The Crimson Palm

The Crimson Palm 1964

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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kāi suǒ to unlock ∼HSK 5
zhōng small cup or bowl ∼HSK 5
qiān lián to implicate; implicated; to link together ∼HSK 5
xiáng good luck, good omen; happiness ∼HSK 5
chāo shēng (Buddhism) to be reincarnated; (fig.) to be lenient; to spare sb; to have more children than allowed under family planning policy ∼HSK 5
sāng mourning; mourn; funeral ∼HSK 5
wáng death, destroyed; lose, perish ∼HSK 5
cháng repay, recompense; restitution ∼HSK 5
shēng zhāng to make public; to disclose ∼HSK 5
fáng no harm (in doing it); One might as well.; It won't hurt.; no matter; it's no bother ∼HSK 5
shēng mén glottis ∼HSK 5
xīn huāng luàn confused; rattled; flustered ∼HSK 5
fāng fragrant; virtuous; beautiful ∼HSK 5
guǐ scapegoat; fall guy ∼HSK 5
zhōng loyalty, devotion, fidelity ∼HSK 5
jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
shè pardon ∼HSK 5
paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) ∼HSK 5
zhí to sack; to remove from a position; to depose ∼HSK 5
guān authorities; feudal official ∼HSK 5
rén humaneness, benevolence, kindness ∼HSK 5
xiào filial piety, obedience; mourning ∼HSK 5
public office; official residence ∼HSK 5
zān hairpin, clasp; wear in hair ∼HSK 5
hóng to drape sb in red silk as a sign of honor ∼HSK 5
dòng fáng secret inner room; bridal room ∼HSK 5
bào to repay; to requite HSK 5
qiāo mén to knock on a door HSK 5
zèng to give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old) HSK 5
to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish HSK 5
shuāi dǎo to fall down; to slip and fall; to throw sb to the ground HSK 5
zhēn zhū pearl HSK 5
in spite of; regardless of HSK 5
yán words; speech; (spoken) language HSK 5
yuē shù to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint HSK 5
qiāo qiāo quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiǎo qiǎo] HSK 5
ài to obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance HSK 5
děng hòu to wait; to wait for HSK 5
zhōng shēn lifelong; all one's life; marriage HSK 5
pén basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters HSK 5
chóu to worry about HSK 5
xiāng country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) HSK 5
dǎn gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) HSK 5
xiàn yǒu currently existing; currently available HSK 5
jiàn key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond; linchpin HSK 5
kàn dài to look upon; to regard HSK 5
nán seldom; rare; hard to come by HSK 5
yuàn voluntary HSK 5
zēng (bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to HSK 5
qiǎng to compel; to force HSK 5