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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| 冠 冠 | cap, crown, headgear | |
| 流落 流落 | to wander about destitute; to be stranded | |
| 他乡 他鄉 | foreign land; away from one's native place | |
| 常言 常言 | common saying | |
| 大闹 大鬧 | to cause havoc; to run amok | |
| 若是 若是 | if | |
| 官倒 官倒 | speculation by officials; profiteering by government employees; bureaucratic turpitude | |
| 下楼 下樓 | to go downstairs | |
| 一再 一再 | repeatedly | |
| 不要紧 不要緊 | unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but | |
| 大姐 大姐 | big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) | |
| 可见 可見 | it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear; clear; visible | |
| 赏 賞 | to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) | |
| 未必 未必 | not necessarily; maybe not | |
| 避 避 | to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from | |
| 穿上 穿上 | to put on (clothes etc) | |
| 泪 淚 | tears | |
| 玉 玉 | jade | |
| 情景 情景 | scene; spectacle; circumstances; situation | |
| 老实 老實 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible | |
| 浅 淺 | sound of moving water | |
| 江 江 | river | |
| 尺 尺 | one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱 | |
| 青春 青春 | youth; youthfulness | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 代替 代替 | to replace; to take the place of | |
| 沉 沉 | to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy | |
| 转身 轉身 | (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) | |
| 阵 陣 | disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration | |
| 轻易 輕易 | easily; lightly; rashly | |
| 末 末 | tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man | |
| 反而 反而 | on the contrary; instead | |
| 县 縣 | county | |
| 宽 寬 | wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient | |
| 夫妻 夫妻 | husband and wife; married couple | |
| 腰 腰 | waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins | |
| 地面 地面 | floor; ground; surface | |
| 教训 教訓 | to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson | |
| 含 含 | to keep in the mouth; to contain | |
| 勇气 勇氣 | courage; valor | |
| 依靠 依靠 | to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on | |
| 散 㪚 | scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine | |
| 登 登 | to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) | |
| 守 守 | to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining | |
| 暗 晻 | dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant | |
| 如今 如今 | nowadays; now | |
| 万一 萬一 | just in case; if by any chance; contingency | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 脱 脫 | to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from |