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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招呼 招呼 zhāo hu to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not HSK 4
镜子 鏡子 jìng zi mirror HSK 4
误会 誤會 wù huì to misunderstand; to mistake; misunderstanding HSK 4
单纯 單純 dān chún simple; pure; unsophisticated; merely; purely HSK 4
逛 逛 guàng to stroll; to visit HSK 4
说不定 說不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
同情 同情 tóng qíng to sympathize with; sympathy HSK 4
扫 掃 sǎo to sweep HSK 4
不在乎 不在乎 bù zài hu not to care HSK 4
眼里 眼裡 yǎnli In the eyes HSK 4
哪怕 哪怕 nǎ pà even; even if; even though; no matter how HSK 4
善良 善良 shàn liáng good and honest; kindhearted HSK 4
移民 移民 yí mín to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant; immigrant HSK 4
无所谓 無所謂 wú suǒ wèi to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be HSK 4
从此 從此 cóng cǐ from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4
反映 反映 fǎn yìng to mirror; to reflect; mirror image; reflection; (fig.) to report; to make known; to render HSK 4
抓紧 抓緊 zhuā jǐn to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing sth) HSK 4
大陆 大陸 Dà lù mainland China (reference to the PRC) HSK 4
收获 收穫 shōu huò to harvest; to reap; to gain; crop; harvest; profit; gain; bonus; reward HSK 4
细 細 xì thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal HSK 4
过分 過分 guò fèn excessive; undue; overly HSK 4
帽子 帽子 mào zi hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name HSK 4
相反 相反 xiāng fǎn opposite; contrary HSK 4
叔叔 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] HSK 4
宽 寬 kuān wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient HSK 4
折 折 zhé to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book HSK 4
沉默 沉默 chén mò taciturn; uncommunicative; silent HSK 4
对付 對付 duì fu to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) HSK 4
培养 培養 péi yǎng to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology) HSK 4
固定 固定 gù dìng to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular HSK 4
降 降 jiàng to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend HSK 4
引 引 yǐn to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈, one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters HSK 4
寄 寄 jì to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) HSK 4
登 登 dēng to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) HSK 4
松 松 sōng loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) HSK 4
脑袋 腦袋 nǎo dai head; skull; brains; mental capability HSK 4
摸 摸 mō to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract HSK 4
似的 似的 shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
牙 牙 yá tooth; ivory HSK 4
分手 分手 fēn shǒu to part company; to split up; to break up HSK 4
挑 挑 tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
追求 追求 zhuī qiú to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo HSK 4
不然 不然 bù rán not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? HSK 4
严格 嚴格 yán gé strict; stringent; tight; rigorous HSK 4
微笑 微笑 wēi xiào smile; to smile HSK 4
盖 蓋 gài lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build HSK 4
女士 女士 nǚ shì lady; madam; Miss; Ms HSK 4
号码 號碼 hào mǎ number HSK 4
烦 煩 fán to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy HSK 4
擦 擦 cā to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) HSK 4