The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful

The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful 2017

血观音 xuè guānyīn

Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, and an entire family close to Madame Tang fall victim to a gruesome murder. Ambition, desire and lust eventually change Tang's relationships with her own family forever.

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4.25 Intermediate Director Yang Ya-che 🍅 83%

Cast

Kara Hui Ying-Hung Kara Hui Ying-Hung Madame Tang Wu Ke-xi Wu Ke-xi Tang Ning Wen Qi Wen Qi Tang Chen Sha-Li Chen Sha-Li Chen Speaker Wang's Wife Ko Chia-Yen Ko Chia-Yen Adult Tang Chen Maya Showlen Maya Showlen Banquet Singer Moon Wang Moon Wang County Mayor's Wife Carolyn Chen Carolyn Chen Special Assistant Chen-Ling Wen Chen-Ling Wen Lin Pien-Pien Jun Fu Jun Fu Captain Liao

Vocabulary

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老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
弥陀 彌陀 Mí tuó Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise; abbr. for 阿彌陀佛|阿弥陀佛; Mituo or Mito township in Kaohsiung county, southwest Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
县长 縣長 xiàn zhǎng county's head commissioner Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
秀山 秀山 Xiù shān Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
丽水 麗水 Lí shuǐ Lishui, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清流 清流 Qīng liú Qingliu, a county in Sanming City, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
高雄 高雄 Gāo xióng Kaohsiung, a special municipality in south Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
太麻里 太麻里 Tài má lǐ Taimali township in Taitung County, southeast Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
地检署 地檢署 dì jiǎn shǔ district prosecutor's office Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
立法院 立法院 Lì fǎ yuàn Legislative Yuan, the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
内政部 內政部 Nèi zhèng bù Ministry of the Interior Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
茱丽叶 茱麗葉 Zhū lì yè Juliet or Juliette (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乾隆 乾隆 Qián lóng the Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title, personal name, reigned 1735-1799 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
神佛 神佛 Shén Fó Gods and Buddhas Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
关公 關公 Guān gōng Lord Guan (i.e.) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
日文 日文 Rì wén Japanese (language) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
藤原 藤原 Téng yuán Fujiwara (Japanese surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣子 聖子 Shèng zǐ Holy Son; Jesus Christ; God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
高达 高達 Gāo dá Gundam, Japanese animation franchise; (Tw) Gouda (cheese) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
长顺 長順 Cháng shùn Changshun county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture, Guizhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
太上皇 太上皇 Tài shàng huáng Taishang Huang; Retired Emperor; father of the reigning emperor; fig. puppet master Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
心经 心經 Xīn jīng the Heart Sutra Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
党中央 黨中央 Dǎng Zhōng yāng Central Committee of the CCP Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
枋寮 枋寮 Fāng liáo Fangliao township in Pingtung County, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大武 大武 Dà wǔ Dawu or Tawu township in Taitung County, southeast Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宁 寧 nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
桑 桑 Sāng mulberry tree; surname ∼HSK 4
署 署 shǔ public office ∼HSK 4
长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
屎 屎 shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
户头 戶頭 hù tóu bank account ∼HSK 4
总编 總編 zǒng biān chief editor (of newspaper); abbr. for 總編輯|总编辑 ∼HSK 4
案发 案發 àn fā (of a crime) to occur; (old) (of a crime) to be discovered; to investigate a crime on the spot ∼HSK 4
血案 血案 xuè àn murder case ∼HSK 4
贷 貸 dài lend; borrow; pardon ∼HSK 4
岁岁平安 歲歲平安 suì suì píng ān May you have peace year after year (New Year's greeting) ∼HSK 4
打扰了 打擾了 dǎ rǎo le sorry to interrupt you, but...; sorry to have bothered you; sorry, I have to go; (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable ∼HSK 4
假货 假貨 jiǎ huò counterfeit article; fake; dummy; simulacrum ∼HSK 4
升官 升官 shēng guān to get promoted ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
办案 辦案 bàn àn to handle a (criminal) case ∼HSK 4
嫌疑人 嫌疑人 xián yí rén a suspect ∼HSK 4
疑似 疑似 yí sì to be suspected to be ∼HSK 4
扫黑 掃黑 sǎo hēi to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime ∼HSK 4
专案 專案 zhuān àn project ∼HSK 4
检察官 檢察官 jiǎn chá guān public prosecutor; public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution) ∼HSK 4
一堆 一堆 yī duī pile ∼HSK 4
坐牢 坐牢 zuò láo to be imprisoned ∼HSK 4