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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即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
感 感 gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
贪生怕死 貪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly; clinging abjectly to life; only interested in saving one's neck Idiom ∼HSK 6
孤苦伶仃 孤苦伶仃 gū kǔ líng dīng solitary and impoverished (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
糊里糊涂 糊裡糊塗 hú li hú tú confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze Idiom ∼HSK 6
非亲非故 非親非故 fēi qīn fēi gù lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom); fig. unrelated to one another in any way Idiom ∼HSK 6
如狼似虎 如狼似虎 rú láng sì hǔ lit. like wolves and tigers; ruthless Idiom ∼HSK 6
官官相护 官官相護 guān guān xiāng hù officials shield one another (idiom); a cover-up Idiom ∼HSK 6
乌合之众 烏合之眾 wū hé zhī zhòng (idiom) rabble; disorderly band Idiom ∼HSK 6
事必躬亲 事必躬親 shì bì gōng qīn to attend to everything personally Idiom ∼HSK 6
晨昏定省 晨昏定省 chén hūn dìng xǐng morning and evening visits to parents; cf Idiom ∼HSK 6
忧心忡忡 憂心忡忡 yōu xīn chōng chōng deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
吉人自有天相 吉人自有天相 jí rén zì yǒu tiān xiàng Heaven helps the worthy (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
认贼作父 認賊作父 rèn zéi zuò fù lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal; to sell oneself to the enemy Idiom ∼HSK 6
宽宏大量 寬宏大量 kuān hóng dà liàng magnanimous (idiom); generous Idiom ∼HSK 6
大有文章 大有文章 dà yǒu wén zhāng some deeper meaning in this; more to it than meets the eye; there's sth behind all this Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高攀 高攀 gāo pān social climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
悬 懸 xuán to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
爹爹 爹爹 diē die daddy; granddad ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
凶犯 兇犯 xiōng fàn murderer ∼HSK 6
家丁 家丁 jiā dīng (old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc ∼HSK 6
捉拿 捉拿 zhuō ná to arrest; to catch a criminal ∼HSK 6
作主 作主 zuò zhǔ to decide; to have the final say ∼HSK 6
行凶 行兇 xíng xiōng violent crime; to commit a violent act (assault or murder) ∼HSK 6
尸首 屍首 shī shou dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) ∼HSK 6
会审 會審 huì shěn joint hearing; to review jointly (i.e. with other checkers) ∼HSK 6
冤仇 冤仇 yuān chóu rancor; enmity; hatred resulting from grievances ∼HSK 6
适才 適才 shì cái just now (literary) ∼HSK 6
渔夫 漁夫 yú fū fisherman ∼HSK 6
圣上 聖上 shèng shàng Your Majesty ∼HSK 6
缉拿 緝拿 jī ná to arrest; to seize ∼HSK 6
相公 相公 xiàng gong lord; master; young gentleman; male prostitute; catamite; mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes; (old form of address for one's husband) husband ∼HSK 6
意下如何 意下如何 yì xià rú hé how about it?; what do you think? ∼HSK 6
患难 患難 huàn nàn trials and tribulations ∼HSK 6
侄女 姪女 zhí nǚ brother's daughter; niece ∼HSK 6
冤屈 冤屈 yuān qū to treat unjustly; an injustice ∼HSK 6
渔人 漁人 yú rén fisherman ∼HSK 6
偿命 償命 cháng mìng to pay with one's life ∼HSK 6