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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不见 不見 bù jiàn not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing HSK 6
负 負 fù to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc) HSK 6
再说 再說 zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides HSK 6
母 母 mǔ mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female HSK 6
胸 胷 xiōng chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax HSK 6
印 印 yìn to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image HSK 6
罪 罪 zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6
解 解 jiě to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection HSK 6
为何 為何 wèi hé why HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
犯 犯 fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
藏 藏 Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 HSK 6
招 招 zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
尽 儘 jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
原 原 yuán former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source HSK 6
逼 偪 bī variant of 逼; to compel; to pressure HSK 6
清 清 qīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) HSK 6
据 㨿 jū used in 据 HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
因 囙 yīn cause; reason; because HSK 6
超 超 chāo to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super- HSK 6
另 另 lìng other; another; separate; separately HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
于 于 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
两全其美 兩全其美 liǎng quán qí měi to satisfy rival demands (idiom); to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways; to have one's cake and eat it too Idiom ∼HSK 5
青梅竹马 青梅竹馬 qīng méi zhú mǎ lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); fig. innocent children's games; childhood sweethearts; a couple who grew up as childhood friends Idiom ∼HSK 5
口口声声 口口聲聲 kǒu kou shēng shēng to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again Idiom ∼HSK 5
明察秋毫 明察秋毫 míng chá qiū háo lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius); fig. perceptive of even the finest detail Idiom ∼HSK 5
革面洗心 革面洗心 gé miàn xǐ xīn lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways; to turn over a new leaf Idiom ∼HSK 5
穷鬼 窮鬼 qióng guǐ (vulgar) impoverished person; the poor Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
钗 釵 chāi ornamental hairpin ∼HSK 5
肇 肇 zhào begin, commence, originate ∼HSK 5
姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family); uncle (husband of father's sister) ∼HSK 5
薛 薛 Xuē kind of marsh grass; feudal state ∼HSK 5
培 培 péi bank up with dirt; cultivate ∼HSK 5
莲花 蓮花 lián huā lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily ∼HSK 5
刑 刑 Xíng punishment, penalty; law ∼HSK 5
血迹 血跡 xuè jì bloodstain ∼HSK 5
皇 皇 Huáng royal, imperial; ruler, superior ∼HSK 5
赃 贓 zāng booty, loot, stolen goods; bribe ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
贫 貧 pín poor, impoverished, needy ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5