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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| 多大 多大 | how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much | |
| 做爱 做愛 | to make love | |
| 有别 有別 | different; distinct; unequal; variable | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 最新 最新 | latest; newest | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 中风 中風 | to suffer a paralyzing stroke | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 要说 要說 | as for; when it comes to | |
| 看不出 看不出 | can't discern | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 你妈 你媽 | (interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking | |
| 想起来 想起來 | to remember; to recall | |
| 白痴 白痴 | idiocy; idiot | |
| 太过 太過 | excessively; too | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 重重 重重 | layer upon layer; one after another | |
| 欢笑 歡笑 | to laugh happily; a belly-laugh | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 请坐 請坐 | please, have a seat | |
| 买不起 買不起 | cannot afford; can't afford buying | |
| 下雨 下雨 | to rain | |
| 多年来 多年來 | for the past many years | |
| 走路 走路 | to walk; to go on foot | |
| 开玩笑 開玩笑 | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke | |
| 哪些 哪些 | which ones?; who?; what? | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 男朋友 男朋友 | boyfriend | |
| 新年 新年 | New Year | |
| 女朋友 女朋友 | girlfriend | |
| 上学 上學 | to go to school; to attend school | |
| 唱歌 唱歌 | to sing a song | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 起床 起床 | to get out of bed; to get up | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 在家 在家 | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) | |
| 页 頁 | head | |
| 老人 老人 | old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents | |
| 下次 下次 | next time | |
| 一会儿 一會兒 | a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] | |
| 上午 上午 | morning | |
| 生气 生氣 | to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness | |
| 妹妹 妹妹 | younger sister; young woman | |
| 同学 同學 | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate | |
| 考试 考試 | to take an exam; exam | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother | |
| 有时 有時 | sometimes; now and then |