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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将令 將令 jiàng lìng (old) (military) a command; an order ∼HSK 4
有无 有無 yǒu wú to have or have not; surplus and shortfall; tangible and intangible; corporeal and incorporeal ∼HSK 4
揭开 揭開 jiē kāi to uncover; to open ∼HSK 4
就此 就此 jiù cǐ at this point; thus; from then on ∼HSK 4
玉人 玉人 yù rén a jade worker; a jade statuette; a beautiful person; (term of endearment) ∼HSK 4
盖上 蓋上 gài shang to cover ∼HSK 4
何日 何日 hé rì when? ∼HSK 4
天色 天色 tiān sè color of the sky; time of day, as indicated by the color of the sky; weather ∼HSK 4
法子 法子 fǎ zi way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] ∼HSK 4
既是 既是 jì shì is both...(and...); since; as; being the case that ∼HSK 4
明言 明言 míng yán to say clearly; to argue clearly; to pronounce; pronounced ∼HSK 4
按察 按察 àn chá to investigate (old) ∼HSK 4
前程 前程 qián chéng future (career etc) prospects ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
庆 慶 qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
详 詳 xiáng detailed, complete, thorough ∼HSK 4
森严 森嚴 sēn yán strict; rigid; tight (security) ∼HSK 4
击 擊 jī strike, hit, beat; attack, fight ∼HSK 4
高官 高官 gāo guān high official ∼HSK 4
直呼 直呼 zhí hū to say straightforwardly ∼HSK 4
偶遇 偶遇 ǒu yù to meet by chance ∼HSK 4
一言不合 一言不合 yī yán - bù hé (idiom) to have a disagreement; to clash verbally ∼HSK 4
打散 打散 dǎ sàn to scatter; to break sth up; to beat (an egg) ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
发落 發落 fā luò to deal with (an offender) ∼HSK 4
归案 歸案 guī àn to bring to justice; to file away (a document) ∼HSK 4
出没无常 出沒無常 chū mò wú cháng to appear and disappear unpredictably ∼HSK 4
荡 蕩 dàng pond, pool; wash away, cleanse ∼HSK 4
守住 守住 shǒu zhu to hold on to; to defend; to keep; to guard ∼HSK 4
得令 得令 dé lìng to follow your orders; roger!; yessir! ∼HSK 4
翻过 翻過 fān guò to turn over; to transform ∼HSK 4
普通老百姓 普通老百姓 pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìng common people; average people; hoi polloi ∼HSK 4
做官 做官 zuò guān to take an official post; to become a government employee ∼HSK 4
岩 巖 yán cliff; rocks; mountain ∼HSK 4
甚为 甚為 shèn wéi very; extremely ∼HSK 4
幸喜 幸喜 xìng xǐ fortunately ∼HSK 4
镜 鏡 jìng mirror; lens; glass; glasses ∼HSK 4
贴花 貼花 tiē huā appliqué; decalcomania ∼HSK 4
旧案 舊案 jiù àn old court case; long-standing legal dispute ∼HSK 4
庶民 庶民 shù mín the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature); plebeian ∼HSK 4
律 律 Lǜ statute, principle, regulation ∼HSK 4
纪 紀 Jǐ record, annal, historical account ∼HSK 4
法场 法場 fǎ chǎng execution ground ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
抱打不平 抱打不平 bào dǎ bù píng (idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice ∼HSK 4
坚 堅 jiān hard, strong, firm; resolute ∼HSK 4
为父 為父 wéi fù term used by a father to refer to himself when speaking to his child ∼HSK 4
家规 家規 jiā guī family rules; family code of conduct ∼HSK 4
深究 深究 shēn jiū to perform an in-depth investigation ∼HSK 4