans) | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 书房 書房 | study (room); studio | |
| 眼看 眼看 | soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens | |
| 来往 來往 | to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with | |
| 出入 出入 | to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 哎哟 哎喲 | hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 账 賬 | account; bill; debt | |
| 裂 裂 | to split; to crack; to break open; to rend | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 官司 官司 | lawsuit | |
| 打断 打斷 | to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) |