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".
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Vocabulary
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| 一早 一早 | early in the morning; at dawn | |
| 轰 轟 | explosion; bang; boom; rumble; to attack; to shoo away; to expel | |
| 良心 良心 | conscience | |
| 废话 廢話 | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 恶劣 惡劣 | vile; nasty; of very poor quality | |
| 赐 賜 | to confer; to bestow; to grant; Taiwan pr. [sì] | |
| 乐意 樂意 | to be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth; to be happy to do sth; content; satisfied | |
| 证人 證人 | witness | |
| 临 臨 | to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before | |
| 辞 辤 | old variant of 辞 | |
| 迈 邁 | to take a step; to stride | |
| 笨蛋 笨蛋 | fool; idiot | |
| 凑 湊 | to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity | |
| 开枪 開槍 | to open fire; to shoot a gun | |
| 尊严 尊嚴 | dignity; sanctity; honor; majesty | |
| 拜托 拜託 | to request sb to do sth; please! | |
| 消 消 | to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take | |
| 倒霉 倒霉 | to have bad luck; to be out of luck | |
| 流氓 流氓 | rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior | |
| 趴 趴 | to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent | |
| 片子 片子 | film; movie; film reel; phonograph record; X-ray image | |
| 麻 蔴 | variant of 麻; hemp | |
| 罐 罐 | can; jar; pot | |
| 保佑 保佑 | to bless and protect; blessing | |
| 拼命 拼命 | to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it | |
| 有意 有意 | to intend; intentionally; interested in | |
| 别墅 別墅 | villa | |
| 抹 抹 | to wipe | |
| 脆弱 脆弱 | weak; frail | |
| 车祸 車禍 | traffic accident; car crash | |
| 驾 駕 | to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) | |
| 清晰 清晰 | clear; distinct | |
| 秩序 秩序 | order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society) | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 玫瑰 玫瑰 | rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa); rose flower | |
| 瞎 瞎 | blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 授权 授權 | to authorize | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 感激 感激 | to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful | |
| 荣誉 榮譽 | honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary | |
| 寻 尋 | to search; to look for; to seek | |
| 注定 註定 | to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably | |
| 伴 伴 | partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany | |
| 监狱 監獄 | prison | |
| 烤 烤 | to roast; to bake; to broil | |
| 致 緻 | (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite | |
| 醒来 醒來 | to waken | |
| 结局 結局 | conclusion; ending |