Be There or Be Square 1998
不见不散
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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Vocabulary
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| 外边 外邊 | outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home | |
| 里边 裡邊 | inside | |
| 下课 下課 | to finish class; to get out of class; (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed; to be fired | |
| 洗手间 洗手間 | toilet; lavatory; washroom | |
| 过不去 過不去 | to make life difficult for; to embarrass; unable to make it through | |
| 一点儿 一點兒 | 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 | |
| 中文 中文 | Chinese language | |
| 下车 下車 | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 机票 機票 | air ticket; passenger ticket | |
| 上车 上車 | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 有用 有用 | useful | |
| 北京 北京 | Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China | |
| 钱包 錢包 | purse; wallet | |
| 商场 商場 | shopping mall; shopping center; department store; emporium; the business world | |
| 白天 白天 | daytime; during the day; day | |
| 水果 水果 | fruit | |
| 上课 上課 | to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 开车 開車 | to drive a car | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 中午 中午 | noon; midday | |
| 不对 不對 | incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 在家 在家 | 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) | |
| 干净 乾淨 | clean; neat | |
| 老人 老人 | old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents | |
| 机场 機場 | airport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship | |
| 知识 知識 | knowledge; intellectual | |
| 贵 貴 | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your | |
| 一会儿 一會兒 | a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] | |
| 地上 地上 | on the ground; on the floor | |
| 生气 生氣 | to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness | |
| 妹妹 妹妹 | younger sister; young woman | |
| 考 攷 | to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father | |
| 车上 車上 | Car | |
| 地点 地點 | place; site; location; venue | |
| 中间 中間 | the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime | |
| 见面 見面 | to meet; to see each other | |
| 进来 進來 | to come in | |
| 北 北 | north; (classical) to be defeated | |
| 同学 同學 | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate | |
| 旁边 旁邊 | side; adjacent place | |
| 慢 慢 | slow | |
| 有时候 有時候 | sometimes | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 路上 路上 | on the road; on a journey; road surface | |
| 没什么 沒什麼 | nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind | |
| 哥哥 哥哥 | older brother |