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.
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Vocabulary
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| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 越来越 越來越 | more and more | |
| 同样 同樣 | same; equal; equivalent | |
| 许多 許多 | many; a lot of; much | |
| 满 滿 | Manchu ethnic group | |
| 面前 面前 | in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) | |
| 经常 經常 | frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily | |
| 提 提 | used in 防 and 溜 | |
| 重新 重新 | again; once more; re- | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep | |
| 只能 只能 | can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice | |
| 受到 受到 | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) | |
| 变成 變成 | to change into; to turn into; to become | |
| 声音 聲音 | voice; sound | |
| 可爱 可愛 | adorable; cute; lovely | |
| 它们 它們 | they (for inanimate objects) | |
| 原来 原來 | original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out | |
| 酒 酒 | wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage | |
| 停 停 | to stop; to halt; to park (a car) | |
| 感到 感到 | to feel; to sense; to perceive | |
| 清楚 清楚 | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about | |
| 那样 那樣 | that kind; that sort | |
| 感谢 感謝 | (express) thanks; gratitude; grateful; thankful; thanks | |
| 音乐 音樂 | music | |
| 好像 好像 | as if; to seem like | |
| 行为 行為 | action; conduct; behavior; activity | |
| 店 店 | inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store | |
| 黑 黑 | abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 | |
| 家庭 家庭 | family; household | |
| 留 㽞 | to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 带来 帶來 | to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce | |
| 检查 檢查 | inspection; to examine; to inspect | |
| 来自 來自 | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) | |
| 使用 使用 | to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of | |
| 快乐 快樂 | happy; joyful | |
| 狗 狗 | dog | |
| 最近 最近 | recently; soon; nearest | |
| 份 份 | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 | |
| 面 面 | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | |
| 也许 也許 | perhaps; maybe | |
| 永远 永遠 | forever; eternal | |
| 越 越 | generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 | |
| 以为 以為 | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) | |
| 生 生 | to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student | |
| 离开 離開 | to depart; to leave | |
| 改变 改變 | to change; to alter; to transform | |
| 掉 掉 | to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) | |
| 以前 以前 | before; formerly; previous; ago |