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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卡尔 卡爾 Kǎ ěr Karl (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
市中心 市中心 shì zhōng xīn city center; downtown Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
萨 薩 Sà Buddhist gods or immortals ∼HSK 3
吴 吳 Wú name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
每个人 每個人 měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
另一 另一 lìng yī another; the other ∼HSK 3
修女 修女 xiū nǚ nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches) ∼HSK 3
同性恋 同性戀 tóng xìng liàn homosexuality; gay person; gay love ∼HSK 3
秋雨 秋雨 qiū yǔ autumn rain ∼HSK 3
叶 葉 xié to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf ∼HSK 3
赶出 趕出 gǎn chū to drive away ∼HSK 3
总有 總有 zǒng yǒu inevitably there will be ∼HSK 3
岁时 歲時 suì shí season; time of the year ∼HSK 3
修好 修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds ∼HSK 3
有些人 有些人 yǒu xiē rén some people ∼HSK 3
信使 信使 xìn shǐ messenger; courier ∼HSK 3
六十年代 六十年代 liù shí nián dài the sixties; the 1960s ∼HSK 3
付钱 付錢 fù qián to pay money ∼HSK 3
饿死 餓死 è sǐ to starve to death; to be very hungry ∼HSK 3
双眼 雙眼 shuāng yǎn the two eyes ∼HSK 3
真香 真香 zhēn xiāng awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014) ∼HSK 3
派对 派對 pài duì (loanword) party ∼HSK 3
静一静 靜一靜 jìng yī jìng to put sth to rest; calm down a bit! ∼HSK 3
已婚 已婚 yǐ hūn married ∼HSK 3
别管 別管 bié guǎn no matter (who, what etc) ∼HSK 3
相爱 相愛 xiāng ài to love each other ∼HSK 3
心跳 心跳 xīn tiào heartbeat; pulse ∼HSK 3
沙 沙 Shā sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated ∼HSK 3
抓紧时间 抓緊時間 zhuā jǐn shí jiān to waste no time in (doing sth); to hurry up ∼HSK 3
音乐家 音樂家 yīn yuè jiā musician ∼HSK 3
莱 萊 lái goosefoot, weed; fallow field ∼HSK 3
管他呢 管他呢 guǎn tā ne don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter; whatever; anyway ∼HSK 3
费心 費心 fèi xīn to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
好久不见 好久不見 hǎo jiǔ bu jiàn long time no see ∼HSK 3
谈谈 談談 tán tán to discuss; to have a chat ∼HSK 3
味 味 wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy ∼HSK 3
搬出去 搬出去 bān chū qù to move out (vacate); to shift sth out ∼HSK 3
不相容 不相容 bù xiāng róng incompatible ∼HSK 3
房租 房租 fáng zū rent for a room or house HSK 3
标题 標題 biāo tí title; heading; headline; caption; subject HSK 3
歌声 歌聲 gē shēng singing voice; fig. original voice of a poet HSK 3
吵架 吵架 chǎo jià to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel HSK 3
家具 家具 jiā jù furniture HSK 3
热爱 熱愛 rè ài to love ardently; to adore HSK 3
乐队 樂隊 yuè duì band; pop group HSK 3
民族 民族 mín zú nationality; ethnic group HSK 3
才能 才能 cái néng talent; ability; capacity HSK 3
先进 先進 xiān jìn advanced (technology); to advance HSK 3
看起来 看起來 kàn qǐ lai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be HSK 3
课程 課程 kè chéng course; academic program HSK 3