The Butterfly Chalice

The Butterfly Chalice 1965

蝴蝶杯 húdié bēi

The story revolves around Tian Yu Quan (Chin Feng) who rushes to the aid of an elderly fisherman who is bullied by an arrogant relative of the Qiu Shan ministry. In the heat of the ensuing battle he kills the said man and is hence chased by the district's officials. Trying to use the waterway to shake off his enemies, Yu Quan finds a true friend in the old fisherman's bark-stearing daughter, Hu Feng Lian (Ting Hung) who becomes his loyal accomplice. As symbol for his gratitude, Yu Quan bestows Feng Lian with a Butterfly Chalice to reflect their eternal friendship bond...

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莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
芳 芳 fāng fragrant; virtuous; beautiful ∼HSK 5
慧 慧 huì bright, intelligent; intelligence ∼HSK 5
谪 謫 zhé charge, blame; disgrace; demote ∼HSK 5
裳 裳 cháng clothes; skirt; beautiful ∼HSK 5
想必 想必 xiǎng bì presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely ∼HSK 5
倦 倦 juàn be tired of, weary ∼HSK 5
铭 銘 míng inscribe, engrave ∼HSK 5
未曾 未曾 wèi céng hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever ∼HSK 5
尊 尊 zūn honored ∼HSK 5
怎奈 怎奈 zěn nài (often used in early vernacular) but alas; however ∼HSK 5
羞答答 羞答答 xiū dā dā bashful ∼HSK 5
羞 羞 xiū shame ∼HSK 5
小姑 小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister; husband's younger sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
抚 撫 fǔ pat, console, comfort; pacify ∼HSK 5
郝 郝 Hǎo surname; place in modern Shanxi ∼HSK 5
姚 姚 Yáo handsome, elegant; surname ∼HSK 5
茅 茅 Máo reeds, rushes, grass; surname ∼HSK 5
蓬 蓬 Péng type of raspberry; fairyland ∼HSK 5
眠 眠 mián close eyes, sleep; hibernate ∼HSK 5
羞惭 羞慚 xiū cán a disgrace; ashamed ∼HSK 5
在握 在握 zài wò (fig.) to hold in one's hands; to be within grasp ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
等闲 等閒 děng xián ordinary; common; unimportant; idly; for no reason ∼HSK 5
督 督 dū supervise, oversee, direct ∼HSK 5
传令 傳令 chuán lìng to transmit an order ∼HSK 5
威武 威武 wēi wǔ might; formidable ∼HSK 5
无礼 無禮 wú lǐ rude; rudely ∼HSK 5
可知 可知 kě zhī evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable ∼HSK 5
掌 掌 zhǎng palm of hand, sole of foot, paw ∼HSK 5
人命 人命 rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
爵 爵 jué feudal title or rank ∼HSK 5
拦住 攔住 lán zhù to stop; to bar the way ∼HSK 5
不公 不公 bù gōng unjust; unfair ∼HSK 5
召 召 Shào imperial decree; summon ∼HSK 5
旨 旨 zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 5
官军 官軍 guān jūn (old) government troops ∼HSK 5
山势 山勢 shān shì topography of a mountain; features of a mountain ∼HSK 5
营寨 營寨 yíng zhài barracks ∼HSK 5
久经 久經 jiǔ jīng to have long experience of; to go through repeatedly ∼HSK 5
战事 戰事 zhàn shì war; hostilities; fighting ∼HSK 5
弟兄 弟兄 dì xiong brothers ∼HSK 5
绕道 繞道 rào dào to go by a roundabout route; to take a detour; (medicine or civil engineering) bypass ∼HSK 5
居 居 jū reside ∼HSK 5
武艺高强 武藝高強 wǔ yì gāo qiáng highly skilled in martial arts ∼HSK 5
武艺 武藝 wǔyì martial arts ∼HSK 5
丧命 喪命 sàng mìng to lose one's life ∼HSK 5
空寂 空寂 kōng jì empty and silent; desolate ∼HSK 5
寂 寂 jì still, silent, quiet, desolate ∼HSK 5
珠 珠 zhū precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl ∼HSK 5