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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何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
盟 盟 méng swear; oath, covenant, alliance ∼HSK 5
寿 壽 Shòu old age, long life; lifespan ∼HSK 5
婿 壻 xù son-in-law; husband ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
鸳 鴛 yuān male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
凭什么 憑什麼 píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
畜生 畜生 chù sheng domestic animal; brute; bastard ∼HSK 5
掌 掌 zhǎng palm of hand, sole of foot, paw ∼HSK 5
强逼 強逼 qiǎng bī to compel; to force ∼HSK 5
孩儿 孩兒 hái r child (term of address) ∼HSK 5
勤 勤 qín industrious, diligent, attentive ∼HSK 5
休 休 xiū do not, stop ∼HSK 5
俱 俱 jù all, together; accompany ∼HSK 5
掩 掩 yǎn to cover (with the hand); shut, conceal; ambush ∼HSK 5
徒 徒 Tú disciple ∼HSK 5
慰 慰 wèi comfort, console, calm ∼HSK 5
作证 作證 zuò zhèng to bear witness; to testify; to serve as evidence ∼HSK 5
鸣 鳴 míng cry of bird or animal; make sound ∼HSK 5
下情 下情 xià qíng feelings of the masses; my situation (humble speech) ∼HSK 5
人命 人命 rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
可知 可知 kě zhī evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable ∼HSK 5
捱 捱 ái put off, procrastinate; endure ∼HSK 5
受礼 受禮 shòu lǐ to accept a gift; to acknowledge greetings ∼HSK 5
乃是 乃是 nǎi shì equivalent to either or ∼HSK 5
袪 袪 qū sleeves; cuff ∼HSK 5
棚 棚 péng tent, awning; booth; shed ∼HSK 5
叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals) ∼HSK 5
害得 害得 hài de to cause or lead to sth bad ∼HSK 5
遭 遭 zāo encounter, suffer ∼HSK 5
辱 辱 rǔ humiliate, insult, abuse ∼HSK 5
途 途 tú way, road, path, journey; course ∼HSK 5
陌路 陌路 mò lù (literary) stranger ∼HSK 5
舍 捨 shě to give up; to abandon; to give alms ∼HSK 5
凤 鳳 Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
婢 婢 bì servant girl; your servant ∼HSK 5
心迹 心跡 xīn jì true motive; true feelings ∼HSK 5
似 似 sì resemble (literary) ∼HSK 5
刻骨 刻骨 kè gǔ ingrained; entrenched; deep-rooted ∼HSK 5
铭 銘 míng inscribe, engrave ∼HSK 5
萤 螢 yíng glow-worm, luminous insect ∼HSK 5
阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 Ēmítuófó Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) ∼HSK 5
怎奈 怎奈 zěn nài (often used in early vernacular) but alas; however ∼HSK 5
遥 遙 yáo far away, distant, remote ∼HSK 5
辛劳 辛勞 xīn láo laborious ∼HSK 5
径 徑 jìng narrow path; diameter; direct ∼HSK 5
漫步 漫步 màn bù to wander; to ramble; recreational hiking; to perambulate ∼HSK 5
菊 菊 jú chrysanthemum ∼HSK 5