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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亲友 親友 qīn yǒu friends and relatives HSK 7
不算 不算 bù suàn to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight HSK 7
辜负 辜負 gū fù to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint HSK 7
天性 天性 tiān xìng nature; innate tendency HSK 7
平和 平和 Píng hé Pinghe county in Zhangzhou 州, Fujian HSK 7
空前 空前 kōng qián unprecedented HSK 7
祖先 祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved HSK 7
高涨 高漲 gāo zhǎng to surge up; to rise; (of tensions etc) to run high HSK 7
帮手 幫手 bāng shǒu helper; assistant HSK 7
酥 酥 sū flaky pastry; crunchy; limp; soft; silky HSK 7
墓地 墓地 mù dì cemetery; graveyard HSK 7
衷心 衷心 zhōng xīn heartfelt; wholehearted; cordial HSK 7
管辖 管轄 guǎn xiá to administer; to have jurisdiction (over) HSK 7
获悉 獲悉 huò xī to learn of sth; to find out; to get news HSK 7
缓缓 緩緩 huǎn huǎn slowly; unhurriedly; little by little HSK 7
观赏 觀賞 guān shǎng to look at sth with pleasure; to watch (sth marvelous); ornamental HSK 7
操心 操心 cāo xīn to worry about HSK 7
红灯 紅燈 hóng dēng red light HSK 7
糊 䊀 hú muddled; paste; scorched HSK 7
发财 發財 fā cái to get rich HSK 7
葬礼 葬禮 zàng lǐ burial; funeral HSK 7
苍蝇 蒼蠅 cāng ying housefly HSK 7
一头 一頭 yī tóu one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously HSK 7
当面 當面 dāng miàn to sb's face; in sb's presence HSK 7
保重 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7
入手 入手 rù shǒu to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 从 + {noun} + 手: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point"); to receive; to obtain; to buy HSK 7
正经 正經 zhèng jīng decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards HSK 7
草坪 草坪 cǎo píng lawn HSK 7
起步 起步 qǐ bù to set out; to set in motion; the start (of some activity) HSK 7
支票 支票 zhī piào check (bank); cheque HSK 7
琢磨 琢磨 zhuó mó to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work HSK 7
飞往 飛往 fēi wǎng Go to HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
非得 非得 fēi děi (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must HSK 7
出示 出示 chū shì to show; to take out and show to others; to display HSK 7
警车 警車 jǐng chē police car HSK 7
大气 大氣 dà qì atmosphere (surrounding the earth); imposing; impressive; stylish HSK 7
橘子 橘子 jú zi tangerine HSK 7
后退 後退 hòu tuì to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat HSK 7
彩虹 彩虹 cǎi hóng rainbow HSK 7
耽误 耽誤 dān wu to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with HSK 7
智商 智商 zhì shāng IQ (intelligence quotient) HSK 7
默契 默契 mò qì tacit understanding; mutual understanding; rapport; connected at a deep level with each other; (of team members) well coordinated; tight HSK 7
永久 永久 yǒng jiǔ everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent HSK 7
漆 漆 qī paint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc) HSK 7
缓 緩 huǎn slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate HSK 7
动静 動靜 dòng jìng (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness HSK 7
灿烂 燦爛 càn làn to glitter; brilliant; splendid HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
警官 警官 jǐng guān constable; police officer HSK 7