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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| 制度 制度 | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 谈话 談話 | to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 团结 團結 | to unite; unity; solidarity; united | |
| 卫生 衛生 | health; hygiene; sanitation | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order | |
| 深入 深入 | to penetrate deeply; thorough | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 福 福 | good fortune; happiness; luck | |
| 路线 路線 | itinerary; route; political line (e.g. right revisionist road) | |
| 围 圍 | to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) | |
| 作者 作者 | author; writer | |
| 齐 齊 | neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out | |
| 整理 整理 | to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage) | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 人才 人才 | talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks | |
| 机器 機器 | machine | |
| 个性 個性 | individuality; personality | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 全面 全面 | all-around; comprehensive; total; overall | |
| 工资 工資 | wages; pay | |
| 缺 缺 | deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 自动 自動 | automatic; voluntarily | |
| 费用 費用 | cost; expenditure; expense | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 配合 配合 | matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine | |
| 专门 專門 | specialist; specialized; customized | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 争取 爭取 | to fight for; to strive for; to win over | |
| 积极 積極 | active; energetic; vigorous; positive (outlook); proactive | |
| 强烈 強烈 | strong; intense | |
| 指导 指導 | to guide; to give directions; to direct; to coach; guidance; tuition | |
| 主任 主任 | director; head | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 存 存 | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 互相 互相 | each other; mutually; mutual | |
| 优势 優勢 | superiority; dominance; advantage | |
| 宣传 宣傳 | to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 化 化 | to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 |