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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把门 把門 bǎ mén to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate ∼HSK 3
势 勢 shì power, force; tendency ∼HSK 3
知心 知心 zhī xīn caring; intimate ∼HSK 3
对美 對美 duì Měi (policy etc) towards America ∼HSK 3
展 展 Zhǎn open, unfold; stretch, extend ∼HSK 3
少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 3
留步 留步 liú bù (said by departing guest) no need to see me out ∼HSK 3
知音 知音 zhī yīn intimate friend; soul mate ∼HSK 3
拍手 拍手 pāi shǒu to clap one's hands ∼HSK 3
以此 以此 yǐ cǐ with this; thereby; thus; because of this ∼HSK 3
双人 雙人 shuāng rén two-person; double; pair; tandem ∼HSK 3
无人 無人 wú rén unmanned; uninhabited ∼HSK 3
爷 爺 yé father, grandfather ∼HSK 3
血口 血口 xuè kǒu bloody mouth (from devouring freshly killed prey) ∼HSK 3
气死 氣死 qì sǐ to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger ∼HSK 3
光是 光是 guāng shì solely; just ∼HSK 3
破费 破費 pò fèi to spend (money or time) ∼HSK 3
称心 稱心 chèn xīn satisfactory; agreeable ∼HSK 3
状 狀 zhuàng form; appearance; shape; official ∼HSK 3
赃物 贓物 zāng wù booty; stolen property ∼HSK 3
民 民 Mín people, subjects, citizens ∼HSK 3
胡 胡 Hú recklessly, foolishly; wildly ∼HSK 3
食 食 shí eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 ∼HSK 3
午时 午時 wǔ shí 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) ∼HSK 3
味 味 wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy ∼HSK 3
长存 長存 cháng cún to last for a long time; to endure; to exist forever ∼HSK 3
金银 金銀 jīn yín gold and silver ∼HSK 3
马夫 馬伕 mǎ fū groom; stable lad; horsekeeper; pimp; procurer ∼HSK 3
时分 時分 shí fēn time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 ∼HSK 3
并未 並未 bìng wèi (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually...; has not actually... ∼HSK 3
证物 證物 zhèng wù exhibit (law) ∼HSK 3
还阳 還陽 huán yáng to come back to life (after death) ∼HSK 3
死者 死者 sǐ zhě the dead; the deceased ∼HSK 3
阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: ∼HSK 3
直发 直髮 zhí fà straight hair ∼HSK 3
死囚 死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution; convict sentenced to death; someone on death row ∼HSK 3
报国 報國 bào guó to dedicate oneself to the service of one's country ∼HSK 3
发配 發配 fā pèi to send away to serve a penal sentence ∼HSK 3
录用 錄用 lù yòng to hire (an employee); to accept (a manuscript) for publication ∼HSK 3
重修旧好 重修舊好 chóng xiū jiù hǎo to make friends again; to renew old cordial relations ∼HSK 3
转回 轉回 zhuǎn huí to turn back; to put back; reversal; melodic inversion (in music) ∼HSK 3
不得已 不得已 bù dé yǐ to act against one's will; to have no alternative but to; to have to; to have no choice; must ∼HSK 3
秋 秋 qiū autumn; fall; harvest time HSK 3
巧 巧 qiǎo opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely HSK 3
难度 難度 nán dù degree of difficulty HSK 3
春 旾 chūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life HSK 3
夏 夏 xià summer HSK 3
属 屬 shǔ category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute HSK 3
欢乐 歡樂 huān lè gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay HSK 3
主意 主意 zhǔ yi plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] HSK 3