Be There or Be Square

Be There or Be Square 1998

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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

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Vocabulary

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r place; space ∼HSK 1
xiǎng qi lai to remember; to recall ∼HSK 1
lái zhe auxiliary showing sth happened in the past ∼HSK 1
gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
zài or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
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
kàn diǎn highlight (of an event, movie etc) ∼HSK 1
zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
ge which; who ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
language, words; saying, expression ∼HSK 1
děng (literary) we; us ∼HSK 1
děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
shuō an expression of opinion; according to some ∼HSK 1
duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1
biàn de to become ∼HSK 1
ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
nán de man ∼HSK 1
fēn not to distinguish; to make no distinction; (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role) ∼HSK 1
like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
hǎo péng you good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) ∼HSK 1
zài together ∼HSK 1
xià fēi to get off a plane; to deplane ∼HSK 1
jiào duì proofreader; to proofread; to calibrate ∼HSK 1
men r erhua variant of ∼HSK 1
kān jiā to look after the house; (of skill, ability) special; outstanding ∼HSK 1
zěn me zhāo what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5] ∼HSK 1
kàn bu chū can't discern ∼HSK 1
bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
kàn bu guò qu cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer ∼HSK 1
lǎo lao maternal grandmother; same as 姥姥 ∼HSK 1
É guó Russia ∼HSK 1
míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations ∼HSK 1
yào qián to charge; to demand payment ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
èr tiān next day; the morrow ∼HSK 1
dào xiàn zài up until now; to date ∼HSK 1
nián duō more than a year ∼HSK 1
zài (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) ∼HSK 1
zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather ∼HSK 1
èr the second time; second; number two ∼HSK 1
Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
within the next few days; in a few days time ∼HSK 1