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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| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 爱上 愛上 | to fall in love with; to be in love with | |
| 出家 出家 | to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 并不 並不 | not at all; by no means | |
| 在后 在後 | behind | |
| 三十 三十 | thirty; 30 | |
| 等等 等等 | et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 昨晚 昨晚 | yesterday evening; last night | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 想睡 想睡 | drowsy; sleepy | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 不问 不問 | to pay no attention to; to disregard; to ignore; to let go unpunished; to let off | |
| 不是吗 不是嗎 | isn't that so? | |
| 几天 幾天 | several days | |
| 奶酪 奶酪 | cheese | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 没有什么 沒有什麼 | it is nothing; there's nothing... about it | |
| 十三 十三 | thirteen; 13 | |
| 说出 說出 | to speak out; to declare (one's view) | |
| 好朋友 好朋友 | good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) | |
| 从来没有 從來沒有 | there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never | |
| 明天见 明天見 | see you tomorrow; (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms) | |
| 忙着 忙著 | to be occupied with (doing sth) | |
| 在读 在讀 | to be studying (at a school or research institute) | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 点开 點開 | (computing) to open (a link, file etc) by clicking or tapping | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 出错 出錯 | to make a mistake; error | |
| 俄罗斯 俄羅斯 | Russia | |
| 远行 遠行 | a long journey; far from home | |
| 飞过 飛過 | to fly over; to fly past | |
| 有风 有風 | windy | |
| 送走 送走 | to see off; to send off |