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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4.5 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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出事 出事 chū shì to have an accident; to meet with a mishap HSK 6
添 添 tiān to add; to increase; to replenish HSK 6
误 誤 wù mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly HSK 6
无效 無效 wú xiào not valid; ineffective; in vain HSK 6
欺负 欺負 qī fu to bully HSK 6
病情 病情 bìng qíng state of an illness; patient's condition HSK 6
泥 泥 ní mud; clay; paste; pulp HSK 6
咋 咋 zǎ dialectal equivalent of 怎么 HSK 6
捡 撿 jiǎn to pick up; to collect; to gather HSK 6
刮 刮 guā to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort HSK 6
适当 適當 shì dàng suitable; appropriate HSK 6
天下 天下 tiān xià land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule HSK 6
当成 當成 dàng chéng to consider as; to take to be HSK 6
策划 策劃 cè huà to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer; planning; producer; planner HSK 6
算了 算了 suàn le let it be; let it pass; forget about it HSK 6
佛 佛 Fó Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) HSK 6
一时 一時 yī shí a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time HSK 6
厕所 廁所 cè suǒ toilet; lavatory HSK 6
民主 民主 mín zhǔ democracy HSK 6
趟 䠀 tàng classifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip HSK 6
道歉 道歉 dào qiàn to apologize HSK 6
气氛 氣氛 qì fēn atmosphere; mood HSK 6
档 檔 dàng official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves; slot; gap; crosspiece; classifier for crosspieces; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dǎng] HSK 6
界 界 jiè (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm HSK 6
毁 毀 huǐ to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander HSK 6
野 埜 yě field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral HSK 6
妇女 婦女 fù nǚ woman HSK 6
顺 順 shùn to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable HSK 6
市民 市民 shì mín city resident HSK 6
舞蹈 舞蹈 wǔ dǎo dance (performance art); dancing HSK 6
嗨 嗨 hāi oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) HSK 6
料 料 liào material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess HSK 6
公 公 gōng public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) HSK 6
挖 挖 wā to dig; to excavate; to scoop out HSK 6
扣 釦 kòu button HSK 6
不见 不見 bù jiàn not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing HSK 6
本身 本身 běn shēn itself; in itself; per se HSK 6
负 負 fù to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc) HSK 6
再说 再說 zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides HSK 6
政策 政策 zhèng cè policy HSK 6
聊 聊 liáo to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly HSK 6
疾病 疾病 jí bìng disease; sickness; ailment HSK 6
泡 泡 pāo puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces HSK 6
赚 賺 zhuàn to earn; to make a profit HSK 6
拖 拕 tuō to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on HSK 6
剧 劇 jù theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe HSK 6
党 黨 dǎng party; association; club; society HSK 6
算是 算是 suàn shì considered to be; at last HSK 6
觉 覺 jiào a nap; a sleep HSK 6
罪 罪 zuì guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin HSK 6