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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yòng chu usefulness HSK 6
pàn wàng to hope for; to look forward to HSK 6
shū fáng study (room); studio HSK 6
gǎi zhuāng to change one's costume; to repackage; to remodel; to refit; to modify; to convert HSK 6
zhū wèi (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs HSK 6
miǎn de so as not to; so as to avoid HSK 6
míng tomorrow HSK 6
lái wǎng to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with HSK 6
chù this place; here (literary) HSK 6
hūn muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness HSK 6
father and son HSK 6
xīn yuàn cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration HSK 6
zhuī jiū to investigate; to look into HSK 6
zhī branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc HSK 6
qīn yǎn with one's own eyes; personally HSK 6
to cross; to pass through; to ferry HSK 6
pài chū to send; to dispatch HSK 6
tóng together HSK 6
xiǎo de to know HSK 6
guì to kneel HSK 6
tūn to swallow; to take HSK 6
xiōng shǒu murderer; assassin HSK 6
héng horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent HSK 6
mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly HSK 6
this time HSK 6
gān liver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy HSK 6
qián lái to come (formal); before; previously HSK 6
tuī chū to push out; to release; to launch; to publish; to recommend HSK 6
suī although; even though HSK 6
xiōng terrible; fearful HSK 6
仿 彿 fǎng to seem; as if; alike; similar HSK 6
diē to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [dié] HSK 6
tàn suǒ to explore; to probe HSK 6
jiù mìng to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! HSK 6
tiān xià land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule HSK 6
suàn le let it be; let it pass; forget about it HSK 6
le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) HSK 6
wáng prince; son of a king HSK 6
shí a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time HSK 6
zhāng chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order HSK 6
tián field; farm HSK 6
fèn angry; indignant; wrath; ire HSK 6
kěn to agree; to consent; to be willing to HSK 6
gōng public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) HSK 6
excessive HSK 6
jiāng jūn general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot HSK 6
jiàn not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing HSK 6
duān end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular HSK 6
to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc) HSK 6
zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides HSK 6