Back to Back, Face to Face

Back to Back, Face to Face 1994

背靠背，脸对脸 bèikàobèi， liǎn duì liǎn

Wang Shuangli is Deputy Director of the local Cultural Centre, and hopes to be appointed Director. However Old Ma is brought in from the country and installed as Director. This starts a long train of events with Wang's cronies using the bureaucracy to try to oust the new director.

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Vocabulary

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服气 服氣 fú qì to be convinced; to accept HSK 7
竣工 竣工 jùn gōng to complete a project HSK 7
魄力 魄力 pò lì courage; daring; boldness; resolution; drive HSK 7
馋 饞 chán gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving HSK 7
抹杀 抹殺 mǒ shā to erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence; to expunge; to blot out; to suppress HSK 7
意料之外 意料之外 yì liào zhī wài (idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected HSK 7
不难 不難 bù nán Not difficult HSK 7
喜事 喜事 xǐ shì happy occasion; wedding HSK 7
插嘴 插嘴 chā zuǐ to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation HSK 7
跟上 跟上 gēn shàng to catch up with; to keep pace with HSK 7
落成 落成 luò chéng to complete a construction project HSK 7
把柄 把柄 bǎ bǐng handle; (fig.) information that can be used against sb HSK 7
祖宗 祖宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear HSK 7
周转 周轉 zhōu zhuǎn to rotate; to circulate (cash, stock etc); turnover; circulation; cash flow HSK 7
担子 擔子 dàn zi carrying pole and the loads on it; burden; task; responsibility HSK 7
放水 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water; to let water out; (sports) to throw a game HSK 7
售价 售價 shòu jià selling price HSK 7
遇上 遇上 yù shàng to come across (sb); to run into HSK 7
祸害 禍害 huò hài disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck HSK 7
辞退 辭退 cí tuì to dismiss; to discharge; to fire HSK 7
友人 友人 yǒu rén friend HSK 7
休养 休養 xiū yǎng to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce HSK 7
刨 刨 bào carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off; to peel (with a potato peeler etc) HSK 7
经商 經商 jīng shāng to trade; to carry out commercial activities; in business HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
私事 私事 sī shì personal matters HSK 7
舞厅 舞廳 wǔ tīng dance hall; ballroom HSK 7
超前 超前 chāo qián to be ahead of one's time; to surpass or outdo one's predecessors; to be ahead of the pack; to take the lead; advanced HSK 7
血脉 血脈 xuè mài blood vessels HSK 7
捧场 捧場 pěng chǎng to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter HSK 7
清静 清靜 qīng jìng quiet; peaceful and quiet HSK 7
告辞 告辭 gào cí to say goodbye; to take one's leave HSK 7
交情 交情 jiāo qing friendship; friendly relations HSK 7
法人 法人 fǎ rén legal person; corporation; see also 人 HSK 7
念书 念書 niàn shū to read; to study HSK 7
用人 用人 yòng rén servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff HSK 7
基层 基層 jī céng basic level; grassroots unit; basement layer HSK 7
抠 摳 kōu to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; to lift one's clothes; stingy; miserly HSK 7
忙活 忙活 máng huo to be really busy; pressing business HSK 7
承包 承包 chéng bāo to contract; to undertake (a job) HSK 7
磨难 磨難 mó nàn a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried HSK 7
新房 新房 xīn fáng brand new house; bridal chamber HSK 7
财经 財經 cái jīng finance and economics HSK 7
胡闹 胡鬧 hú nào to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble HSK 7
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time HSK 7
带队 帶隊 dài duì to lead a team; to lead a group; group leader; (tourism) tour guide HSK 7
拨款 撥款 bō kuǎn to allocate funds; appropriation HSK 7
书记 書記 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe HSK 7
贯彻 貫徹 guàn chè to implement; to put into practice; to carry out HSK 7
知足 知足 zhī zú content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness) HSK 7