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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| 坏人 壞人 | bad person; villain | |
| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 出租 出租 | to rent | |
| 得出 得出 | to obtain (a result); to arrive at (a conclusion) | |
| 走过 走過 | to walk past; to pass by | |
| 东方 東方 | east | |
| 教室 教室 | classroom | |
| 一共 一共 | altogether | |
| 全家 全家 | whole family | |
| 脏 臟 | viscera; (anatomy) organ | |
| 拿到 拿到 | to get; to obtain | |
| 假期 假期 | vacation | |
| 座位 座位 | seat | |
| 爱人 愛人 | spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC) | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 半夜 半夜 | midnight; in the middle of the night | |
| 凉 涼 | the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 洗澡 洗澡 | to bathe; to take a shower | |
| 校长 校長 | (college, university) president; headmaster | |
| 好人 好人 | good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle | |
| 停车 停車 | to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall | |
| 对话 對話 | to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation | |
| 平安 平安 | safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace | |
| 咱 偺 | see 咱 | |
| 练习 練習 | to practice; exercise; drill; practice | |
| 熟 熟 | ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] | |
| 好久 好久 | quite a while | |
| 懂得 懂得 | to understand; to know; to comprehend | |
| 蓝色 藍色 | blue (color) | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 感动 感動 | to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving | |
| 理想 理想 | an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect | |
| 家长 家長 | head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child | |
| 公里 公里 | kilometer | |
| 道理 道理 | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification | |
| 安静 安靜 | quiet; peaceful; calm | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 看法 看法 | way of looking at a thing; view; opinion | |
| 闻 聞 | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at | |
| 故意 故意 | deliberately; on purpose | |
| 旅行 旅行 | to travel; journey; trip | |
| 黑色 黑色 | black | |
| 租 租 | to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax | |
| 报纸 報紙 | newspaper; newsprint |