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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靠不住 靠不住 kào bu zhù unreliable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难受 難受 nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
希腊 希臘 Xī là Greece Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
纽约 紐約 Niǔ yuē New York Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
兰克 蘭克 Lán kè Rank (name); Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), important German historian Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
提多 提多 Tí duō Titus (1st century AD), Christian missionary, disciple of St. Paul Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
尼 尼 ní Buddhist nun; transliteration ∼HSK 2
花店 花店 huā diàn flower shop ∼HSK 2
孩子们 孩子們 hái zi men children ∼HSK 2
听不懂 聽不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
靠边 靠邊 kào biān to keep to the side; to pull over; move aside! ∼HSK 2
巴 巴 Bā greatly desire, anxiously hope ∼HSK 2
房车 房車 fáng chē recreational vehicle ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
头一 頭一 tóu yī the first ∼HSK 2
急事 急事 jí shì urgent matter ∼HSK 2
刚一 剛一 gāng yī to be just about to; to have just started to ∼HSK 2
过得 過得 guò dé How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad ∼HSK 2
往前 往前 wǎng qián (in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
交差 交差 jiāo chāi to report back after completion of one's mission ∼HSK 2
选点 選點 xuǎn diǎn to choose an appropriate location ∼HSK 2
得看 得看 děi kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 2
纳 納 Nà admit, take, receive, accept ∼HSK 2
当家 當家 dāng jiā to manage the household; to be the one in charge of the family; to call the shots; to be in charge ∼HSK 2
下脚 下腳 xià jiǎo to get a footing ∼HSK 2
风凉话 風涼話 fēng liáng huà sneering; sarcasm; cynical remarks ∼HSK 2
轻轻 輕輕 qīng qīng lightly; softly ∼HSK 2
想通 想通 xiǎng tōng to figure out; to realize; to become convinced; to come round (to an idea); to get over it ∼HSK 2
大公司 大公司 dà gōng sī large company; corporation ∼HSK 2
洗衣店 洗衣店 xǐ yī diàn laundry (commercial establishment) ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
史 史 Shǐ history, chronicle, annals ∼HSK 2
专 專 zhuān monopolize, take sole possession ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
有权 有權 yǒu quán to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful ∼HSK 2
通电话 通電話 tōng diàn huà to phone sb up ∼HSK 2
宾 賓 bīn guest, visitor; surname; submit ∼HSK 2
重名 重名 chóng míng to have the same name ∼HSK 2