Butterfly

Butterfly 2004

蝴蝶 húdié

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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3.8 Beginner Director Gorretti Mak Yan-Yan IMDb 6.7

Cast

Josie Ho Josie Ho Flavia Tian Yuan Tian Yuan Yip Eric Kot Man-Fai Eric Kot Man-Fai Ming Isabel Chan Yat-Ning Isabel Chan Yat-Ning Young Flavia Stephanie Che Yuen-Yuen Stephanie Che Yuen-Yuen Jin Chiang Cho-Man Chiang Cho-Man Young Jin Kenneth Tsang Kenneth Tsang Flavia's Father Lau Hung-Dau Flavia's Mother Pauline Yam Bo-Lam Pauline Yam Bo-Lam Rosa Jennifer Kong Samantha

Vocabulary

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就 就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 着) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ... HSK 1
这 這 zhè (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhèi], esp. in Beijing) HSK 1
他 他 tā he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant); (used before sb's name for emphasis); (used as a meaningless mock object); (literary) other HSK 1
有 有 yǒu to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 意 intentional) HSK 1
不 不 bù no; not so; (bound form) not; un- HSK 1
你 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您) HSK 1
在 在 zài to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) HSK 1
是 是 shì to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion) HSK 1
我 我 wǒ I; me; my HSK 1
了 了 le (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) HSK 1
的 的 de of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs HSK 1
鼓声 鼓聲 gǔ shēng sound of a drum; drumbeat Onomatopoeia
阿 阿 Ā abbr. for country names that begin with: Algeria, Afghanistan etc Interjection