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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Vocabulary

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古董 古董 gǔ dǒng curio; antique HSK 7
路人 路人 lù rén passer-by; stranger HSK 7
可信 可信 kě xìn trustworthy HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
亲生 親生 qīn shēng one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents) HSK 7
分明 分明 fēn míng clear; distinct; evidently; clearly HSK 7
斩 斬 zhǎn to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
熬夜 熬夜 áo yè to stay up late or all night HSK 7
匆匆 匆匆 cōng cōng hurriedly HSK 7
当面 當面 dāng miàn to sb's face; in sb's presence HSK 7
值钱 值錢 zhí qián valuable; costly; expensive HSK 7
除去 除去 chú qù to eliminate; to remove; except for; apart from HSK 7
况且 況且 kuàng qiě moreover; besides; in addition; furthermore HSK 7
贫穷 貧窮 pín qióng poor; impoverished HSK 7
映 映 yìng to reflect (light); to shine; to project (an image onto a screen etc) HSK 7
早日 早日 zǎo rì soon; at an early date; the early days; the past HSK 7
搜查 搜查 sōu chá to search HSK 7
颤抖 顫抖 chàn dǒu to shudder; to shiver; to shake; to tremble HSK 7
偏偏 偏偏 piān piān (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people HSK 7
一旁 一旁 yī páng aside; to the side of HSK 7
饶 饒 ráo rich; abundant; exuberant; to add for free; to throw in as bonus; to spare; to forgive; despite; although HSK 7
失落 失落 shī luò to lose (sth); to drop (sth); to feel a sense of loss; frustrated; disappointment; loss HSK 7
赴 赴 fù to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc) HSK 7
何处 何處 hé chù whence; where HSK 7
辩 辯 biàn to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss HSK 7
一体 一體 yī tǐ an integral whole; all concerned; everybody HSK 7
勿 勿 wù do not HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
美人 美人 měi rén beauty; belle HSK 7
伴侣 伴侶 bàn lǚ companion; mate; partner HSK 7
出自 出自 chū zì to come from HSK 7
祭 祭 jì to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); memorial ceremony; (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; (lit. and fig.) to wield HSK 7
亲手 親手 qīn shǒu personally; with one's own hands HSK 7
良心 良心 liáng xīn conscience HSK 7
抖 抖 dǒu to tremble; to shake out; to reveal; to make it in the world HSK 7
何必 何必 hé bì there is no need; why should HSK 7
丫头 丫頭 yā tou girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) HSK 7
说道 說道 shuō dào to state; to say (the quoted words) HSK 7
审 審 shěn to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court) HSK 7
永不 永不 yǒng bù never; will never HSK 7
乃 乃 nǎi to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon HSK 7
凑 湊 còu to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity HSK 7
奔 奔 bēn to hurry; to rush; to run quickly; to elope HSK 7
训 訓 xùn to teach; to train; to admonish; instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule HSK 7
溜 溜 liū to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate HSK 7
盗 盜 dào to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber HSK 7
贿赂 賄賂 huì lù to bribe; a bribe HSK 7
沾 沾 zhān to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch HSK 7
押 押 yā to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign HSK 7