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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拒绝 拒絕 jù jué to refuse; to decline; to reject HSK 5
颗 顆 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
女性 女性 nǚ xìng woman; the female sex HSK 5
执行 執行 zhí xíng to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run HSK 5
棒 棒 bàng stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
傻 傻 shǎ foolish HSK 5
即使 即使 jí shǐ even if; even though HSK 5
放弃 放棄 fàng qì to renounce; to abandon; to give up HSK 5
拥有 擁有 yōng yǒu to have; to possess HSK 5
控制 控制 kòng zhì to control HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
悔不当初 悔不當初 huǐ bù dāng chū to regret one's past deeds (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
刻薄 刻薄 kè bó unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
罗莎 羅莎 Luó shā Rosa (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
里尔 里爾 Lǐ ěr Lille (city in France) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
杜甫 杜甫 Dù Fǔ Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
尘埃落定 塵埃落定 Chén āi luò dìng "Red Poppies", novel by Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
王丹 王丹 Wáng Dān Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
香港大学 香港大學 Xiāng gǎng Dà xué The University of Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
文化大革命 文化大革命 Wén huà Dà gé mìng Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
温哥华 溫哥華 Wēn gē huá Vancouver (city in Canada) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
人权观察 人權觀察 Rén quán Guān chá Human Rights Watch (HRW), New York-based non-governmental organization Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
童子军 童子軍 Tóng zǐ jūn Scout (youth organization) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
弗 弗 fú not, negative ∼HSK 4
曼 曼 màn long, extended, vast; beautiful ∼HSK 4
莎 莎 shā kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoats ∼HSK 4
迪 迪 dí enlighten, advance; progress ∼HSK 4
亲吻 親吻 qīn wěn to kiss; kiss ∼HSK 4
军车 軍車 jūn chē military vehicle ∼HSK 4
停职 停職 tíng zhí to suspend (sb) from duties ∼HSK 4
忘却 忘卻 wàng què to forget ∼HSK 4
苦痛 苦痛 kǔ tòng pain; suffering ∼HSK 4
擦干 擦乾 cā gān to wipe dry ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
白日梦 白日夢 bái rì mèng daydream; reverie ∼HSK 4
传呼机 傳呼機 chuán hū jī pager; beeper ∼HSK 4
整齐划一 整齊劃一 zhěng qí huà yī to be adjusted to uniformity (usually of weights and measures) (idiom) ∼HSK 4
归咎 歸咎 guī jiù to put the blame on; to accuse ∼HSK 4
流落 流落 liú luò to wander about destitute; to be stranded ∼HSK 4
前卫 前衛 qián wèi advanced guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (soccer position) ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4