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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动不动 動不動 dòng bu dòng (typically followed by 就) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat ∼HSK 1
外边 外邊 wài bian outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home HSK 1
里边 裡邊 lǐ bian inside HSK 1
下课 下課 xià kè to finish class; to get out of class; (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed; to be fired HSK 1
洗手间 洗手間 xǐ shǒu jiān toilet; lavatory; washroom HSK 1
过不去 過不去 guò bu qù to make life difficult for; to embarrass; unable to make it through ∼HSK 1
一点儿 一點兒 yī diǎn r erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more HSK 1
中文 中文 Zhōng wén Chinese language HSK 1
下车 下車 xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
机票 機票 jī piào air ticket; passenger ticket HSK 1
上车 上車 shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
有用 有用 yǒu yòng useful HSK 1
北京 北京 Běi jīng Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China HSK 1
钱包 錢包 qián bāo purse; wallet HSK 1
商场 商場 shāng chǎng shopping mall; shopping center; department store; emporium; the business world HSK 1
白天 白天 bái tiān daytime; during the day; day HSK 1
水果 水果 shuǐ guǒ fruit HSK 1
上课 上課 shàng kè to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class HSK 1
干什么 幹什麼 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? HSK 1
开车 開車 kāi chē to drive a car HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
中午 中午 zhōng wǔ noon; midday HSK 1
不对 不對 bù duì incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer HSK 1
哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? HSK 1
这儿 這兒 zhè r here HSK 1
再见 再見 zài jiàn goodbye; see you again later HSK 1
在家 在家 zài jiā to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) HSK 1
干净 乾淨 gān jìng clean; neat HSK 1
老人 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents HSK 1
机场 機場 jī chǎng airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship HSK 1
知识 知識 zhī shi knowledge; intellectual HSK 1
贵 貴 guì expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your HSK 1
一会儿 一會兒 yī huì r a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] HSK 1
地上 地上 dì shang on the ground; on the floor HSK 1
生气 生氣 shēng qì to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness HSK 1
妹妹 妹妹 mèi mei younger sister; young woman HSK 1
考 攷 kǎo to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father HSK 1
车上 車上 chē shàng Car HSK 1
地点 地點 dì diǎn place; site; location; venue HSK 1
中间 中間 zhōng jiān the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime HSK 1
见面 見面 jiàn miàn to meet; to see each other HSK 1
进来 進來 jìn lái to come in HSK 1
北 北 běi north; (classical) to be defeated HSK 1
同学 同學 tóng xué to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate HSK 1
旁边 旁邊 páng biān side; adjacent place HSK 1
慢 慢 màn slow HSK 1
有时候 有時候 yǒu shí hou sometimes HSK 1
最好 最好 zuì hǎo best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) HSK 1
路上 路上 lù shang on the road; on a journey; road surface HSK 1
没什么 沒什麼 méi shén me nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind HSK 1