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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招商 招商 zhāo shāng to seek investment or funding; investment promotion ∼HSK 5
搬运工 搬運工 bān yùn gōng porter ∼HSK 5
罚钱 罰錢 fá qián to fine ∼HSK 5
联邦政府 聯邦政府 lián bāng zhèng fǔ federal government ∼HSK 5
无谓 無謂 wú wèi pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily ∼HSK 5
杭 杭 Háng cross stream; navigate ∼HSK 5
丫 丫 yā forked; bifurcation ∼HSK 5
死记硬背 死記硬背 sǐ jì yìng bèi to learn by rote; to mechanically memorize ∼HSK 5
叙 敘 xù express, state, relate, narrate ∼HSK 5
叙旧 敘舊 xù jiù to reminisce; to talk about former times ∼HSK 5
玻璃杯 玻璃杯 bō li bēi drinking glass ∼HSK 5
震荡 震盪 zhèn dàng to shake up; to jolt; to vibrate; to oscillate; to fluctuate ∼HSK 5
背运 背運 bèi yùn bad luck; unlucky ∼HSK 5
狈 狽 bèi a legendary animal with short forelegs which rode a wolf ∼HSK 5
留作 留作 liú zuò to set aside for; to keep as ∼HSK 5
硬着头皮 硬著頭皮 yìng zhe tóu pí to brace oneself to do sth; to put a bold face on it; to summon up courage; to force oneself to ∼HSK 5
崩 崩 bēng rupture, split apart, collapse ∼HSK 5
摘帽子 摘帽子 zhāi mào zi lit. to take off a hat; fig. to be cleared of an unfair charge; rehabilitation ∼HSK 5
蓬 蓬 Péng type of raspberry; fairyland ∼HSK 5
烩 燴 huì ragout, cook, braise ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
宿 㝛 sù stop, rest, lodge, stay overnight; constellation ∼HSK 5
走神 走神 zǒu shén absent-minded; one's mind is wandering ∼HSK 5
塘 塘 táng pond; tank; dike, embankment ∼HSK 5
谈恋爱 談戀愛 tán liàn ài to be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating ∼HSK 5
有理 有理 yǒu lǐ reasonable; justified; right; (math.) rational ∼HSK 5
来劲 來勁 lái jìn (dialect) to be full of zeal; high-spirited; exhilarating; to stir sb up ∼HSK 5
麓 麓 lù foot of hill; foothill ∼HSK 5
暖风 暖風 nuǎn fēng warm breeze ∼HSK 5
害人 害人 hài rén to harm sb; to inflict suffering; to victimize; pernicious ∼HSK 5
可遇不可求 可遇不可求 kě yù bù kě qiú can be discovered but not sought (idiom); one can only come across such things serendipitously ∼HSK 5
劲儿 勁兒 jìn r erhua variant of ∼HSK 5
谐 諧 xié harmonize, agree; joke, jest ∼HSK 5
软化 軟化 ruǎn huà to soften ∼HSK 5
妨 妨 fáng interfere with, impede, obstruct ∼HSK 5
无义 無義 wú yì without meaning; nonsense; immoral; faithless ∼HSK 5
摔死 摔死 shuāi sǐ to fall to one's death; to kill by throwing to the ground ∼HSK 5
命大 命大 mìng dà lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury) ∼HSK 5
尸 屍 shī corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 ∼HSK 5
非常感谢 非常感謝 fēi cháng gǎn xiè extremely grateful; very thankful ∼HSK 5
胡同 胡同 hú tòng lane; alley HSK 5
启事 啟事 qǐ shì announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information; a notice HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
相声 相聲 xiàng sheng comic dialogue; sketch; crosstalk HSK 5
时差 時差 shí chā time difference; time lag; jet lag HSK 5
驾照 駕照 jià zhào driver's license HSK 5
正规 正規 zhèng guī regular; according to standards HSK 5
一身 一身 yī shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5
用不着 用不著 yòng bu zháo not need; have no use for HSK 5
亏 虧 kuī deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... HSK 5