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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| 于 於 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 婷 婷 | pretty; attractive; graceful | |
| 穆 穆 | majestic, solemn, reverent; calm | |
| 扔掉 扔掉 | to throw away; to throw out | |
| 摩卡 摩卡 | mocha (loanword) | |
| 预览 預覽 | preview; to preview | |
| 倪 倪 | feeble, tiny, young and weak | |
| 两样 兩樣 | not the same; different | |
| 偷窃 偷竊 | to steal; to pilfer | |
| 发疯 發瘋 | to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind | |
| 爱国主义 愛國主義 | patriotism | |
| 社会性 社會性 | social | |
| 不方便 不方便 | inconvenience; inconvenient | |
| 垒 壘 | rampart, military wall | |
| 靠岸 靠岸 | (of a boat) to reach the shore; to pull toward shore; close to shore; landfall | |
| 胶卷 膠卷 | film; roll of film; also written 膠捲|胶卷 | |
| 柳 柳 | willow tree; pleasure | |
| 枪声 槍聲 | crack; shooting sound; gunshot | |
| 炮火 炮火 | artillery barrage; gunfire | |
| 为所欲为 為所欲為 | (idiom) to do whatever one pleases | |
| 谈恋爱 談戀愛 | to be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating | |
| 装傻 裝傻 | to act stupid; to pretend to be naive | |
| 什么话 什麼話 | what kind of talk | |
| 在逃 在逃 | to be at large (of a criminal) | |
| 佛祖 佛祖 | the Buddha | |
| 柠檬 檸檬 | lemon | |
| 军事行动 軍事行動 | military operation | |
| 何 何 | what (literary) | |
| 鼓起勇气 鼓起勇氣 | to summon one's courage | |
| 复仇 復仇 | to avenge; vengeance | |
| 各种各样 各種各樣 | various kinds; all sorts | |
| 未曾 未曾 | hasn't (or haven't); hasn't ever | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 贺卡 賀卡 | greeting card; congratulation card | |
| 快活 快活 | happy; cheerful | |
| 创立 創立 | to establish; to set up; to found | |
| 逃走 逃走 | to escape; to flee; to run away | |
| 清晨 清晨 | early morning | |
| 点燃 點燃 | to ignite; to set on fire; aflame | |
| 再也 再也 | (not) any more | |
| 拜访 拜訪 | to pay a visit; to call on | |
| 艰苦 艱苦 | difficult; hard; arduous | |
| 蝴蝶 蝴蝶 | butterfly | |
| 差距 差距 | disparity; gap | |
| 岁月 歲月 | years; time | |
| 签约 簽約 | to sign a contract or agreement | |
| 猜测 猜測 | to guess; to conjecture; to surmise | |
| 兔子 兔子 | hare; rabbit | |
| 逃跑 逃跑 | to flee from sth; to run away; to escape |