Be There or Be Square

Be There or Be Square 1998

不见不散 bùjiànbùsàn

The story of two Chinese immigrants' struggles in America. Yuan Liu has lived in LA for years. He has no stable job, no family and lives in a wagon. He seems content with his life until the day he meets Qing Li, a woman with the big "American dream".

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4.05 Intermediate Director Feng Xiaogang IMDb 7.2

Cast

Ge You Ge You Liu Yuan Xu Fan Xu Fan Li Qing Bobby C. King Bobby C. King Masked robber Feng Xiaogang Feng Xiaogang Cameo

Vocabulary

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无亲无故 無親無故 wú qīn wú gù 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 亲: relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 故: ancient, old; reason, because Idiom ∼HSK 7
童心未泯 童心未泯 tóng xīn wèi mǐn 童: child, boy, servant boy; virgin · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 未: not yet; 8th terrestrial branch · 泯: destroy, eliminate; perish Idiom ∼HSK 7
化险为夷 化險為夷 huà xiǎn wéi yí to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster Idiom HSK 7
乱七八糟 亂七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled Idiom HSK 7
淘气 淘氣 táo qì naughty; mischievous Xiehouyu HSK 7
无情 無情 wú qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
多余 多餘 duō yú superfluous; unnecessary; surplus Xiehouyu HSK 7
逮 逮 dǎi (coll.) to catch; to seize Colloquialism HSK 7
戳 戳 chuō to jab; to poke; to stab; (coll.) to sprain; to blunt; to fuck (vulgar); to stand; to stand (sth) upright; stamp; seal Colloquialism HSK 7
扯 扯 chě to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey Colloquialism HSK 7
旗袍 旗袍 qí páo Chinese-style dress; cheongsam HSK 7
备课 備課 bèi kè (of a teacher) to prepare lessons HSK 7
把关 把關 bǎ guān to guard a pass; to check on sth HSK 7
万万 萬萬 wàn wàn absolutely; wholly HSK 7
吃苦 吃苦 chī kǔ to bear hardships HSK 7
没落 沒落 mò luò to decline; to wane HSK 7
世故 世故 shì gù the ways of the world HSK 7
陡 陡 dǒu steep; precipitous; abrubtly; suddenly; unexpectedly HSK 7
不慎 不慎 bù shèn incautious; inattentive HSK 7
迎面 迎面 yíng miàn directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind) HSK 7
遇上 遇上 yù shàng to come across (sb); to run into HSK 7
山脉 山脈 shān mài mountain range HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
机灵 機靈 jī ling clever; quick-witted HSK 7
发愁 發愁 fā chóu to worry; to fret; to be anxious; to become sad HSK 7
清静 清靜 qīng jìng quiet; peaceful and quiet HSK 7
替身 替身 tì shēn stand-in; substitute; body double; stuntman; scapegoat; fall guy; to stand in for sb else HSK 7
嗅觉 嗅覺 xiù jué sense of smell HSK 7
湿润 濕潤 shī rùn moist HSK 7
年薪 年薪 nián xīn annual salary HSK 7
顶多 頂多 dǐng duō at most; at best HSK 7
口子 口子 kǒu zi hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc); precedent HSK 7
风水 風水 fēng shuǐ feng shui; geomancy HSK 7
没劲 沒勁 méi jìn to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest HSK 7
清澈 清澈 qīng chè clear; limpid HSK 7
拍戏 拍戲 pāi xì to shoot a movie HSK 7
垫底 墊底 diàn dǐ to put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime; to lay the foundation; to come last in the rankings HSK 7
谋生 謀生 móu shēng to seek one's livelihood; to work to support oneself; to earn a living HSK 7
失明 失明 shī míng to lose one's eyesight; to become blind; blindness HSK 7
吓唬 嚇唬 xià hu to scare; to frighten HSK 7
敬业 敬業 jìng yè dedicated to one's work HSK 7
剃 剃 tì to shave HSK 7
惊醒 驚醒 jīng xǐng to rouse; to be woken by sth; to wake with a start; to sleep lightly HSK 7
蒜 蒜 suàn garlic HSK 7
灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb; see also 电灯泡; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) HSK 7
趁着 趁著 chènzhe while HSK 7
歉意 歉意 qiàn yì apology; regret HSK 7
执照 執照 zhí zhào license; permit HSK 7
过瘾 過癮 guò yǐn to satisfy a craving; to get a kick out of sth; gratifying; immensely enjoyable; satisfying; fulfilling HSK 7
镇静 鎮靜 zhèn jìng calm; cool HSK 7