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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敌 敵 dí enemy, foe, rival; resist ∼HSK 3
所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees; (literary) opinion; view ∼HSK 3
随行 隨行 suí xíng to accompany ∼HSK 3
老爷子 老爺子 lǎo yé zi my (your etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male ∼HSK 3
劲 勁 jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
会合 會合 huì hé to meet; to rendezvous; to merge; to link up; meeting; confluence ∼HSK 3
围起 圍起 wéi qǐ to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence in ∼HSK 3
耳熟 耳熟 ěr shú to sound familiar; familiar-sounding ∼HSK 3
赶来 趕來 gǎn lái to rush over ∼HSK 3
美意 美意 měi yì goodwill; kindness ∼HSK 3
心伤 心傷 xīn shāng broken-hearted ∼HSK 3
己 己 jǐ self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem ∼HSK 3
丫环 丫環 yā huan servant girl; maid ∼HSK 3
食 食 shí eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 ∼HSK 3
无后 無後 wú hòu (literary) to have no descendants; to have no son to continue one's lineage ∼HSK 3
困顿 困頓 kùn dùn fatigued; exhausted; poverty-stricken; in straitened circumstances ∼HSK 3
保全 保全 bǎo quán to save from damage; to preserve; to maintain; to keep in good repair; (Tw) security guard ∼HSK 3
退下 退下 tuì xià to retire; to withdraw; to retreat; to step down ∼HSK 3
深山 深山 shēn shān deep in the mountains ∼HSK 3
转念 轉念 zhuǎn niàn to have second thoughts about sth; to think better of ∼HSK 3
养育 養育 yǎng yù to rear; to bring up; to nurture ∼HSK 3
更胜 更勝 gèng shèng to be even better than; to be superior to ∼HSK 3
梁 梁 Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
富贵 富貴 fù guì riches and honor ∼HSK 3
死去 死去 sǐ qù to die ∼HSK 3
自高 自高 zì gāo to be proud of oneself ∼HSK 3
双亲 雙親 shuāng qīn both parents ∼HSK 3
光阴 光陰 guāng yīn time available ∼HSK 3
般 般 bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
补报 補報 bǔ bào to make a report after the event; to make a supplementary report; to repay a kindness ∼HSK 3
复生 復生 fù shēng to be reborn; to recover; to come back to life; to regenerate ∼HSK 3
子女 子女 zǐ nǚ children; sons and daughters HSK 3
民间 民間 mín jiān among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments HSK 3
底下 底下 dǐ xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3
必然 必然 bì rán inevitable; certain; necessity HSK 3
传来 傳來 chuán lái (of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive HSK 3
迎接 迎接 yíng jiē to welcome; to greet HSK 3
带领 帶領 dài lǐng to guide; to lead HSK 3
自身 自身 zì shēn itself; oneself; one's own HSK 3
不论 不論 bù lùn whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss HSK 3
年纪 年紀 nián jì age HSK 3
才能 才能 cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
至今 至今 zhì jīn so far; to this day; until now HSK 3
只好 只好 zhǐ hǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to HSK 3
果然 果然 guǒ rán really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed HSK 3
看起来 看起來 kàn qǐ lai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be HSK 3
订 訂 dìng to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order HSK 3
围 圍 wéi to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) HSK 3
赶快 趕快 gǎn kuài quickly; at once HSK 3