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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jué not at all; simply (can) not HSK 5
dǎn brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless HSK 5
to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful HSK 5
xiàng always (previously); a period of time in the recent past HSK 5
jiě chú to remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement) HSK 5
shēn to stretch; to extend HSK 5
dào shi contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you HSK 5
wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
rǎn to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting HSK 5
not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
gōng zhèng just; fair; equitable HSK 5
to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize HSK 5
quàn to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe HSK 5
shuāng shǒu both hands HSK 5
sōu to search HSK 5
wàng to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope HSK 5
pēn to puff; to spout; to spray; to spurt HSK 5
tiger HSK 5
rèn to recognize; to know; to admit HSK 5
jīn today HSK 5
quán dōu all; without exception HSK 5
dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by HSK 5
to scold; to abuse; to curse HSK 5
to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately HSK 5
hài to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity HSK 5
certainly; must; will; necessarily HSK 5
yìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial HSK 5
pīn to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell HSK 5
shí guāng time; era; period of time HSK 5
suì (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous HSK 5
píng to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof HSK 5
kuáng mad; wild; violent HSK 5
táo to escape; to run away; to flee HSK 5
poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
nán hard to (predict, imagine etc) HSK 5
hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
dàn in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day HSK 5
dāi to stay HSK 5
qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
guān jiàn crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal HSK 5
rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
zhì to arrive; most; to; until HSK 5
shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5