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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Vocabulary

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xià lóu to go downstairs HSK 4
jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
arrogant idler; self-centered show-off HSK 4
xīn láng bridegroom; groom HSK 4
qióng rén poor people; the poor HSK 4
jade HSK 4
qi strength HSK 4
chéng rén adult HSK 4
zuǐ ba mouth; slap in the face HSK 4
kǒu dài pocket; bag; sack HSK 4
bài to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither HSK 4
cóng from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4
fǎn ér on the contrary; instead HSK 4
xiàn county HSK 4
husband and wife; married couple HSK 4
jiào xun to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson HSK 4
jiě mèi sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc) HSK 4
duì fu to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) HSK 4
yáo to shake; to rock; to row; to crank HSK 4
dìng to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular HSK 4
sǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine HSK 4
dài pouch; bag; sack; pocket HSK 4
dēng to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) HSK 4
sōng pine HSK 4
huáng jīn gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) HSK 4
shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
àn dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant HSK 4
féi fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure HSK 4
jīn nowadays; now HSK 4
tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
a household; door; family HSK 4
fán to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy HSK 4
jiē (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] HSK 4
bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
immediately HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
guān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) HSK 4
to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind HSK 4
xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
jìng rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
fǎn contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
fāng square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter HSK 4
yīng to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall HSK 4
Fēi abbr. for 洲, Africa HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] HSK 4