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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| 显著 顯著 | outstanding; notable; remarkable; statistically significant | |
| 无聊 無聊 | bored; boring; senseless | |
| 针对 針對 | to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to | |
| 独立 獨立 | independent; independence; to stand alone | |
| 编 編 | to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up | |
| 权利 權利 | right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth | |
| 吸引 吸引 | to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate | |
| 想象 想象 | to imagine; to envision; imagination | |
| 秘密 秘密 | secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret | |
| 梦想 夢想 | (fig.) to dream of; dream | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 的确 的確 | really; indeed | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross | |
| 丈夫 丈夫 | husband | |
| 政治 政治 | politics; political | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 律师 律師 | lawyer | |
| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 无论 無論 | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... | |
| 遇到 遇到 | to meet; to run into; to come across | |
| 加入 加入 | to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in | |
| 附近 附近 | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 似乎 似乎 | it seems; seemingly; as if | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 未来 未來 | future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 研究 研究 | research; a study; to research; to look into | |
| 是否 是否 | whether (or not); if; is or isn't | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 甚至 甚至 | even; so much so that | |
| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 作为 作為 | one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be | |
| 选择 選擇 | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 感冒 感冒 | to catch cold; (common) cold; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 某人 某人 | someone; a certain person; some people; I (self-address after one's surname) | Proper Noun |
| 天安门广场 天安門廣場 | Tiananmen Square | Proper Noun |
| 李白 李白 | Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet | Proper Noun |
| 古龙 古龍 | Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter | Proper Noun |
| 星期一 星期一 | Monday | Proper Noun |