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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běn root; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc HSK 1
qián coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 HSK 1
qǐng to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request HSK 1
bié to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别) HSK 1
jiào to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) HSK 1
kāi to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format HSK 1
shǒu hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill HSK 1
yǐn smile (archaic) HSK 1
zhǎo dào to find HSK 1
jiàn to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view HSK 1
to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group HSK 1
lai to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái] HSK 1
in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total) HSK 1
kàn dào to see HSK 1
hái shi still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or HSK 1
jīn tiān today; at the present; now HSK 1
Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利时 HSK 1
to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from HSK 1
kuài rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant HSK 1
hái yǒu furthermore; in addition; still; also HSK 1
zhǎo to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change HSK 1
shéi who; also pr. [shuí] HSK 1
huan to like; to be fond of HSK 1
gēn heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns) HSK 1
earth; ground; field; place; land HSK 1
zhè xiē these HSK 1
ài to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen) HSK 1
zěn me how?; what?; why? HSK 1
men you (plural) HSK 1
qián front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly HSK 1
jiā home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian HSK 1
hòu empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler HSK 1
shì matter; thing; item; work; affair HSK 1
zǒu to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 走); to change (shape, form, meaning) HSK 1
shí hou time; length of time; moment; period HSK 1
zhī dào to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhī dao] HSK 1
xiǎo small; tiny; few; young HSK 1
ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation HSK 1
zài again; once more; re-; second; another; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) HSK 1
tài highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely HSK 1
chū to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc HSK 1
děng class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; to wait for; to await; et cetera; and so on; et al. (and other authors); after; as soon as; once HSK 1
tiān day; sky; heaven HSK 1
liǎng two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 (old) HSK 1
duō many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]); (bound form) multi-; poly- HSK 1
xiàn zài now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays HSK 1
zhēn really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine HSK 1
lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 里 HSK 1
zhōng within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right HSK 1
xià down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action HSK 1