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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qiú to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech HSK 2
dào road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) HSK 2
zhōng among; in; included among these HSK 2
zhǐ yào if only; so long as HSK 2
suī rán although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc) HSK 2
gāng hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly HSK 2
xìn letter; mail; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random HSK 2
shì but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed HSK 2
wán to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire HSK 2
huì opportunity; chance; occasion HSK 2
guò (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by HSK 2
tóu head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock HSK 2
cháng length; long; forever; always; constantly HSK 2
to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily HSK 2
ér qiě (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore HSK 2
suǒ yǒu all; to have; to possess; to own HSK 2
míng name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people HSK 2
chéng to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth HSK 2
yào don't!; must not HSK 2
guò only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival) HSK 2
zhí straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through HSK 2
dìng surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must HSK 2
xiàn to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery HSK 2
dài band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise HSK 2
yīng gāi ought to; should; must HSK 2
zhè me so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this HSK 2
xiàng towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ... HSK 2
me like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case HSK 2
suǒ therefore; as a result; so; the reason why HSK 2
dāng (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell) HSK 2
xiàng to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) HSK 2
cái ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only HSK 2
gēng to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) HSK 2
gāi should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned HSK 2
it HSK 2
zhǐ only; merely; just; but HSK 2
yòu (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway HSK 2
yīn wèi because; owing to; on account of HSK 2
guǒ if; in case; in the event that HSK 2
jīng already HSK 2
zhè yàng this kind of; so; this way; like this; such HSK 2
wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
děi to have to; must; ought to; to need to HSK 2
oneself; one's own HSK 2
dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
duō xiè many thanks; thanks a lot Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
dòng motionless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1