The Butterfly Chalice

The Butterfly Chalice 1965

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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dào road; path; way HSK 2
to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed HSK 2
de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
jiǎng huà a speech; to speak; to talk; to address HSK 2
hǎn to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person) HSK 2
xià that level or lower; that amount or less; the following HSK 2
xīn zhōng central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart HSK 2
qīng light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage HSK 2
huáng yellow; pornographic; to fall through HSK 2
qiān thousand HSK 2
píng flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 HSK 2
urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious HSK 2
zhǐ paper; classifier for documents, letter etc HSK 2
fēng to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters HSK 2
jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over HSK 2
zhǎng to grow up HSK 2
xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute HSK 2
chuán boat; vessel; ship HSK 2
shí zài really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality HSK 2
tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking HSK 2
tuī to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage HSK 2
tōng zhī to notify; to inform; notice; notification HSK 2
xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch HSK 2
fish HSK 2
zhèng shì is precisely HSK 2
gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
yàng zi appearance; manner; pattern; model HSK 2
night HSK 2
shěng to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government) HSK 2
jiù yào will; shall; to be going to HSK 2
hòu lái afterwards; later; newly arrived HSK 2
si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
shuō míng to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption HSK 2
lòng lane; alley HSK 2
miàn qián in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) HSK 2
to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences HSK 2
chī mythical beast (archaic) HSK 2
to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
to cry; to weep HSK 2
jīng guò to pass; to go through; process; course HSK 2
shōu to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) HSK 2
zěn yàng how; what kind HSK 2
jìn near; close to; approximately HSK 2
biān side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously HSK 2
yuán lái original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out HSK 2