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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母 母 mǔ mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female HSK 6
踢 踢 tī to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) HSK 6
算是 算是 suàn shì considered to be; at last HSK 6
罪 罪 zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6
州 州 zhōu prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) HSK 6
为何 為何 wèi hé why HSK 6
剑 劍 jiàn double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
犯 犯 fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
镇 鎮 zhèn to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) HSK 6
英雄 英雄 yīng xióng hero HSK 6
藏 藏 Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 HSK 6
招 招 zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
若 若 ruò to seem; like; as; if HSK 6
权 權 quán authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary HSK 6
不再 不再 bù zài no more; no longer HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
于 于 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
胡言乱语 胡言亂語 hú yán luàn yǔ babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch Idiom ∼HSK 5
不可一世 不可一世 bù kě - yī shì (idiom) to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant Idiom ∼HSK 5
两全其美 兩全其美 liǎng quán qí měi to satisfy rival demands (idiom); to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways; to have one's cake and eat it too Idiom ∼HSK 5
滚开 滾開 gǔn kāi (of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
为难 為難 wéi nán to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) Xiehouyu HSK 5
一路 一路 yī lù the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind Xiehouyu HSK 5
莲 蓮 lián lotus, water lily; paradise ∼HSK 5
老爷 老爺 lǎo ye master, sir ∼HSK 5
凤 鳳 Fèng male phoenix; symbol of joy ∼HSK 5
卑 卑 bēi humble, low, inferior; despise ∼HSK 5
众位 眾位 zhòng wèi all of you ∼HSK 5
义父 義父 yì fù adoptive father ∼HSK 5
孩儿 孩兒 hái r child (term of address) ∼HSK 5
衙 衙 Yá public office; official residence ∼HSK 5
义子 義子 yì zǐ adopted son ∼HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
启 啟 qǐ open; begin, commence; explain ∼HSK 5
禀 稟 bǐng report to, petition ∼HSK 5
侯 侯 Hóu marquis, lord; target in archery ∼HSK 5
靖 靖 Jìng pacify; appease; calm, peaceful ∼HSK 5
畜生 畜生 chù sheng domestic animal; brute; bastard ∼HSK 5
兮 兮 xī exclamatory particle ∼HSK 5
纵 縱 zòng even if ∼HSK 5
岂 豈 qǐ how could (rhetorical) ∼HSK 5
奴才 奴才 nú cai slave; fig. flunkey ∼HSK 5