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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| 同胞 同胞 | born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot | |
| 赖 賴 | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 跪 跪 | to kneel | |
| 吞 吞 | to swallow; to take | |
| 凶手 兇手 | murderer; assassin | |
| 串 串 | to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across | |
| 阴谋 陰謀 | to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot | |
| 孤儿 孤兒 | orphan | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 捐 捐 | to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy | |
| 肝 肝 | liver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy | |
| 前来 前來 | to come (formal); before; previously | |
| 虽 雖 | although; even though | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 路过 路過 | to pass by or through | |
| 金钱 金錢 | money; currency | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 一番 一番 | Some | |
| 王子 王子 | prince; son of a king | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 夺 奪 | to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose | |
| 判 判 | to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 宫 宮 | palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 晕 暈 | confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out | |
| 族 族 | race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) | |
| 绝 絕 | to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means | |
| 托 託 | prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure) | |
| 公 公 | public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | |
| 罪 罪 | guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 爆 爆 | to explode or burst; to quick fry or quick boil | |
| 为何 為何 | why | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 镇 鎮 | to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 若 若 | to seem; like; as; if | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) |