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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出血 出血 chū xuè to bleed; bleeding; (fig.) to spend money in large amounts HSK 7
魂 䰟 hún soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body) HSK 7
钉 釘 dìng to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on HSK 7
绑 綁 bǎng to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap HSK 7
有意 有意 yǒu yì to intend; intentionally; interested in HSK 7
敬 敬 jìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely HSK 7
爹 爹 diē dad HSK 7
讨 討 tǎo to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study HSK 7
攻 攻 gōng to attack; to accuse; to study HSK 7
兼 兼 jiān double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time HSK 7
趁 趁 chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
实话 實話 shí huà truth HSK 7
免 免 miǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited HSK 7
尚 尚 shàng still; yet; to value; to esteem HSK 7
贼 賊 zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
娶 娶 qǔ to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
堂 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
恶 惡 ě used in 恶心 HSK 7
持 持 chí to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control HSK 7
之所以 之所以 zhī suǒ yǐ (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" HSK 7
竟 竟 jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
原本 原本 yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
一面 一面 yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
曲 曲 qū bent; crooked; wrong HSK 7
并非 並非 bìng fēi really isn't HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
供 供 gōng to provide; to supply HSK 7
且 且 qiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
一贫如洗 一貧如洗 yī pín rú xǐ penniless Idiom ∼HSK 6
嫌贫爱富 嫌貧愛富 xián pín ài fù to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom); snobbish Idiom ∼HSK 6
罪有应得 罪有應得 zuì yǒu yīng dé guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement; the punishment fits the crime Idiom ∼HSK 6
贪赃枉法 貪贓枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law Idiom ∼HSK 6
谋财害命 謀財害命 móu cái hài mìng to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money Idiom ∼HSK 6
丧尽天良 喪盡天良 sàng jìn tiān liáng devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless Idiom ∼HSK 6
趋炎附势 趨炎附勢 qū yán fù shì to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power; social climbing Idiom ∼HSK 6
悬梁刺股 懸樑刺股 xuán liáng cì gǔ to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom); see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁， Idiom ∼HSK 6
瓜田李下 瓜田李下 guā tián lǐ xià abbr. for 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠|瓜田不纳履， Idiom ∼HSK 6
吞吞吐吐 吞吞吐吐 tūn tūn tǔ tǔ to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth; to speak and break off, then start again; to hold sth back Idiom ∼HSK 6
信口雌黄 信口雌黃 xìn kǒu cí huáng to speak off the cuff; to casually opine Idiom ∼HSK 6
眼中钉 眼中釘 yǎn zhōng dīng a thorn in one's side Idiom ∼HSK 6
抛头露面 拋頭露面 pāo tóu lù miàn to put oneself out in the public eye Idiom ∼HSK 6
人之常情 人之常情 rén zhī cháng qíng human nature (idiom); a behavior that is only natural Idiom ∼HSK 6