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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女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
克星 剋星 kè xīng nemesis; bane; fated to be ill-matched ∼HSK 2
绿卡 綠卡 lǜ kǎ permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) ∼HSK 2
交友 交友 jiāo yǒu to make friends ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
狗屎 狗屎 gǒu shǐ canine excrement; dog poo; bullshit ∼HSK 2
人头 人頭 rén tóu person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) ∼HSK 2
后院 後院 hòu yuàn rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.) ∼HSK 2
带过 帶過 dài guò to give sth only cursory attention; to treat sth as not very significant ∼HSK 2
带孩子 帶孩子 dài hái zi to look after a baby; to take care of a young child ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
一句 一句 yī jù a line of verse; a sentence ∼HSK 2
听得懂 聽得懂 tīng de dǒng to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says) ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
拉手 拉手 lā shǒu to hold hands; to shake hands ∼HSK 2
数数 數數 shǔ shù to count; to reckon ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
意中人 意中人 yì zhōng rén sweetheart; one's true love; the person of one's thoughts ∼HSK 2
说得过去 說得過去 shuō de guò qù acceptable; passable; justifiable; (of a course of action) to make sense ∼HSK 2
狗东西 狗東西 gǒu dōng xi scumbag; scoundrel ∼HSK 2
口红 口紅 kǒu hóng lipstick ∼HSK 2
信不过 信不過 xìn bù guò to distrust; to be suspicious ∼HSK 2
急着 急著 jí zhe urgently ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
咖啡馆 咖啡館 kā fēi guǎn café; coffee shop ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
省得 省得 shěng de to avoid; so as to save (money or time) ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
生词 生詞 shēng cí new word (in textbook); word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied HSK 2
过意不去 過意不去 guò yì bù qù to feel very apologetic ∼HSK 2
养老院 養老院 yǎng lǎo yuàn nursing home ∼HSK 2
心里话 心裡話 xīn li huà (to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind; secret mind ∼HSK 2
饭馆 飯館 fàn guǎn restaurant HSK 2
黑板 黑板 hēi bǎn blackboard HSK 2
中餐 中餐 zhōng cān lunch; Chinese meal; Chinese food HSK 2
到头来 到頭來 dào tóu lái in the end; finally; as a result ∼HSK 2
站住 站住 zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
走进 走進 zǒu jìn to enter HSK 2
打交道 打交道 dǎ jiāo dào to come into contact with; to have dealings ∼HSK 2
护照 護照 hù zhào passport HSK 2
目的地 目的地 mù dì dì destination (location) ∼HSK 2
出国 出國 chū guó to go abroad; to leave the country HSK 2
课堂 課堂 kè táng classroom HSK 2
复习 復習 fù xí to review; revision HSK 2
手表 手錶 shǒu biǎo wristwatch HSK 2
旅客 旅客 lǚ kè traveler; tourist HSK 2
天上 天上 tiān shàng celestial; heavenly HSK 2