Butterfly 2004
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Flavia is a thirtysomething married teacher. She has suppressed the memory of her adolescent lesbian fling with Jin and is stuck in a stifling marriage. A chance encounter in a supermarket with the playful and seductive singer Yip reawakens dormant feelings and she begins to think back on her teenage affair with Jin.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 歌手 歌手 | singer | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order | |
| 计算 計算 | to count; to calculate; to compute | |
| 情感 情感 | feeling; emotion; to move (emotionally) | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 离婚 離婚 | to divorce | |
| 区别 區別 | difference; to distinguish; to discriminate; to make a distinction | |
| 坚强 堅強 | staunch; strong | |
| 话题 話題 | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic | |
| 前往 前往 | to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to | |
| 甜 甜 | sweet | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 背后 背後 | behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back | |
| 女子 女子 | woman; female | |
| 命运 命運 | fate; destiny | |
| 组合 組合 | to assemble; to combine; to compose; combination; association; set; compilation; (math.) combinatorial | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 糖 糖 | sugar; sweets; candy | |
| 发出 發出 | to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh) | |
| 内心 內心 | heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 浪费 浪費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 证据 證據 | evidence; proof; testimony | |
| 发表 發表 | to issue; to publish | |
| 和平 和平 | Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan | |
| 具有 具有 | to have; to possess | |
| 咖啡 咖啡 | coffee (loanword) | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 停止 停止 | to stop; to halt; to cease | |
| 事实上 事實上 | in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto | |
| 演出 演出 | to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 消失 消失 | to disappear; to fade away | |
| 各种 各種 | every kind of; all kinds of; various | |
| 受伤 受傷 | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed | |
| 充满 充滿 | full of; brimming with; very full; permeated | |
| 伟大 偉大 | huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) | |
| 错误 錯誤 | mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake | |
| 直到 直到 | until | |
| 完美 完美 | perfect | |
| 感受 感受 | to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience | |
| 美丽 美麗 | beautiful | |
| 观众 觀眾 | spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) | |
| 现实 現實 | reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 适合 適合 | to fit; to suit | |
| 对方 對方 | the other person; the other side; the other party | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |