Be There or Be Square

Be There or Be Square 1998

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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

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Vocabulary

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hài to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity HSK 5
shòu thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive HSK 5
li glass; (slang) male homosexual HSK 5
yìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial HSK 5
xīn exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) HSK 5
huò shì or; either one or the other HSK 5
rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5
duǒ to hide; to dodge; to avoid HSK 5
quán shì jiè worldwide; entire world HSK 5
bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
suì (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous HSK 5
jià price; value; (chemistry) valence HSK 5
cāi to guess HSK 5
zhuàng to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident HSK 5
to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
zhōu Europe (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲) HSK 5
zūn zhòng to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper HSK 5
cōng ming intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) HSK 5
to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5
to remember; to recall; memory HSK 5
trick; drama; play; show HSK 5
nán hard to (predict, imagine etc) HSK 5
yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
jiā shàng plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that HSK 5
yāo qǐng to invite; invitation HSK 5
diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
dāi foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay HSK 5
fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
zhí xíng to implement; to carry out; to execute; to run HSK 5
dàn in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day HSK 5
bàng stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5
qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
guān jiàn crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal HSK 5
xiǎng shòu to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
fàng to renounce; to abandon; to give up HSK 5
zài one more time; again; one more; once again HSK 5
Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
like this; so; such HSK 5
gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
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
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
cái xiǎo yòng using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom); a sledgehammer to crack a nut Idiom ∼HSK 4