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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血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
旧金山 舊金山 Jiù jīn shān San Francisco, California Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
洛杉矶 洛杉磯 Luò shān jī Los Angeles, California Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
太平洋 太平洋 Tài píng Yáng Pacific Ocean Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台北 臺北 Tái běi Taipei, capital of Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
铁人 鐵人 Tiě rén Ironman Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
老城 老城 lǎo chéng old town; old district of a city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
星期三 星期三 Xīng qī sān Wednesday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
蒋介石 蔣介石 Jiǎng Jiè shí Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975 Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
事儿 事兒 shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
己 己 jǐ self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
康 康 Kāng peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy ∼HSK 3
张嘴 張嘴 zhāng zuǐ to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape ∼HSK 3
没法 沒法 méi fǎ at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice ∼HSK 3
烟头 煙頭 yān tóu cigarette butt; fag-end ∼HSK 3
萨 薩 Sà Buddhist gods or immortals ∼HSK 3
省心 省心 shěng xīn to cause no trouble; to be spared worry; worry-free ∼HSK 3
总得 總得 zǒng děi must; have to; be bound to ∼HSK 3
手心 手心 shǒu xīn palm (of one's hand); control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) ∼HSK 3
拍电影 拍電影 pāi diàn yǐng to make a movie ∼HSK 3
陆 陸 Lù land, continental; army ∼HSK 3
生活方式 生活方式 shēng huó fāng shì way of life; lifestyle ∼HSK 3
保费 保費 bǎo fèi insurance premium ∼HSK 3
馆 館 guǎn variant of ∼HSK 3
财 財 cái wealth, valuables, riches ∼HSK 3
光能 光能 guāng néng light energy (e.g. solar) ∼HSK 3
摺 摺 zhé fold, bend; twisted, curved ∼HSK 3
合租 合租 hé zū to rent jointly with other people; co-renting ∼HSK 3
邮差 郵差 yóu chāi postman; mailman (dated in mainland China) ∼HSK 3
活活 活活 huó huó while still alive; simply; totally ∼HSK 3
气死 氣死 qì sǐ to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger ∼HSK 3
艾 艾 Ài artemisia, mugwort; translit. ∼HSK 3
收容 收容 shōu róng to provide a place to stay; to house; to accommodate; (of an institution etc) to take in; to accept ∼HSK 3
光照 光照 guāng zhào illumination ∼HSK 3
之上 之上 zhī shàng above ∼HSK 3
来世 來世 lái shì afterlife; next life ∼HSK 3
阿门 阿門 ā mén amen (loanword) ∼HSK 3
吉 吉 Jí lucky, propitious, good ∼HSK 3
兰 蘭 Lán orchid; elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
澡 澡 zǎo wash, bathe ∼HSK 3
证词 證詞 zhèng cí testimony ∼HSK 3
洛 洛 Luò river in Shanxi province; city ∼HSK 3
心地 心地 xīn dì character ∼HSK 3
光亮 光亮 guāng liàng bright ∼HSK 3
有心 有心 yǒu xīn to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate ∼HSK 3
有兴趣 有興趣 yǒu xìng qù interested; interesting ∼HSK 3
合办 合辦 hé bàn to cooperate; to do business together ∼HSK 3
累心 累心 lèi xīn taxing (mentally or emotionally) ∼HSK 3