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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| 离不开 離不開 | inseparable; inevitably linked to | |
| 难免 難免 | hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably | |
| 爱国 愛國 | to love one's country; patriotic | |
| 按时 按時 | on time; before deadline; on schedule | |
| 利息 利息 | interest (on a loan) | |
| 老家 老家 | native place; place of origin; home state or region | |
| 打扫 打掃 | to clean; to sweep | |
| 图案 圖案 | design; pattern | |
| 营业 營業 | to do business; to trade | |
| 伞 傘 | umbrella; parasol | |
| 汇 匯 | to remit; to converge (of rivers); to exchange | |
| 孙子 孫子 | Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 | |
| 集合 集合 | to gather; to assemble; (math.) set | |
| 善于 善於 | to be good at; to be adept at | |
| 没错 沒錯 | that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong | |
| 业余 業餘 | in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc) | |
| 品质 品質 | character; intrinsic quality (of a person); quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc) | |
| 老实 老實 | honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible | |
| 录取 錄取 | to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student); to hire (a job candidate) | |
| 招呼 招呼 | to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not | |
| 浓 濃 | concentrated; dense; strong (smell etc) | |
| 做梦 做夢 | to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream | |
| 塑料 塑料 | plastics | |
| 办事 辦事 | to handle (affairs); to work | |
| 事先 事先 | in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior | |
| 挑选 挑選 | to choose; to select | |
| 秘书 秘書 | secretary | |
| 多次 多次 | many times; repeatedly | |
| 会计 會計 | accountant; accountancy; accounting | |
| 小伙子 小伙子 | young man; young guy; lad; youngster | |
| 多年 多年 | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 粗 粗 | coarse; rough; thick (for cylindrical objects); unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude | |
| 汇报 匯報 | to report; to give an account of; to collect information and report back | |
| 填 填 | to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in | |
| 装修 裝修 | to decorate; interior decoration; to fit up; to renovate | |
| 薄 薄 | thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile | |
| 沉 沉 | to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy | |
| 担任 擔任 | to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as | |
| 面试 面試 | to be interviewed (as a candidate); interview | |
| 反映 反映 | to mirror; to reflect; mirror image; reflection; (fig.) to report; to make known; to render | |
| 各个 各個 | every; various; separately, one by one | |
| 锻炼 鍛鍊 | to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself | |
| 细 細 | thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal | |
| 晒 晒 | variant of 晒 | |
| 迟到 遲到 | to arrive late | |
| 奖金 獎金 | premium; award money; bonus | |
| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 事物 事物 | thing; object | |
| 县 縣 | county | |
| 义务 義務 | duty; obligation; volunteer (work etc) |