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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老不死 老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive; old fart; old bastard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
轻巧 輕巧 qīng qiǎo dexterous; deft; easy; light and easy to use; nimble; agile; lithe; graceful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
没准儿 沒準兒 méi zhǔn r erhua variant of 没准; not sure; maybe Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
耳目一新 耳目一新 ěr mù yī xīn a pleasant change; a breath of fresh air; refreshing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
熟人 熟人 shú rén acquaintance; friend Xiehouyu HSK 3
毛病 毛病 máo bìng fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment Xiehouyu HSK 3
深刻 深刻 shēn kè profound; deep; deep-going Xiehouyu HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
自打 自打 zì dǎ (coll.) since Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
赶明儿 趕明兒 gǎn míng r (coll.) some day; one of these days Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
老头儿 老頭兒 lǎo tóu r see 老头子 HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
整 整 zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
上合 上合 Shàng - Hé SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
个旧 個舊 Gè jiù Gejiu, a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
大城市 大城市 dà chéng shì major city; metropolis Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
馆 館 guǎn variant of ∼HSK 3
事儿 事兒 shì r matter, affair ∼HSK 3
点儿 點兒 diǎn r a bit ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
石 石 Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
别管 別管 bié guǎn no matter (who, what etc) ∼HSK 3
兰 蘭 Lán orchid; elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
破鞋 破鞋 pò xié broken shoes; worn-out footwear; loose woman; slut ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
支部 支部 zhī bù branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party ∼HSK 3
有办法 有辦法 yǒu bàn fǎ can find methods; resourceful; creative ∼HSK 3
不合 不合 bù hé to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out ∼HSK 3
千金 千金 qiān jīn thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches; (honorific) invaluable (support); (honorific) daughter ∼HSK 3
先天性 先天性 xiān tiān xìng congenital; intrinsic; innate ∼HSK 3
绝不 絕不 jué bù in no way; not in the least; absolutely not ∼HSK 3
点钟 點鐘 diǎn zhōng (indicating time of day) o'clock ∼HSK 3
修好 修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds ∼HSK 3
老爷子 老爺子 lǎo yé zi my (your etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male ∼HSK 3
房费 房費 fáng fèi room charge ∼HSK 3
资 資 zī property; wealth; capital ∼HSK 3
纸烟 紙煙 zhǐ yān cigarette ∼HSK 3
谈谈 談談 tán tán to discuss; to have a chat ∼HSK 3
准生证 准生證 zhǔn shēng zhèng birth permit ∼HSK 3
农 農 Nóng agriculture, farming; farmer ∼HSK 3
省城 省城 shěng chéng provincial capital ∼HSK 3
总得 總得 zǒng děi must; have to; be bound to ∼HSK 3
绩 績 jì spin; achievements ∼HSK 3
容 容 Róng looks, appearance; figure, form ∼HSK 3
管他 管他 guǎn tā no matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter ∼HSK 3
一准 一準 yī zhǔn variant of ∼HSK 3
把门 把門 bǎ mén to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate ∼HSK 3
转游 轉遊 zhuàn you variant of ∼HSK 3