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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| 何 何 | what (literary) | |
| 盟 盟 | swear; oath, covenant, alliance | |
| 寿 壽 | old age, long life; lifespan | |
| 婿 壻 | son-in-law; husband | |
| 奉 奉 | respectfully offer | |
| 鸳 鴛 | male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) | |
| 莫 莫 | do not (literary) | |
| 凭什么 憑什麼 | (spoken) why?; for which reason? | |
| 畜生 畜生 | domestic animal; brute; bastard | |
| 掌 掌 | palm of hand, sole of foot, paw | |
| 强逼 強逼 | to compel; to force | |
| 孩儿 孩兒 | child (term of address) | |
| 勤 勤 | industrious, diligent, attentive | |
| 休 休 | do not, stop | |
| 俱 俱 | all, together; accompany | |
| 掩 掩 | to cover (with the hand); shut, conceal; ambush | |
| 徒 徒 | disciple | |
| 慰 慰 | comfort, console, calm | |
| 作证 作證 | to bear witness; to testify; to serve as evidence | |
| 鸣 鳴 | cry of bird or animal; make sound | |
| 下情 下情 | feelings of the masses; my situation (humble speech) | |
| 人命 人命 | human life | |
| 可知 可知 | evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable | |
| 捱 捱 | put off, procrastinate; endure | |
| 受礼 受禮 | to accept a gift; to acknowledge greetings | |
| 乃是 乃是 | equivalent to either or | |
| 袪 袪 | sleeves; cuff | |
| 棚 棚 | tent, awning; booth; shed | |
| 叫声 叫聲 | yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals) | |
| 害得 害得 | to cause or lead to sth bad | |
| 遭 遭 | encounter, suffer | |
| 辱 辱 | humiliate, insult, abuse | |
| 途 途 | way, road, path, journey; course | |
| 陌路 陌路 | (literary) stranger | |
| 舍 捨 | to give up; to abandon; to give alms | |
| 凤 鳳 | male phoenix; symbol of joy | |
| 拜 拜 | bow, worship | |
| 婢 婢 | servant girl; your servant | |
| 心迹 心跡 | true motive; true feelings | |
| 似 似 | resemble (literary) | |
| 刻骨 刻骨 | ingrained; entrenched; deep-rooted | |
| 铭 銘 | inscribe, engrave | |
| 萤 螢 | glow-worm, luminous insect | |
| 阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 | Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) | |
| 怎奈 怎奈 | (often used in early vernacular) but alas; however | |
| 遥 遙 | far away, distant, remote | |
| 辛劳 辛勞 | laborious | |
| 径 徑 | narrow path; diameter; direct | |
| 漫步 漫步 | to wander; to ramble; recreational hiking; to perambulate | |
| 菊 菊 | chrysanthemum |