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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| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 操纵 操縱 | to operate; to control; to rig; to manipulate | |
| 干涉 干涉 | to interfere; to meddle; interference | |
| 游行 遊行 | to march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration; to travel around; to roam | |
| 歌词 歌詞 | song lyric; lyrics | |
| 阴谋 陰謀 | to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot | |
| 净 淨 | clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role | |
| 抱歉 抱歉 | to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry! | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 忽略 忽略 | to neglect; to overlook; to ignore | |
| 留言 留言 | to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message | |
| 抵达 抵達 | to arrive; to reach (a destination) | |
| 康复 康復 | to recuperate; to recover (health); to convalesce | |
| 节奏 節奏 | rhythm; tempo; musical pulse; cadence; beat | |
| 侵犯 侵犯 | to infringe on; to encroach on; to violate; to assault | |
| 仿佛 彷彿 | to seem; as if; alike; similar | |
| 从没 從沒 | never (in the past); never did | |
| 街头 街頭 | street | |
| 持有 持有 | to hold (passport, views etc) | |
| 当成 當成 | to consider as; to take to be | |
| 收藏 收藏 | to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection | |
| 遭遇 遭遇 | to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience | |
| 民主 民主 | democracy | |
| 无关 無關 | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) | |
| 愤怒 憤怒 | angry; indignant; wrath; ire | |
| 孤独 孤獨 | lonely; solitary | |
| 妇女 婦女 | woman | |
| 原谅 原諒 | to excuse; to forgive; to pardon | |
| 斗争 鬥爭 | a struggle; fight; battle | |
| 嗨 嗨 | oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) | |
| 心脏 心臟 | heart | |
| 权力 權力 | power; authority | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 时期 時期 | period; phase | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 解 解 | to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection | |
| 部队 部隊 | army; armed forces; troops; force; unit | |
| 军队 軍隊 | armed forces; troops | |
| 情绪 情緒 | mood; state of mind; moodiness | |
| 股 股 | thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions | |
| 样 樣 | manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 错过 錯過 | to miss (train, opportunity etc) | |
| 允许 允許 | to permit; to allow | |
| 队伍 隊伍 | ranks; troops; queue; line; procession | |
| 逼 偪 | to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 | |
| 死亡 死亡 | to die; death | |
| 不再 不再 | no more; no longer | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) |