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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| 货 貨 | goods; money; commodity | |
| 既然 既然 | since; as; this being the case | |
| 顶 頂 | apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 申请 申請 | to apply for sth; application form | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 翻 翻 | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross | |
| 传统 傳統 | tradition; traditional; convention; conventional | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 承认 承認 | to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge | |
| 政治 政治 | politics; political | |
| 冲 沖 | thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash | |
| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 停下 停下 | to stop | |
| 根 根 | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) | |
| 投 投 | to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 宝贝 寶貝 | treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 单 單 | bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 底 底 | (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) | |
| 项 項 | back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 未来 未來 | future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending | |
| 局 侷 | narrow | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 考虑 考慮 | to think over; to consider; consideration | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 研究 研究 | research; a study; to research; to look into | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 系统 系統 | system | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 火眼金睛 火眼金睛 | piercing eyes; discerning eyes | Idiom |
| 防不胜防 防不勝防 | (idiom) virtually impossible to prevent | Idiom |
| 光明正大 光明正大 | (of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly; (of a situation) out in the open | Idiom |
| 羊毛出在羊身上 羊毛出在羊身上 | lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.; Nothing comes for free. | Idiom |
| 满城风雨 滿城風雨 | lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom); fig. a big scandal; an uproar; the talk of the town | Idiom |
| 年富力强 年富力強 | young and vigorous (idiom) | Idiom |
| 一门心思 一門心思 | to set one's heart on sth (idiom) | Idiom |
| 心平气和 心平氣和 | tranquil and even-tempered (idiom); calmly and without stress | Idiom |
| 不值钱 不值錢 | of little value | Xiehouyu |
| 土包子 土包子 | country bumpkin; boor; unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself); burial mound | Xiehouyu |
| 不值得 不值得 | unworthy | Xiehouyu |