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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Vocabulary

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真是 真是 zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
那是 那是 nà shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
看看 看看 kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
菜 菜 cài dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
包拯 包拯 Bāo Zhěng Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty; modern day metaphor for an honest politician Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
天汉 天漢 Tiān hàn the Milky Way Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
来凤 來鳳 Lái fèng Laifeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
前门 前門 Qián mén Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2 Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
南开 南開 Nán kāi Nankai district of Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
谁知道 誰知道 shéi zhī dào God knows...; Who would have imagined...? ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì this is; this is the ... ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
叩见 叩見 kòu jiàn to kowtow in salute ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
花儿 花兒 huā ér style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
打手 打手 dǎ shou hired thug ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
衣 衣 yī clothes, clothing; cover, skin ∼HSK 1
住口 住口 zhù kǒu shut up; shut your mouth; stop talking ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
有钱 有錢 yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
做事 做事 zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
不好 不好 bù hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
不由 不由 bù yóu can't help (doing sth) ∼HSK 1
送去 送去 sòng qù to send to; to deliver to; to give sb a lift (e.g. in a car) ∼HSK 1
体 體 tī body; group, class, body, unit; inferior ∼HSK 1
回禀 回稟 huí bǐng to report back to one's superior ∼HSK 1
那天 那天 nà tiān that day; the other day ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
汉 漢 Hàn Chinese people; Chinese language ∼HSK 1
中人 中人 zhōng rén go-between; mediator; intermediary ∼HSK 1
兴 興 Xīng thrive, prosper, flourish ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
家去 家去 jiā qù (dialect) to go home; to return home ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
放开 放開 fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
候 候 hòu wait; expect; visit; greet ∼HSK 1
上进 上進 shàng jìn to make progress; to do better; fig. ambitious to improve oneself; to move forwards ∼HSK 1
白日 白日 bái rì daytime; sun; time ∼HSK 1
现 現 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible ∼HSK 1