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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| 不然 不然 | not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? | |
| 归 歸 | to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor | |
| 夫人 夫人 | lady; madam; Mrs. | |
| 列 列 | to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row | |
| 量 量 | to measure | |
| 结 結 | (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] | |
| 宝 寶 | jewel; gem; treasure; precious | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 官 官 | government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body | |
| 然而 然而 | however; yet; but | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 既 既 | already; since; both... (and...) | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 梦想 夢想 | (fig.) to dream of; dream | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 极 極 | extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 丈夫 丈夫 | husband | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 冲 沖 | (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 妻子 妻子 | wife and children | |
| 投 投 | to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 应 應 | to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 底 底 | (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 一刀两断 一刀兩斷 | (idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with | Idiom |
| 防不胜防 防不勝防 | (idiom) virtually impossible to prevent | Idiom |
| 不由分说 不由分說 | to allow no explanation | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 老头儿 老頭兒 | see 老头子 |