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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抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乡长 鄉長 xiāng zhǎng village chief; mayor (of village or township) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
扣扣 扣扣 Kòu kòu (Internet slang) QQ instant messenger Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
理光 理光 Lǐ guāng Ricoh, Japanese imaging and electronics company Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
马列 馬列 Mǎ Liè Marx and Lenin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
猴儿 猴兒 hóu'ér monkey (affectionate) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
喜来登 喜來登 Xǐ lái dēng Sheraton (hotel chain) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
诺贝尔文学奖 諾貝爾文學獎 Nuò bèi ěr Wén xué Jiǎng Nobel Prize in Literature Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
延安 延安 Yán ān Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
说文 說文 Shuō wén Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen in 2nd century Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乡里 鄉里 xiāng lǐ one's home town or village Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
弯弯 彎彎 Wān wān Wan Wan (1981-), Taiwanese blogger and cartoonist Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乐安 樂安 Lè ān Le'an county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
徐 徐 Xú slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified ∼HSK 4
肖 肖 Xiāo look like, resemble, be like ∼HSK 4
宋 宋 Sòng Song dynasty; surname ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
头儿 頭兒 tóu r head, leader ∼HSK 4
王家 王家 wáng jiā princely ∼HSK 4
回事儿 回事兒 huí shì rén what's the matter ∼HSK 4
大伙 大夥 dà huǒ everybody; everyone; we all ∼HSK 4
适 適 kuò go, reach; appropriate, suitable ∼HSK 4
屁 屁 pì break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
慢点儿 慢點兒 màn diǎn rén slow down a bit ∼HSK 4
不清楚 不清楚 bù qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
大肚子 大肚子 dà dù zi pregnant; potbelly; big eater ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
纪 紀 Jǐ record, annal, historical account ∼HSK 4
一阵子 一陣子 yī zhèn zi a while; a spell; a short time; a burst ∼HSK 4
地基 地基 dì jī foundations (of a building); base ∼HSK 4
散会 散會 sàn huì to disperse a meeting; to adjourn; finished ∼HSK 4
基建 基建 jī jiàn capital construction (project); infrastructure ∼HSK 4
不象话 不象話 bù xiàng huà unreasonable; shocking; outrageous ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
责 責 zé duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame ∼HSK 4
看透 看透 kàn tòu to understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (sb) ∼HSK 4
报应 報應 bào yìng (Buddhism) divine retribution; karma ∼HSK 4
屎 屎 shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
辛辛苦苦 辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly; with great trouble ∼HSK 4
为啥 為啥 wèi shá dialectal equivalent of ∼HSK 4
谋 謀 móu plan, scheme; strategem ∼HSK 4
款子 款子 kuǎn zi a sum of money ∼HSK 4
咱俩 咱倆 zán liǎ the two of us ∼HSK 4
停职 停職 tíng zhí to suspend (sb) from duties ∼HSK 4
名列 名列 míng liè to rank (number 1, or third last etc); to be among (those who are in a particular group) ∼HSK 4
伸出 伸出 shēn chū to extend ∼HSK 4