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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罗湖 羅湖 Luó hú Luohu district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
武昌 武昌 Wǔ chāng Wuchang district of Wuhan city, Hubei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
方正 方正 Fāng zhèng Fangzheng county in Harbin, Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
知县 知縣 zhī xiàn county head magistrate (old) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
夏县 夏縣 Xià xiàn Xia county in Yuncheng, Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
平定 平定 Píng dìng Pingding county in Yangquan, Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
和田 和田 Hé tián Hotan, prefecture in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region; Wada (Japanese surname and place name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
公子 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific) ∼HSK 4
大帅 大帥 dà shuài (old) commanding general; commander-in-chief; (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) ∼HSK 4
卢 盧 Lú cottage, hut; surname; black ∼HSK 4
民女 民女 mín nǚ woman from an ordinary family ∼HSK 4
元帅 元帥 yuán shuài (military) marshal; commander-in-chief ∼HSK 4
郎 郎 Láng gentleman, young man; husband ∼HSK 4
投案 投案 tóu àn to surrender to the authorities; to turn oneself in (for a crime) ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
国法 國法 guó fǎ national law ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
徐 徐 Xú slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified ∼HSK 4
江湖 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
自有 自有 zì yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc) ∼HSK 4
江边 江邊 jiāng biān river bank ∼HSK 4
失手 失手 shī shǒu a slip; miscalculation; unwise move; accidentally; by mistake; to lose control; to be defeated ∼HSK 4
民事 民事 mín shì civil case; agricultural affairs; civil ∼HSK 4
列位 列位 liè wèi ladies and gentlemen; all of you present ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
川 川 Chuān stream, river; flow; boil ∼HSK 4
艺 藝 yì art; talent, ability; craft ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
打抱不平 打抱不平 dǎ bào bù píng (idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice ∼HSK 4
劳 勞 láo labor, toil, do manual work ∼HSK 4
访 訪 fǎng visit; ask, inquire ∼HSK 4
到案 到案 dào àn to make an appearance in court ∼HSK 4
谅 諒 liàng excuse, forgive; guess, presume ∼HSK 4
奴 奴 nú slave, servant ∼HSK 4
错失 錯失 cuò shī fault; mistake; to miss (a chance) ∼HSK 4
私 私 sī private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
出兵 出兵 chū bīng to send troops ∼HSK 4
婆婆 婆婆 pó po husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
四方 四方 sì fāng four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere ∼HSK 4
心切 心切 xīn qiè eager; impatient; guileless ∼HSK 4
散心 散心 sàn xīn to drive away cares; to relieve boredom ∼HSK 4
苦苦 苦苦 kǔ kǔ strenuously; persistently; hard; painful ∼HSK 4
勇 勇 yǒng brave, courageous, fierce ∼HSK 4
抱不平 抱不平 bào bù píng to be outraged by an injustice (done to sb else) ∼HSK 4
召唤 召喚 zhào huàn to summon; to beckon; to call ∼HSK 4
派兵 派兵 pài bīng to dispatch troops ∼HSK 4