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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jiā without; not; un- ∼HSK 2
zhāo xuě to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate ∼HSK 2
to pass an imperial examination ∼HSK 2
méi si boring; of no interest ∼HSK 2
zuò wén to write an essay; composition (student essay) HSK 2
tou inside; interior HSK 2
jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
zǒu kāi to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside HSK 2
zǒu guò to walk past; to pass by HSK 2
rán suddenly; all of a sudden HSK 2
děng dào to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) HSK 2
bàn midnight; in the middle of the night HSK 2
dàn not only (... but also ...) HSK 2
yīn overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia HSK 2
quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals HSK 2
xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
jīn hòu hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on HSK 2
dāng shì rén persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair) ∼HSK 2
huā yuán garden HSK 2
shēng loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly HSK 2
hǎo rén good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle HSK 2
yún (classical) to say HSK 2
chū mén to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married HSK 2
sòng gěi to send; to give as a present HSK 2
fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
ren adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors HSK 2
xiǎng echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises HSK 2
fàng xià to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) HSK 2
dēng lamp; light; lantern HSK 2
xīn zhōng central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart HSK 2
xuě snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) HSK 2
qiáng wall HSK 2
qiān thousand HSK 2
urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious HSK 2
zhào gu to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after HSK 2
zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2
niǎo bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn HSK 2
branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb HSK 2
jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over HSK 2
zhǎng to grow up HSK 2
zěn me bàn what's to be done HSK 2
zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] HSK 2
píng bottle; vase; pitcher; classifier for wine and liquids HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
biǎo exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) HSK 2
shí zài really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality HSK 2
wéi hello (when answering the phone) HSK 2
tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking HSK 2
tuī to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage HSK 2
xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2