The Crimson Palm 1964
血手印
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?
Vocabulary
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| 嫁祸 嫁禍 | to impute; to shift the blame onto someone else | |
| 治罪 治罪 | to punish sb (for a crime) | |
| 力图 力圖 | to try hard to; to strive to | |
| 送礼 送禮 | to give a present | |
| 冷水 冷水 | cold water; unboiled water; fig. not yet ready (of plans) | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 明日 明日 | tomorrow | |
| 此处 此處 | this place; here (literary) | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 壶 壺 | pot; classifier for bottled liquid | |
| 枝 枝 | branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc | |
| 通报 通報 | to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 贫困 貧困 | impoverished; poverty | |
| 牢 牢 | firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 赖 賴 | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on | |
| 珠宝 珠寶 | pearls; jewels; precious stones | |
| 查出 查出 | to find out; to discover | |
| 景 景 | (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 跪 跪 | to kneel | |
| 凶手 兇手 | murderer; assassin | |
| 园 園 | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 添 添 | to add; to increase; to replenish | |
| 此事 此事 | this matter | |
| 前来 前來 | to come (formal); before; previously | |
| 推出 推出 | to push out; to release; to launch; to publish; to recommend | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 惊人 驚人 | astonishing | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 查看 查看 | to look over; to examine; to check up; to ferret out | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 一番 一番 | Some | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 判 判 | to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable | |
| 当作 當作 | to treat as; to regard as | |
| 趟 䠀 | classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip | |
| 偏 偏 | to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations | |
| 晕 暈 | confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out | |
| 毁 毀 | to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander | |
| 为此 為此 | for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end | |
| 料 料 | material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess | |
| 公 公 | public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) | |
| 足 足 | excessive |