Be There or Be Square

Be There or Be Square 1998

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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

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Vocabulary

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yáng sheep; goat HSK 3
yǎn qián before one's eyes; now; at present HSK 3
shāng xīn to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt HSK 3
tián sweet HSK 3
zhǔ dòng to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被动; drive (of gears and shafts etc) HSK 3
pán healthy; at ease HSK 3
bān to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately HSK 3
qiáng liè strong; intense HSK 3
chǔ base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental HSK 3
jǐn jǐn barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more) HSK 3
píng jià to evaluate; to assess HSK 3
shēng life force; vitality HSK 3
dǎo yǎn to direct; director (film etc) HSK 3
yìn xiàng impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory HSK 3
xiāng each other; mutually; mutual HSK 3
yáng guāng sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny) HSK 3
xiàn jīn cash HSK 3
gǎn jǐn hurriedly; without delay HSK 3
fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
xìn rèn to trust; to have confidence in HSK 3
chéng shú mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [chéng shóu] HSK 3
forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once HSK 3
to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things HSK 3
jiǎn zhí simply; really HSK 3
qián miàn ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] HSK 3
píng Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan HSK 3
qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
wài unexpected; accident; mishap HSK 3
cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known HSK 3
biǎo to express; to convey HSK 3
wén huà culture; civilization; cultural HSK 3
dùn 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 HSK 3
gài roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea HSK 3
jǐn tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten HSK 3
pèi to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate HSK 3
hài to be afraid; to be scared HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
調 diào to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody HSK 3
chuàng zào to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record) HSK 3
dài to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon HSK 3
bǎo xiǎn insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to HSK 3
to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary) HSK 3
leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty HSK 3
zhǔn to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of HSK 3
wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
zhí occupation; profession; vocation; professional HSK 3
cuò mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake HSK 3
gǎn shòu to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience HSK 3
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 HSK 3
biàn huà (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation HSK 3