Be There or Be Square

Be There or Be Square 1998

bùjiànsàn

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".

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
4.05 Intermediate Director Feng Xiaogang IMDb 7.2

Cast

Vocabulary

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
gōng píng fair; impartial HSK 2
guān diǎn point of view; viewpoint; standpoint HSK 2
fàng xià to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc) HSK 2
qíng cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately HSK 2
hóng red (color); revolutionary HSK 2
ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
suí shí at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary HSK 2
便 便 suí biàn as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton HSK 2
Yīng English (language) HSK 2
chà bu duō almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad HSK 2
awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly HSK 2
xīn zhōng central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart HSK 2
shí reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual HSK 2
yán language HSK 2
shén me yàng what kind?; what sort? HSK 2
duō me how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent HSK 2
jiǎo angle; point of view HSK 2
chéng achievement; performance records; grades HSK 2
hǎo duō many; quite a lot; much better HSK 2
qīng light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage HSK 2
huáng yellow; pornographic; to fall through HSK 2
qiān thousand HSK 2
gāo to raise; to increase; to improve HSK 2
liàng bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal HSK 2
téng (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly HSK 2
urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious HSK 2
zhào gu to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after HSK 2
shēng all one's life; throughout one's life HSK 2
fēng to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters HSK 2
jiāo gěi to give; to deliver; to hand over HSK 2
tóu fa hair (on the head) HSK 2
xíng won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable HSK 2
xiǎng way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth) HSK 2
zěn me bàn what's to be done HSK 2
xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] HSK 2
suàn to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation HSK 2
zěn me yàng how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? HSK 2
biàn everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time HSK 2
yǎng to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth HSK 2
biǎo exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) HSK 2
shí zài really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality HSK 2
liú to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade HSK 2
guàn habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to HSK 2
tōng zhī to notify; to inform; notice; notification HSK 2
tuǐ leg HSK 2
xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
jiào to educate; to teach; education HSK 2
liú xià to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go HSK 2