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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节外生枝 節外生枝 jié wài - shēng zhī (idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly Idiom ∼HSK 6
人命关天 人命關天 rén mìng guān tiān human life is beyond value (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
蛛丝马迹 蛛絲馬跡 zhū sī mǎ jì lit. spider's thread and horse track; tiny hints (of a secret); traces; clue Idiom ∼HSK 6
皇亲国戚 皇親國戚 huáng qīn guó qī the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections Idiom ∼HSK 6
知法犯法 知法犯法 zhī fǎ fàn fǎ to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules Idiom ∼HSK 6
才子佳人 才子佳人 cái zǐ jiā rén lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom); fig. pair of ideal lovers Idiom ∼HSK 6
屈打成招 屈打成招 qū dǎ chéng zhāo to obtain confessions under torture Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
顺水人情 順水人情 shùn shuǐ rén qíng to do sb a favor at little cost Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
贱人 賤人 jiàn rén slut; cheap person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不白之冤 不白之冤 bù bái zhī yuān unrighted wrong; unredressed injustice Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
郎君 郎君 láng jūn young gentleman, husband ∼HSK 6
凶刀 兇刀 xiōng dāo murder weapon (i.e. knife) ∼HSK 6
爹爹 爹爹 diē die daddy; granddad ∼HSK 6
手印 手印 shǒu yìn handprint; fingerprint; thumbprint ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
真凶 真兇 zhēn xiōng culprit ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
尚且 尚且 shàng qiě (not) even; yet; still ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
发愤 發憤 fā fèn to make a determined effort ∼HSK 6
从实招来 從實招來 cóng shí zhāo lái to own up to the facts ∼HSK 6
冤情 冤情 yuān qíng facts of an injustice; circumstances surrounding a miscarriage of justice ∼HSK 6
贪财 貪財 tān cái to be greedy in getting money ∼HSK 6
偿命 償命 cháng mìng to pay with one's life ∼HSK 6
公堂 公堂 gōng táng law court; hall (in castle) ∼HSK 6
功名 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory ∼HSK 6
唾骂 唾罵 tuò mà to spit on and curse; to revile ∼HSK 6
多情 多情 duō qíng affectionate; passionate; emotional; sentimental ∼HSK 6
辞行 辭行 cí xíng to say goodbye; leave-taking; farewells ∼HSK 6
佳人 佳人 jiā rén beautiful woman ∼HSK 6
避嫌 避嫌 bì xián to avoid arousing suspicion ∼HSK 6
行凶 行兇 xíng xiōng violent crime; to commit a violent act (assault or murder) ∼HSK 6
凶器 兇器 xiōng qì lethal weapon; murder weapon ∼HSK 6
若非 若非 ruò fēi were it not for; if not for ∼HSK 6
行刑 行刑 xíng xíng to carry out a (death) sentence; execution ∼HSK 6
猛虎 猛虎 měng hǔ fierce tiger ∼HSK 6
查勘 查勘 chá kān to investigate ∼HSK 6
开恩 開恩 kāi ēn show mercy ∼HSK 6
识破 識破 shí pò to penetrate; to see through ∼HSK 6
再审 再審 zài shěn to hear a case again; review; retrial ∼HSK 6
鬼魂 鬼魂 guǐ hún ghost ∼HSK 6
娘娘 娘娘 niáng niang queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt ∼HSK 6
跟斗 跟斗 gēn dou somersault; fall; tumble; (fig.) setback; failure ∼HSK 6
小婿 小婿 xiǎo xù humble son-in-law ∼HSK 6
奉养 奉養 fèng yǎng to look after (elderly parents); Taiwan pr. [feng4yang4] ∼HSK 6
迎娶 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony; (fig.) to take as one's wife; to marry (a woman) ∼HSK 6
俐落 俐落 lì luo variant of ∼HSK 6
通家之好 通家之好 tōng jiā zhī hǎo close friendship between families spanning generations (idiom) ∼HSK 6
硬逼 硬逼 yìng bī to pressure; to press; to force; to compel; to push; to coerce; to urge; to impel; to bully into; to be compelled ∼HSK 6