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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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
不好说 不好說 bù hǎo shuō hard to say; can't be sure; difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
工 工 gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
外事 外事 wài shì foreign affairs ∼HSK 1
你等 你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
了得 了得 liǎo de exceptional; outstanding; dreadful; appalling ∼HSK 1
去你的 去你的 qù nǐ de Get along with you! ∼HSK 1
一来 一來 yī lái firstly,... ∼HSK 1
热茶 熱茶 rè chá hot tea ∼HSK 1
脑后 腦後 nǎo hòu the back of the head; (fig.) the back of one's mind ∼HSK 1
走出 走出 zǒu chū to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) ∼HSK 1
天哪 天哪 tiān na good heavens!; oh my God! ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
玩笑 玩笑 wán xiào to joke; joke; jest ∼HSK 1
说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years; several years; how many years? ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
买下 買下 mǎi xià to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) ∼HSK 1
高看 高看 gāo kàn to attach importance to sth; to value ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
多多 多多 duō duō many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more ∼HSK 1
在前 在前 zài qián ahead; formerly; in the past ∼HSK 1
在后 在後 zài hòu behind ∼HSK 1
说中 說中 shuō zhòng to hit the nail on the head; to predict correctly ∼HSK 1
天大 天大 tiān dà gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous ∼HSK 1
你我 你我 nǐ wǒ you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
脑门 腦門 nǎo mén forehead ∼HSK 1
一二 一二 yī èr one or two; a few; a little; just a bit ∼HSK 1
好几年 好幾年 hǎo jǐ nián several years ∼HSK 1
放出 放出 fàng chū to let off; to give out ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
试想 試想 shì xiǎng to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it:...") ∼HSK 1
十二 十二 shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
点菜 點菜 diǎn cài to order dishes (in a restaurant) ∼HSK 1
放不下 放不下 fàng bu xià to have no room to put sth; to be unable to let go ∼HSK 1
做人 做人 zuò rén to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity ∼HSK 1
做出 做出 zuò chū to put out; to issue ∼HSK 1
差不多的 差不多的 chà bu duō de the great majority ∼HSK 1
好喝 好喝 hǎo hē tasty (drinks) ∼HSK 1
脑 腦 nǎo brain ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
我这儿 我這兒 wǒ zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
车行 車行 chē háng car-related business; car dealership; taxi company; (commercial) garage ∼HSK 1
用钱 用錢 yòng qián to spend money ∼HSK 1
有钱 有錢 yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
年过 年過 nián guò over (a certain age) ∼HSK 1
爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with; to be in love with ∼HSK 1
女孩儿 女孩兒 nǚ hái r erhua variant of 女孩; girl HSK 1