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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měi beautiful HSK 3
shí shàng in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice HSK 3
cóng lái always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) HSK 3
luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
zhù to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies HSK 3
yào necessary; essential; indispensable; required HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
duì fāng the other person; the other side; the other party HSK 3
nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
jià zhí value; worth; fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) HSK 3
jǐng chá police; police officer HSK 3
biǎo yǎn play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate HSK 3
local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) HSK 3
jiǔ (long) time; (long) duration of time HSK 3
tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
běn basic; fundamental; main; elementary HSK 3
běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
réng still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often HSK 3
rén lèi humanity; human race; mankind HSK 3
shēn deep (lit. and fig.) HSK 3
xùn liàn to train; to drill; training HSK 3
jié hūn to marry; to get married HSK 3
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation HSK 3
rèn responsibility; blame; duty HSK 3
rán nature; natural; naturally HSK 3
zhī to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions HSK 3
zào chéng to bring about; to create; to cause HSK 3
gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
liang power; force; strength HSK 3
chéng city walls; city; town HSK 3
jiě to comprehend; to understand HSK 3
tán to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss HSK 3
power; force; strength; ability; strenuously HSK 3
xià to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
bìng qiě and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition HSK 3
guāng light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered HSK 3
zhuā to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch HSK 3
wèi everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you HSK 3
hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
jué duì absolute; unconditional HSK 3
dào finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
jiǎn dān simple; not complicated HSK 3
shāng to injure; injury; wound HSK 3
线 xiàn thread; string; wire; line; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) HSK 3
zuò to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation HSK 3
lián connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch HSK 3
rèn wu mission; assignment; task; duty; role HSK 3
róng easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3