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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圣旨 聖旨 shèng zhǐ imperial edict ∼HSK 6
山贼 山賊 shān zéi brigand ∼HSK 6
再审 再審 zài shěn to hear a case again; review; retrial ∼HSK 6
探明 探明 tàn míng to ascertain; to verify ∼HSK 6
文武 文武 wén wǔ civil and military ∼HSK 6
老爹 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father; old man; sir ∼HSK 6
倚仗 倚仗 yǐ zhàng to lean on; to rely on ∼HSK 6
伶仃 伶仃 líng dīng alone and helpless ∼HSK 6
何事 何事 hé shì what matter ∼HSK 6
一面之词 一面之詞 yī miàn zhī cí one side of the story; one-sided statement ∼HSK 6
席子 席子 xí zi woven mat ∼HSK 6
含冤 含冤 hán yuān wronged; to suffer false accusations ∼HSK 6
聘礼 聘禮 pìn lǐ betrothal gift ∼HSK 6
娘家 孃家 niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
有缘 有緣 yǒu yuán related; brought together by fate ∼HSK 6
姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate ∼HSK 6
大祸 大禍 dà huò disaster; calamity ∼HSK 6
虚实 虛實 xū shí what is true and what is false; (to get to know) the real situation ∼HSK 6
纵有 縱有 zòng yǒu even if there were ∼HSK 6
伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant ∼HSK 6
堂堂 堂堂 táng táng grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance ∼HSK 6
喊冤 喊冤 hǎn yuān to cry out a grievance ∼HSK 6
传告 傳告 chuán gào to pass on (a message); to relay (the information) ∼HSK 6
解劝 解勸 jiě quàn to soothe; to pacify; to mollify; to mediate (in a dispute etc) ∼HSK 6
伸冤 伸冤 shēn yuān to right wrongs; to redress an injustice ∼HSK 6
军情 軍情 jūn qíng military situation; military intelligence ∼HSK 6
错杂 錯雜 cuò zá mixed; jumbled ∼HSK 6
乔装改扮 喬裝改扮 qiáo zhuāng gǎi bàn to disguise oneself (idiom); to alter one's appearance in disguise ∼HSK 6
之恩 之恩 zhī ēn kindness; favor; grace (of one's benefactor), as in "the kindness of ..." ∼HSK 6
壮士 壯士 zhuàng shì warrior ∼HSK 6
浪荡 浪蕩 làng dàng to loiter; to hang around; dissolute; licentious ∼HSK 6
莫不是 莫不是 mò bù shì probably; perhaps; could it be that...? ∼HSK 6
商议 商議 shāng yì to negotiate; discussion; proposal ∼HSK 6
侯爵 侯爵 hóu jué marquis ∼HSK 6
戏侮 戲侮 xì wǔ to insult ∼HSK 6
儿媳 兒媳 ér xí daughter-in-law ∼HSK 6
集市 集市 jí shì market; bazaar; fair ∼HSK 6
拨乱反正 撥亂反正 bō luàn fǎn zhèng bring order out of chaos; set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder ∼HSK 6
荒芜 荒蕪 huāng wú left to return to unchecked growth; overgrown; grown wild ∼HSK 6
熬煎 熬煎 áo jiān suffering; torture ∼HSK 6
娃娃鱼 娃娃魚 wá wa yú Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) ∼HSK 6
蠢材 蠢材 chǔn cái idiot ∼HSK 6
识相 識相 shí xiàng sensitive; tactful ∼HSK 6
横行不法 橫行不法 héng xíng bù fǎ to act lawlessly and run rampant (idiom); to ride roughshod over the law ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
仗义 仗義 zhàng yì to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by ∼HSK 6
推托 推託 tuī tuō to make excuses; to give an excuse (for not doing something) ∼HSK 6
验尸 驗屍 yàn shī autopsy; postmortem examination ∼HSK 6
审问 審問 shěn wèn to interrogate; to examine; to question ∼HSK 6
惩办 懲辦 chéng bàn to punish (someone); to take disciplinary action against (someone) ∼HSK 6