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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tiān the other end of the world; a faraway place ∼HSK 1
xiǎng kāi to get over (a shock, bereavement etc); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things; to accept the situation and move on ∼HSK 1
míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
jìn guān inbound customs (international trade) ∼HSK 1
xīng yuè the moon and the stars ∼HSK 1
yǐng shadow; image, reflection; photograph ∼HSK 1
yǔn xīng meteorite; falling star ∼HSK 1
kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
zài hòu behind ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
de Get along with you! ∼HSK 1
jīn the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket; lapel ∼HSK 1
guān strategic pass; barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000); instrument of torture used to break limbs ∼HSK 1
huí huà to reply ∼HSK 1
gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
sòng don't bother to see me out ∼HSK 1
men yamen, government office in dynastic China ∼HSK 1
le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
not to worry; not to show concern ∼HSK 1
xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
kāi to open wide ∼HSK 1
èr tiān next day; the morrow ∼HSK 1
jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
xiǎo xiǎo very small; very few; very minor ∼HSK 1
méi yǒu shén me it is nothing; there's nothing... about it ∼HSK 1
zhè tiān this day ∼HSK 1
zhuō table, desk, stand ∼HSK 1
rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
lǎo (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy; old pal ∼HSK 1
guò rén to surpass others; outstanding; (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent ∼HSK 1
méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
cóng lái méi have never; has never ∼HSK 1
shì (formal) this day; that day ∼HSK 1
xiǎo shì trifle; trivial matter ∼HSK 1
zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
ge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
dōng chuáng son-in-law ∼HSK 1
bian inside HSK 1
lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man ∼HSK 1