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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xiān early; prior; former; in advance; first HSK 1
zhēng first month of the lunar year HSK 1
gāo high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific) HSK 1
to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object) HSK 1
fàng to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks) HSK 1
háng row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column HSK 1
lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough HSK 1
fāng region; regional (away from the central administration); local HSK 1
chū lái to come out; to appear; to arise HSK 1
gào to press charges; to file a complaint HSK 1
wèn to ask; to inquire HSK 1
yàng same; like; equal to; the same as; just like HSK 1
sān three; 3 HSK 1
西 西 dōng east and west HSK 1
huí to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book) HSK 1
běn root; stem; origin; source; this; the current; original; inherent; originally; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc HSK 1
qián coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两 HSK 1
qǐng to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request HSK 1
bié to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性别, 派别) HSK 1
zhè here HSK 1
hái zi child HSK 1
jiào to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood) HSK 1
yǐn smile (archaic) HSK 1
shǒu hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill HSK 1
jiàn to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view HSK 1
small table HSK 1
to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group HSK 1
lai to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái] HSK 1
in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total) HSK 1
kàn dào to see HSK 1
hái shi still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or HSK 1
huà dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said HSK 1
jīn tiān today; at the present; now HSK 1
Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利时 HSK 1
kuài rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant HSK 1
hái yǒu furthermore; in addition; still; also HSK 1
to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from HSK 1
zhǎo to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change HSK 1
xīn new; newly; meso- (chemistry) HSK 1
shéi who; also pr. [shuí] HSK 1
chī to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) HSK 1
gēn heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns) HSK 1
earth; ground; field; place; land HSK 1
zhè xiē these HSK 1
zěn me how?; what?; why? HSK 1
men you (plural) HSK 1
qián front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly HSK 1
jiā used in 家伙 and 家俱 HSK 1
hòu empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler HSK 1
shì matter; thing; item; work; affair HSK 1