The Crimson Palm

The Crimson Palm 1964

血手印 xuè shǒuyìn

Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of his family's declining status. Lin visits his beloved fiancee before he heads towards the imperial city to participate in the civil service examination, only to find her maid lying dead in blood. Lin is then accused of murder. How can Judge Bao prove his innocence?

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钻穴逾墙 鑽穴逾牆 zuān xué yú qiáng lit. to bore through walls and climb over them (idiom); fig. to have an illicit affair; to act furtively Idiom ∼HSK 7
大家风范 大家風範 dà jiā fēng fàn the bearing of a master; the air of distinction of a great person (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
冤沉海底 冤沉海底 yuān chén hǎi dǐ lit. an injustice sunk to the bottom of the sea (idiom); fig. a wrong that can never be righted Idiom ∼HSK 7
岂有此理 豈有此理 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd Idiom HSK 7
大惊小怪 大驚小怪 dà jīng xiǎo guài to make a fuss about nothing (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
乘人之危 乘人之危 chéng rén zhī wēi to take advantage of sb's precarious position Xiehouyu HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
公道 公道 gōng dào justice; fairness; public highway Xiehouyu HSK 7
小人 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character Xiehouyu HSK 7
无情 無情 wú qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
开口 開口 kāi kǒu to open one's mouth; to start to talk Xiehouyu HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
夺魁 奪魁 duó kuí to seize; to win HSK 7
改日 改日 gǎi rì another day; some other day HSK 7
树梢 樹梢 shù shāo the tip of a tree; treetop HSK 7
顾不得 顧不得 gù bu de unable to change sth; unable to deal with HSK 7
侍候 侍候 shì hòu to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
恼羞成怒 惱羞成怒 nǎo xiū chéng nù to fly into a rage out of humiliation; to be ashamed into anger (idiom) HSK 7
隐情 隱情 yǐn qíng sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided HSK 7
苦心 苦心 kǔ xīn painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains HSK 7
敢情 敢情 gǎn qing actually; as it turns out; indeed; of course HSK 7
状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 眼 and 花; top scorer in college entrance examination 考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light HSK 7
凭证 憑證 píng zhèng proof; certificate; receipt; voucher HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
心肠 心腸 xīn cháng heart; intention; one's inclination; state of mind; to have the heart for sth; mood HSK 7
势必 勢必 shì bì to be bound to; undoubtedly will HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
隐约 隱約 yǐn yuē vague; faint; indistinct HSK 7
草率 草率 cǎo shuài careless; negligent; sloppy; not serious HSK 7
竟敢 竟敢 jìng gǎn to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to HSK 7
参见 參見 cān jiàn to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to HSK 7
岳父 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law HSK 7
半路 半路 bàn lù halfway; midway; on the way HSK 7
与其 與其 yǔ qí rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) HSK 7
好意 好意 hǎo yì good intention; kindness HSK 7
嚷 嚷 rǎng to shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth; to make a fuss about sth HSK 7
大意 大意 dà yì general idea; main idea HSK 7
责备 責備 zé bèi to blame; to criticize; condemnation; reproach HSK 7
受贿 受賄 shòu huì to accept a bribe HSK 7
绣 繡 xiù to embroider; embroidery HSK 7
日后 日後 rì hòu sometime; someday (in the future) HSK 7
伺候 伺候 cì hou to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
女婿 女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband; son-in-law HSK 7
呛 嗆 qiāng to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way) HSK 7
从容 從容 cóng róng to go easy; unhurried; calm; Taiwan pr. [cōng róng] HSK 7
莫非 莫非 mò fēi can it be possible that; could it be HSK 7
辜负 辜負 gū fù to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint HSK 7
辨认 辨認 biàn rèn to recognize; to identify HSK 7
金子 金子 jīn zi gold HSK 7
贪 貪 tān to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt HSK 7