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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鸿 鴻 hóng species of wild swan; vast ∼HSK 4
浪潮 浪潮 làng cháo wave; tides ∼HSK 4
奋发 奮發 fèn fā to rouse to vigorous action; energetic mood ∼HSK 4
上级领导 上級領導 shàng jí lǐng dǎo high-level leadership; top brass ∼HSK 4
肚 肚 dǔ belly; abdomen; bowels ∼HSK 4
经济改革 經濟改革 jīng jì gǎi gé economic reform ∼HSK 4
底细 底細 dǐ xì inside information; the ins and outs of the matter; how things stand; what's up ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
极差 極差 jí chā range (of a set of data) (statistics) ∼HSK 4
自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself; by oneself ∼HSK 4
就职演说 就職演說 jiù zhí yǎn shuō inaugural speech ∼HSK 4
金色 金色 jīn sè golden; gold (color) ∼HSK 4
光圈 光圈 guāng quān aperture; diaphragm; halo; aureole ∼HSK 4
各方 各方 gè fāng all parties (in a dispute etc); all sides; all directions ∼HSK 4
成色 成色 chéng sè relative purity of silver or gold; purity in carat weight; quality; fineness ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
自带 自帶 zì dài to bring one's own; BYO; (of software) preinstalled ∼HSK 4
总归 總歸 zǒng guī anyhow; after all; eventually ∼HSK 4
自找 自找 zì zhǎo to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions; you asked for it; to bring it on oneself (sth unpleasant) ∼HSK 4
顶替 頂替 dǐng tì to replace ∼HSK 4
银根 銀根 yín gēn (finance) money supply ∼HSK 4
预支 預支 yù zhī to pay in advance; to get payment in advance ∼HSK 4
领导者 領導者 lǐng dǎo zhě leader ∼HSK 4
点兵 點兵 diǎn bīng to muster troops; (fig.) to gather forces ∼HSK 4
一堆 一堆 yī duī pile ∼HSK 4
有方 有方 yǒu fāng to do things right; to use the correct method ∼HSK 4
改革家 改革家 gǎi gé jiā reformer ∼HSK 4
顶头 頂頭 dǐng tóu to come directly towards one; top; immediate (superior) ∼HSK 4
盖楼 蓋樓 gài lóu to construct a building; (Internet slang) to reply to a thread ∼HSK 4
好些 好些 hǎo xiē a good deal of; quite a lot ∼HSK 4
抽出 抽出 chōu chū to take out; to extract ∼HSK 4
压根儿 壓根兒 yà gēn r erhua variant of ∼HSK 4
腰包 腰包 yāo bāo waist purse (old); (fig.) purse; pocket; waist pack; fanny pack; bum bag ∼HSK 4
登门 登門 dēng mén to visit sb at home ∼HSK 4
吸引力 吸引力 xī yǐn lì attractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal; attractiveness ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
有局 有局 yǒu jú vulnerable (in bridge) ∼HSK 4
高价 高價 gāo jià high price HSK 4
垃圾桶 垃圾桶 lā jī tǒng rubbish bin; trash can; garbage can; Taiwan pr. [lè sè tǒng] HSK 4
孙女 孫女 sūn nǚ son's daughter; granddaughter HSK 4
茶叶 茶葉 chá yè tea; tea leaves HSK 4
味儿 味兒 wèi r taste HSK 4
暖气 暖氣 nuǎn qì central heating; heater; warm air HSK 4
鲜明 鮮明 xiān míng bright; clear-cut; distinct HSK 4
发票 發票 fā piào invoice; receipt or bill for purchase HSK 4
讲究 講究 jiǎng jiu to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen HSK 4
议论 議論 yì lùn to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion HSK 4
痛快 痛快 tòng kuài delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tòng kuai] HSK 4
表扬 表揚 biǎo yáng to praise; to commend HSK 4
大爷 大爺 dà yé arrogant idler; self-centered show-off HSK 4