The Butterfly Chalice 1965
蝴蝶杯
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...
Vocabulary
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| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 今日 今日 | today | |
| 回报 回報 | (in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate | |
| 之内 之內 | inside; within | |
| 当年 當年 | in those days; then; in those years; during that time | |
| 使得 使得 | usable; workable; feasible; doable; to make; to cause | |
| 品 品 | (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute) | |
| 到来 到來 | to arrive; arrival; advent | |
| 不幸 不幸 | misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 立 立 | to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 必 必 | certainly; must; will; necessarily | |
| 弹 彈 | crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 冒 冐 | to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover | |
| 碎 碎 | (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 熟悉 熟悉 | to be familiar with; to know well | |
| 逃 逃 | to escape; to run away; to flee | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 吐 吐 | to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 可怜 可憐 | pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 愿 願 | to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing | |
| 舞 舞 | to dance; to wield; to brandish | |
| 待 待 | to stay | |
| 尽管 儘管 | despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 如此 如此 | like this; so; such | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 一言为定 一言為定 | (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then | Idiom |
| 不怀好意 不懷好意 | (idiom) to harbor evil designs; to harbor malicious intentions | Xiehouyu |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | Colloquialism |
| 女同 女同 | a lesbian (coll.) | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 江夏 江夏 | Jiangxia district of Wuhan city, Hubei | Proper Noun |
| 玉川 玉川 | Tamagawa (name); Tamagawa city in Akita prefecture, Japan | Proper Noun |
| 县令 縣令 | county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times) | Proper Noun |
| 县官 縣官 | district magistrate; county magistrate | Proper Noun |
| 湖广 湖廣 | Hubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province) | Proper Noun |
| 同心 同心 | Tongxin county in Wuzhong, Ningxia | Proper Noun |