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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泛 氾 fàn to drift, float; careless, reckless ∼HSK 4
勇 勇 yǒng brave, courageous, fierce ∼HSK 4
扫黄 掃黃 sǎo huáng campaign against pornography ∼HSK 4
无罪 無罪 wú zuì innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime) ∼HSK 4
默写 默寫 mò xiě to write from memory ∼HSK 4
冰块 冰塊 bīng kuài ice cube; ice chunk ∼HSK 4
落难 落難 luò nàn to meet with misfortune; to fall into dire straits ∼HSK 4
忆 憶 yì remember, reflect upon; memory ∼HSK 4
苦思 苦思 kǔ sī to think hard; bitter thoughts; to pour out one's sufferings ∼HSK 4
首长 首長 shǒu zhǎng senior official ∼HSK 4
起色 起色 qǐ sè a turn for the better; to pick up; to improve ∼HSK 4
唱诗班 唱詩班 chàng shī bān choir ∼HSK 4
荷 荷 Hé lotus, water lily, holland ∼HSK 4
月色 月色 yuè sè moonlight ∼HSK 4
大志 大志 dà zhì high aims ∼HSK 4
湿气 濕氣 shī qì moisture; humidity; athlete's foot; tinea; eczema ∼HSK 4
掉落 掉落 diào luò to fall down ∼HSK 4
冰湖 冰湖 bīng hú frozen lake ∼HSK 4
丽 麗 Lí beautiful, magnificent, elegant ∼HSK 4
大大方方 大大方方 dà dà fāng fāng confident; calm; natural; poised ∼HSK 4
得主 得主 dé zhǔ recipient (of an award); winner (in a competition) ∼HSK 4
不光彩 不光彩 bù guāng cǎi disgraceful; dishonorable ∼HSK 4
戴上 戴上 dài shang to put on (hat etc) ∼HSK 4
站稳 站穩 zhàn wěn to stand firm ∼HSK 4
好象 好象 hǎo xiàng variant of 好像 ∼HSK 4
安全带 安全帶 ān quán dài seat belt; safety belt ∼HSK 4
开水 開水 kāi shuǐ boiled water; boiling water HSK 4
能干 能幹 néng gàn capable; competent HSK 4
牙刷 牙刷 yá shuā toothbrush HSK 4
开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy; (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish HSK 4
感兴趣 感興趣 gǎn xìng qù to be interested HSK 4
导游 導遊 dǎo yóu tour guide; guidebook; to conduct a tour HSK 4
痛快 痛快 tòng kuài delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tòng kuai] HSK 4
盘子 盤子 pán zi tray; plate; dish HSK 4
离不开 離不開 lí bu kāi inseparable; inevitably linked to HSK 4
赏 賞 shǎng to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) HSK 4
加油站 加油站 jiā yóu zhàn gas station HSK 4
爱国 愛國 ài guó to love one's country; patriotic HSK 4
梦见 夢見 mèng jiàn to dream about (sth or sb); to see in a dream HSK 4
优美 優美 yōu měi graceful; fine; elegant HSK 4
名片 名片 míng piàn (business) card HSK 4
透明 透明 tòu míng transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny HSK 4
老家 老家 lǎo jiā native place; place of origin; home state or region HSK 4
考察 考察 kǎo chá to inspect; to observe and study; on-the-spot investigation HSK 4
穿上 穿上 chuān shang to put on (clothes etc) HSK 4
商务 商務 shāng wù commercial affairs; commercial; commerce; business HSK 4
孙子 孫子 Sūn zǐ Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 HSK 4
骨头 骨頭 gǔ tou bone; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gú tou] HSK 4
品质 品質 pǐn zhì character; intrinsic quality (of a person); quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc) HSK 4
老实 老實 lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4