Butterfly 2004
蝴蝶
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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| 困难 困難 | difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation | |
| 警察 警察 | police; police officer | |
| 挂 掛 | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) | |
| 紧张 緊張 | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce | |
| 仍 仍 | still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often | |
| 人类 人類 | humanity; human race; mankind | |
| 值得 值得 | to be worth; to deserve | |
| 仍然 仍然 | still; as before; yet | |
| 母亲 母親 | mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married | |
| 压力 壓力 | pressure | |
| 面对 面對 | to face; to confront | |
| 人民 人民 | the people | |
| 失去 失去 | to lose | |
| 责任 責任 | responsibility; blame; duty | |
| 幸福 幸福 | happiness; happy; blessed | |
| 支 支 | to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 父母 父母 | father and mother; parents | |
| 至少 至少 | at least; (to say the) least | |
| 确实 確實 | indeed; really; reliable; real; true | |
| 记者 記者 | reporter; journalist | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 证明 證明 | proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of | |
| 社会 社會 | society | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 利用 利用 | to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 坚持 堅持 | to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 简单 簡單 | simple; not complicated | |
| 曾经 曾經 | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 生命 生命 | life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature | |
| 因此 因此 | thus; consequently; as a result | |
| 容易 容易 | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to | |
| 确定 確定 | definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box) | |
| 突然 突然 | sudden; abrupt; unexpected | |
| 保持 保持 | to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve | |
| 精神 精神 | spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist | |
| 总是 總是 | always | |
| 除了 除了 | besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 比较 比較 | to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison | |
| 整个 整個 | whole; entire; total | |
| 处理 處理 | to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices | |
| 美元 美元 | American dollar; US dollar | |
| 调查 調查 | investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll |