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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怪事 怪事 guài shì strange thing; curious occurrence Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
刻薄 刻薄 kè bó unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
聊天 聊天 liáo tiān to chat; to gossip Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
问候 問候 wèn hòu to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
印度洋 印度洋 Yìn dù yáng Indian Ocean Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宝马 寶馬 Bǎo mǎ BMW (car company) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
警员 警員 jǐng yuán police officer; policeman (general term for any police officer); police constable (lowest rank in mainland China and Hong Kong) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
青藏高原 青藏高原 Qīng Zàng gāo yuán Qinghai-Tibetan plateau Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
霍华德 霍華德 Huò huá dé (name) Howard Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
杰克 傑克 Jié kè Jack (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣父 聖父 Shèng fù Holy Father; God the Father (in the Christian Trinity) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣子 聖子 Shèng zǐ Holy Son; Jesus Christ; God the Son (in the Christian Trinity) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣灵 聖靈 Shèng líng Holy Ghost; Holy Spirit Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
史密斯 史密斯 Shǐ mì sī Smith (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
鲁迅 魯迅 Lǔ Xùn Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
尼泊尔 尼泊爾 Ní bó ěr Nepal Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
尼泊尔王国 尼泊爾王國 Ní bó ěr Wáng guó Kingdom of Nepal Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
新港 新港 Xīn gǎng Xingang or Hsinkang Township in Chiayi County, west Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
格力 格力 Gé lì Gree (brand) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西方人 西方人 Xī fāng rén Westerner; Occidental Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
毛主席 毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
有劲儿 有勁兒 yǒujìnr Strength HSK 4
咱俩 咱倆 zán liǎ the two of us ∼HSK 4
警察局 警察局 jǐng chá jú police station; police department; police headquarters ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
移民局 移民局 yí mín jú immigration office ∼HSK 4
帕 帕 pà turban, kerchief, veil; wrap ∼HSK 4
迪 迪 dí enlighten, advance; progress ∼HSK 4
速成班 速成班 sù chéng bān intensive course; crash course ∼HSK 4
不见不散 不見不散 bù jiàn bù sàn lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom); fig. Be sure to wait!; See you there! ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
翻脸 翻臉 fān liǎn to fall out with sb; to become hostile ∼HSK 4
玛 瑪 mǎ agate; cornelian ∼HSK 4
雅 雅 yǎ elegant, graceful, refined ∼HSK 4
屁 屁 pì break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
擦干 擦乾 cā gān to wipe dry ∼HSK 4
货色 貨色 huò sè goods; (derog.) stuff; trash ∼HSK 4
安家 安家 ān jiā to settle down; to set up a home ∼HSK 4
投保 投保 tóu bǎo to take out insurance; to insure ∼HSK 4
烦人 煩人 fán rén to annoy; annoying; irritating; troublesome ∼HSK 4
何等 何等 hé děng what kind?; how, what; somewhat ∼HSK 4
热诚 熱誠 rè chéng devotion; fervor ∼HSK 4
苦活 苦活 kǔ huó bitter work; sweated labor ∼HSK 4
掂量 掂量 diān liang to weigh in the hand; to consider; to weigh up; Taiwan pr. [dian1liang2] ∼HSK 4