Be There or Be Square 1998
不见不散
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".
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 羊 羊 | sheep; goat | |
| 眼前 眼前 | before one's eyes; now; at present | |
| 伤心 傷心 | to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt | |
| 甜 甜 | sweet | |
| 主动 主動 | to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被动; drive (of gears and shafts etc) | |
| 胖 胖 | healthy; at ease | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 强烈 強烈 | strong; intense | |
| 基础 基礎 | base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental | |
| 仅仅 僅僅 | barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more) | |
| 评价 評價 | to evaluate; to assess | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 导演 導演 | to direct; director (film etc) | |
| 印象 印象 | impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory | |
| 互相 互相 | each other; mutually; mutual | |
| 阳光 陽光 | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny) | |
| 现金 現金 | cash | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 信任 信任 | to trust; to have confidence in | |
| 成熟 成熟 | mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [chéng shóu] | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 和平 和平 | Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 意外 意外 | unexpected; accident; mishap | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 表达 表達 | to express; to convey | |
| 文化 文化 | culture; civilization; cultural | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 紧 緊 | tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 调 調 | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody | |
| 创造 創造 | to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record) | |
| 代 代 | to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon | |
| 保险 保險 | insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to | |
| 系 係 | to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary) | |
| 皮 皮 | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty | |
| 准 准 | to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 职业 職業 | occupation; profession; vocation; professional | |
| 错误 錯誤 | mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake | |
| 感受 感受 | to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience | |
| 破 破 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 变化 變化 | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |