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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| 阿拉斯加 阿拉斯加 | Alaska, US state | |
| 心甘情愿 心甘情願 | delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do | |
| 新娘子 新娘子 | bride | |
| 未婚妻 未婚妻 | fiancée | |
| 痴情 癡情 | infatuation | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 宁缺勿滥 寧缺勿濫 | same as | |
| 私奔 私奔 | to elope | |
| 特效药 特效藥 | effective medicine for a specific condition; highly effective medicine | |
| 犯不上 犯不上 | not worthwhile | |
| 用得着 用得著 | to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to | |
| 更是 更是 | even more (so) | |
| 讲课 講課 | teach; lecture | |
| 岁数 歲數 | age (number of years old) | |
| 甭 甭 | (contraction of 用) need not; please don't | |
| 清洁工 清潔工 | cleaner; janitor; garbage collector | |
| 踏实 踏實 | firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [tà shí] | |
| 看得见 看得見 | can see; visible | |
| 祖父 祖父 | father's father; paternal grandfather | |
| 茄子 茄子 | eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal; Guinea squash; phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed); equivalent of "say cheese" | |
| 勺 勺 | spoon; ladle; abbr. for 勺, centiliter (unit of volume) | |
| 一道 一道 | together | |
| 假日 假日 | holiday; non-working day | |
| 黑夜 黑夜 | night | |
| 不便 不便 | inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash | |
| 好不容易 好不容易 | with great difficulty; very difficult | |
| 热水 熱水 | hot water | |
| 拐 枴 | cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff | |
| 出路 出路 | a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products) | |
| 恰恰 恰恰 | exactly; just; precisely | |
| 长久 長久 | (for a) long time | |
| 外出 外出 | to go out; to go away (on a trip etc) | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 教堂 教堂 | church; chapel | |
| 景 景 | (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 掏 掏 | to fish out (from pocket); to scoop | |
| 赶上 趕上 | to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for | |
| 横 橫 | horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent | |
| 净 淨 | clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role | |
| 活跃 活躍 | active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up | |
| 抱歉 抱歉 | to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry! | |
| 园 園 | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 故障 故障 | malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug (in software) | |
| 留言 留言 | to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message | |
| 名义 名義 | name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 消灭 消滅 | to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory) | |
| 血管 血管 | vein; artery |