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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混蛋 混蛋 hún dàn scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
臭美 臭美 chòu měi to show off one's good looks shamelessly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
姨妈 姨媽 yí mā (coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
破烂 破爛 pò làn worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
妞 妞 niū girl ∼HSK 5
淀 澱 diàn shallow water, swamp; swampy ∼HSK 5
脱衣舞 脫衣舞 tuō yī wǔ striptease ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
国际贸易 國際貿易 guó jì mào yì international trade ∼HSK 5
鹏 鵬 Péng fabulous bird of enormous size ∼HSK 5
闭嘴 閉嘴 bì zuǐ Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 ∼HSK 5
宝贝儿 寶貝兒 bǎo bèi r erhua variant of ∼HSK 5
钳 鉗 qián pincers, pliers, tongs; to compress ∼HSK 5
还不如 還不如 hái bù rú to be better off...; might as well... ∼HSK 5
出品 出品 chū pǐn to produce an item; output; items that are produced ∼HSK 5
豪宅 豪宅 háo zhái luxury home; mansion ∼HSK 5
大嘴巴 大嘴巴 dà zuǐ ba bigmouth; blabbermouth ∼HSK 5
侯 侯 Hóu marquis, lord; target in archery ∼HSK 5
嘘 噓 xū exhale; blow out; deep sigh; hiss; praise ∼HSK 5
出声 出聲 chū shēng to make a sound; to speak; to cry out ∼HSK 5
出价 出價 chū jià to bid ∼HSK 5
受益人 受益人 shòu yì rén beneficiary ∼HSK 5
致电 致電 zhì diàn to phone; to telegram ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
歇了吧 歇了吧 xiē le ba (dialect) give me a break!; forget about it! ∼HSK 5
倒立 倒立 dào lì a handstand; to turn upside down; to stand on one's head; upside down ∼HSK 5
柴火 柴火 chái huo plant material used as fuel (firewood, straw, leaves etc) ∼HSK 5
身子骨 身子骨 shēn zi gǔ posture; upright posture ∼HSK 5
手软 手軟 shǒu ruǎn to be lenient; to relent; to be reluctant to make a hard decision; to think twice ∼HSK 5
糟了 糟了 zāo le gosh!; oh no!; darn! ∼HSK 5
挤兑 擠兌 jǐ duì a run on a bank ∼HSK 5
叹 嘆 tàn sigh, admire ∼HSK 5
杉 杉 shān various species of pine and fir ∼HSK 5
矶 磯 jī jetty; submerged rock; eddy ∼HSK 5
岗 崗 gāng post; position ∼HSK 5
狄 狄 Dí tribe from northern china; surnam ∼HSK 5
在旁 在旁 zài páng alongside; nearby ∼HSK 5
毙 斃 bì kill; die violent death ∼HSK 5
吓坏 嚇壞 xià huài to be terrified; to terrify sb ∼HSK 5
亡 亡 wáng death, destroyed; lose, perish ∼HSK 5
殊 殊 shū different, special, unusual ∼HSK 5
故此 故此 gù cǐ therefore ∼HSK 5
启 啟 qǐ open; begin, commence; explain ∼HSK 5
渐 漸 jiān gradually ∼HSK 5
悟 悟 wù to apprehend, realize, become aware ∼HSK 5
耀 耀 yào shine, sparkle, dazzle; glory ∼HSK 5
构筑 構築 gòu zhù to build; to construct ∼HSK 5
祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5