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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垂危 垂危 chuí wēi close to death; life-threatening (illness) ∼HSK 6
厘清 釐清 lí qīng to clarify (the facts); clarification ∼HSK 6
案情 案情 àn qíng details of a case; case ∼HSK 6
绳之以法 繩之以法 shéng zhī yǐ fǎ to punish according to the law; to bring to justice ∼HSK 6
研判 研判 yán pàn to study and come to a conclusion; to judge; to determine ∼HSK 6
煲汤 煲湯 bāo tāng to simmer; soup made by simmering for a long time ∼HSK 6
点滴 點滴 diǎn dī a drip; a little bit; intravenous drip (used to administer drugs) ∼HSK 6
作案 作案 zuò àn to commit a crime ∼HSK 6
俐落 俐落 lì luo variant of ∼HSK 6
纠葛 糾葛 jiū gé entanglement; dispute ∼HSK 6
情杀 情殺 qíng shā murder as a crime of passion ∼HSK 6
瞎搞 瞎搞 xiā gǎo to fool around; to mess with; to do sth without a plan ∼HSK 6
作主 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
兮兮 兮兮 xī xī (particle used to exaggerate certain adjectives, in particular 神經兮兮|神经兮兮, 髒兮兮|脏兮兮, 可憐兮兮|可怜兮兮, and 慘兮兮|惨兮兮) ∼HSK 6
申冤 申冤 shēn yuān to appeal for justice; to demand redress for a grievance ∼HSK 6
陈情 陳情 chén qíng to present a petition; to submit an appeal; to express a grievance to an authority ∼HSK 6
裁缝店 裁縫店 cái féng diàn tailor's shop ∼HSK 6
一程 一程 yī chéng a journey ∼HSK 6
后母 後母 hòu mǔ stepmother ∼HSK 6
哇塞 哇塞 wā sāi (slang) wow!; also pr. [wa1 sei1] ∼HSK 6
衬垫 襯墊 chèn diàn pad ∼HSK 6
百货公司 百貨公司 bǎi huò gōng sī department store ∼HSK 6
野猫 野貓 yě māo wildcat; stray cat ∼HSK 6
草丛 草叢 cǎo cóng underbrush ∼HSK 6
清查 清查 qīng chá to investigate thoroughly; to carefully inspect; to verify; to ferret out (undesirable elements) ∼HSK 6
冤屈 冤屈 yuān qū to treat unjustly; an injustice ∼HSK 6
幢幢 幢幢 chuáng chuáng (literary) (of light, shadows) flickering; dancing ∼HSK 6
清廉 清廉 qīng lián honest; uncorrupted ∼HSK 6
侦破 偵破 zhēn pò to investigate (as detective); to solve (crime); to uncover (a plot); to sniff out; to break in and analyze; detective work; to scout ∼HSK 6
欧吉桑 歐吉桑 ōu jí sāng older man; man of mature years (Japanese loanword) ∼HSK 6
欧巴桑 歐巴桑 ōu ba sāng older female; woman of mature years (Japanese loanword) ∼HSK 6
游乐园 遊樂園 yóu lè yuán amusement park ∼HSK 6
私奔 私奔 sī bēn to elope ∼HSK 6
顶罪 頂罪 dǐng zuì to take the blame for sb else; to compensate for one's crime; to get charges dropped (by paying money etc) ∼HSK 6
串通 串通 chuàn tōng to collude; to collaborate; to gang up ∼HSK 6
套牢 套牢 tào láo to immobilize with a lasso; to be trapped in the stock market ∼HSK 6
混作 混作 hùn zuò mixed cropping (i.e. growing two crops together) ∼HSK 6
业已 業已 yè yǐ already ∼HSK 6
西方净土 西方淨土 xī fāng jìng tǔ 西: west(ern); westward, occident · 方: a square, rectangle; a region; local · 净: clean, pure; cleanse · 土: soil, earth; items made of earth ∼HSK 6
坎坷 坎坷 kǎn kě (of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes ∼HSK 6
弊案 弊案 bì àn scandal ∼HSK 6
缠身 纏身 chán shēn (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one ∼HSK 6
中箭落马 中箭落馬 zhòng jiàn luò mǎ lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse; to suffer a serious setback (idiom) ∼HSK 6
老板娘 老闆娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife ∼HSK 6
扣住 扣住 kòu zhù to detain; to hold back by force; to buckle; to hook ∼HSK 6
长命百岁 長命百歲 cháng mìng bǎi suì 长: long; length; excel in; leader · 命: life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction · 百: one hundred; numerous, many · 岁: year; age; harvest ∼HSK 6
照应 照應 zhào ying to look after; to take care of; to attend to HSK 6
吉祥 吉祥 jí xiáng lucky; auspicious; propitious HSK 6
外头 外頭 wài tou outside; out HSK 6
礼堂 禮堂 lǐ táng assembly hall; auditorium HSK 6