Back to Back, Face to Face 1994
背靠背，脸对脸
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.
Vocabulary
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| 大厅 大廳 | hall; lounge | |
| 拔 拔 | to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize | |
| 扇 扇 | to fan; to slap sb on the face | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 指示 指示 | to point out; to indicate; to instruct; directives; instructions | |
| 抬 抬 | to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry | |
| 安慰 安慰 | to comfort; to console | |
| 看出 看出 | to make out; to see | |
| 局面 局面 | aspect; phase; situation | |
| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 罚 罰 | to punish; to penalize | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 摔 摔 | to throw down; to fall; to drop and break | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 摄影 攝影 | to take a photograph; photography; to shoot (a movie) | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 厅 廳 | (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department | |
| 之内 之內 | inside; within | |
| 厨房 廚房 | kitchen | |
| 瞧 瞧 | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit | |
| 挤 擠 | to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) | |
| 局长 局長 | bureau chief | |
| 业务 業務 | business; professional work; service | |
| 不足 不足 | insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not | |
| 堆 堆 | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 一句话 一句話 | in a word; in short | |
| 清理 清理 | to clear up; to tidy up; to dispose of | |
| 到来 到來 | to arrive; arrival; advent | |
| 之下 之下 | under; beneath; less than | |
| 主管 主管 | in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 忍 忍 | to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself | |
| 立 立 | to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 害 害 | to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity | |
| 贷款 貸款 | a loan; to provide a loan (e.g. bank); to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank) | |
| 玻璃 玻璃 | glass; (slang) male homosexual | |
| 硬 硬 | hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 剩 剩 | to remain; to be left; to have as remainder | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 礼 禮 | gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy | |
| 扔 扔 | to throw; to throw away | |
| 醉 醉 | intoxicated | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 高度 高度 | height; altitude; elevation; high degree; highly | |
| 欣赏 欣賞 | to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire |