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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政绩 政績 zhèng jì (political) achievements; track record ∼HSK 5
来劲 來勁 lái jìn (dialect) to be full of zeal; high-spirited; exhilarating; to stir sb up ∼HSK 5
交待 交待 jiāo dài variant of ∼HSK 5
把拔 把拔 bǎ bá daddy ∼HSK 5
戈 戈 Gē halberd, spear, lance; rad. 62 ∼HSK 5
狗屁 狗屁 gǒu pì bullshit; nonsense ∼HSK 5
召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates); summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview ∼HSK 5
躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc); to avoid (sb) ∼HSK 5
孝心 孝心 xiào xīn filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents ∼HSK 5
丈母娘 丈母孃 zhàngmuniáng mother-in-law ∼HSK 5
眼神不好 眼神不好 yǎn shén bù hǎo to have poor eyesight ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
抬头不见低头见 抬頭不見低頭見 tái tóu bù jiàn dī tóu jiàn (idiom) (of people in a small town etc) to cross paths regularly ∼HSK 5
渲染 渲染 xuàn rǎn rendering (computing); to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting); to exaggerate; to embellish ∼HSK 5
赔礼 賠禮 péi lǐ to offer an apology; to make amends ∼HSK 5
想必 想必 xiǎng bì presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely ∼HSK 5
营养品 營養品 yíng yǎng pǐn nourishment; nutrient ∼HSK 5
武打 武打 wǔ dǎ acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance ∼HSK 5
枪战 槍戰 qiāng zhàn gun battle; firefight ∼HSK 5
腻 膩 nì greasy, oily, dirty; smooth ∼HSK 5
禹 禹 Yǔ legendary hsia dynasty founder ∼HSK 5
劲儿 勁兒 jìn r erhua variant of ∼HSK 5
供养 供養 gōng yǎng to supply; to provide for one's elders; to support one's parents ∼HSK 5
商品粮 商品糧 shāng pǐn liáng commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency) ∼HSK 5
太监 太監 tài jiàn court eunuch; palace eunuch ∼HSK 5
似 似 sì resemble (literary) ∼HSK 5
火爆 火爆 huǒ bào fiery (temper); popular; flourishing; prosperous; lively ∼HSK 5
愤慨 憤慨 fèn kǎi to resent; resentment ∼HSK 5
驴 驢 lǘ donkey, ass ∼HSK 5
胡搞 胡搞 hú gǎo to mess around; to mess with something; to have an affair ∼HSK 5
个儿 個兒 gè r size; height; stature HSK 5
救灾 救災 jiù zāi to relieve disaster; to help disaster victims 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
落实 落實 luò shí practical; workable; to implement; to carry out; to decide HSK 5
书法 書法 shū fǎ calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship HSK 5
大伙儿 大伙兒 dà huǒ r erhua variant of 大伙; everybody; everyone HSK 5
心疼 心疼 xīn téng to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb; to regret; to grudge; to be distressed HSK 5
涨价 漲價 zhǎng jià to appreciate (in value); to increase in price HSK 5
文艺 文藝 wén yì literature and art HSK 5
跟前 跟前 gēn qián the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date) HSK 5
胆小 膽小 dǎn xiǎo cowardice; timid HSK 5
考核 考核 kǎo hé to examine; to check up on; to assess; to review; appraisal; review; evaluation HSK 5
法制 法制 fǎ zhì legal system and institutions HSK 5
柜子 櫃子 guì zi cupboard; cabinet HSK 5
皮鞋 皮鞋 pí xié leather shoes HSK 5
主办 主辦 zhǔ bàn to organize; to host (a conference or sports event) HSK 5
不能不 不能不 bù néng bù have to; cannot but HSK 5
总数 總數 zǒng shù total; sum; aggregate HSK 5
一身 一身 yī shēn whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes HSK 5
关怀 關懷 guān huái care; solicitude; to show care for; concerned about; attentive to HSK 5