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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想起来 想起來 xiǎng qi lai to remember; to recall ∼HSK 1
来着 來著 lái zhe auxiliary showing sth happened in the past ∼HSK 1
跟人 跟人 gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
不下 不下 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
没事 沒事 méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
看点 看點 kàn diǎn highlight (of an event, movie etc) ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
哪个 哪個 nǎ ge which; who ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
语 語 yǔ language, words; saying, expression ∼HSK 1
吾等 吾等 wú děng (literary) we; us ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
一说 一說 yī shuō an expression of opinion; according to some ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
想见 想見 xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1
变得 變得 biàn de to become ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
男的 男的 nán de man ∼HSK 1
不分 不分 bù fēn not to distinguish; to make no distinction; (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role) ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
好朋友 好朋友 hǎo péng you good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) ∼HSK 1
在一起 在一起 zài yī qǐ together ∼HSK 1
下飞机 下飛機 xià fēi jī to get off a plane; to deplane ∼HSK 1
校对 校對 jiào duì proofreader; to proofread; to calibrate ∼HSK 1
哥们儿 哥們兒 gē men r erhua variant of ∼HSK 1
看家 看家 kān jiā to look after the house; (of skill, ability) special; outstanding ∼HSK 1
怎么着 怎麼著 zěn me zhāo what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5] ∼HSK 1
看不出 看不出 kàn bu chū can't discern ∼HSK 1
帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
看不过去 看不過去 kàn bu guò qu cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer ∼HSK 1
老老 老老 lǎo lao maternal grandmother; same as 姥姥 ∼HSK 1
俄国 俄國 É guó Russia ∼HSK 1
不明 不明 bù míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
说好 說好 shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations ∼HSK 1
要钱 要錢 yào qián to charge; to demand payment ∼HSK 1
我去 我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
还给 還給 huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
第二天 第二天 dì èr tiān next day; the morrow ∼HSK 1
到现在 到現在 dào xiàn zài up until now; to date ∼HSK 1
一年多 一年多 yī nián duō more than a year ∼HSK 1
在地 在地 zài dì (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) ∼HSK 1
着呢 著呢 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
第二次 第二次 dì èr cì the second time; second; number two ∼HSK 1
明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
不日 不日 bù rì within the next few days; in a few days time ∼HSK 1
忙不过来 忙不過來 máng bù guò lái to have more work than one can deal with; to have one's hands full ∼HSK 1