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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| 桂 桂 | cassia or cinnamon | |
| 成何体统 成何體統 | What a scandal!; Whatever next? | |
| 衷 衷 | inner feelings | |
| 晋 晉 | advance, increase; promote | |
| 闺 閨 | small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women | |
| 蔽 蔽 | cover, hide, conceal; shelter | |
| 曳 曳 | trail, tow, drag, pull | |
| 颤 顫 | shiver, tremble; trembling | |
| 愧 媿 | ashamed, conscience-stricken | |
| 想必 想必 | presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely | |
| 皋 皋 | the high land along a river | |
| 跤 跤 | stumble, fall down; wrestle | |
| 见财起意 見財起意 | seeing riches provokes evil designs | |
| 载明 載明 | to state explicitly in writing; to specify; to stipulate | |
| 胡说八道 胡說八道 | to talk rubbish | |
| 怒 怒 | anger | |
| 骂声 罵聲 | scolding; tongue-lashing; (fig.) angry criticism; opprobrium | |
| 原意 原意 | original meaning; original intention | |
| 两清 兩清 | to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller) | |
| 鉴 鑑 | mirror, looking glass; reflect | |
| 鬼神 鬼神 | supernatural beings | |
| 舅 舅 | maternal uncle | |
| 厚礼 厚禮 | generous gifts | |
| 有理 有理 | reasonable; justified; right; (math.) rational | |
| 亭 亭 | pavilion; erect | |
| 贿 賄 | bribe; bribes; riches, wealth | |
| 定罪 定罪 | to convict (sb of a crime) | |
| 可恨 可恨 | hateful | |
| 斩首 斬首 | to behead; to decapitate | |
| 偷生 偷生 | to live without purpose | |
| 樽 樽 | goblet; jar, jug; lush | |
| 相见 相見 | meet | |
| 忽 忽 | suddenly, abruptly; neglect | |
| 威武 威武 | might; formidable | |
| 嘱 囑 | order, tell, instruct, leave word | |
| 行贿 行賄 | to offer a bribe | |
| 酬 詶 | toast; reward, recompense | |
| 予 予 | I, me; to give | |
| 一派胡言 一派胡言 | a bunch of nonsense | |
| 许久 許久 | for a long time; for ages | |
| 甚 甚 | what (literary, = 什么) | |
| 奸 奸 | crafty, villainous, false | |
| 胆大 膽大 | daring; bold; audacious | |
| 显见 顯見 | obvious; clearly visible | |
| 冒名 冒名 | an impostor; to impersonate | |
| 偷去 偷去 | to steal; to make off with; stolen | |
| 骗取 騙取 | to gain by cheating | |
| 怎能 怎能 | how can | |
| 匀 勻 | even, distribute | |
| 凳 凳 | bench; stool |