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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如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
多此一举 多此一舉 duō cǐ yī jǔ to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous; gilding the lily Idiom ∼HSK 4
冷言冷语 冷言冷語 lěng yán lěng yǔ sarcastic comments (idiom); to make sarcastic comments Idiom ∼HSK 4
错怪 錯怪 cuò guài to blame sb wrongly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
案子 案子 àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
信义 信義 Xìn yì Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City, Taiwan; Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Keelung City, Taiwan; Xinyi or Hsinyi Township in Nantou County, central Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
诗书 詩書 Shī Shū the Book of Songs and the Book of History Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
拾得 拾得 Shí dé Shide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
包公 包公 Bāo gōng Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
程咬金 程咬金 Chéng Yǎo jīn Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka, Chinese general of the Tang dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
定远县 定遠縣 Dìng yuǎn Xiàn Dingyuan, a county in Chuzhou, Anhui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
刑部 刑部 Xíng bù Ministry of Justice (in imperial China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
结案 結案 jié àn to conclude a case; to wind up ∼HSK 4
王家 王家 wáng jiā princely ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
谋 謀 móu plan, scheme; strategem ∼HSK 4
莲花落 蓮花落 lián huā lào genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers ∼HSK 4
安人 安人 ān rén to pacify the people; landlady (old); wife of, landlord ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
常言 常言 cháng yán common saying ∼HSK 4
奴 奴 nú slave, servant ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
民女 民女 mín nǚ woman from an ordinary family ∼HSK 4
案发 案發 àn fā (of a crime) to occur; (old) (of a crime) to be discovered; to investigate a crime on the spot ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
宅 宅 zhái residence, dwelling, home; grave ∼HSK 4
家父 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
律 律 Lǜ statute, principle, regulation ∼HSK 4
另有 另有 lìng yǒu to have some other (reason etc) ∼HSK 4
犯人 犯人 fàn rén convict; prisoner; criminal ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
庄 莊 zhuāng village, hamlet; villa, manor ∼HSK 4
祷告 禱告 dǎo gào to pray; prayer ∼HSK 4
氏 氏 shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
人穷志不穷 人窮志不窮 rén qióng zhì bù qióng (idiom) poor but with great ambitions; poor but principled ∼HSK 4
结成 結成 jié chéng to form; to forge (alliances etc) ∼HSK 4
佳 佳 Jiā good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful ∼HSK 4
大志 大志 dà zhì high aims ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
得志 得誌 dé zhì to accomplish one's ambition; a dream come true; to enjoy success ∼HSK 4
疑心 疑心 yí xīn suspicion; to suspect ∼HSK 4
贴身 貼身 tiē shēn worn next to the skin; close-fitting; personal (servant etc) ∼HSK 4
鞋袜 鞋襪 xié wà shoes and socks ∼HSK 4