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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4.5 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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关照 關照 guān zhào to take care; to keep an eye on; to look after; to tell; to remind HSK 7
难堪 難堪 nán kān hard to take; embarrassed HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
掺 摻 shǎn to grasp HSK 7
会场 會場 huì chǎng meeting place; place where people gather HSK 7
缺席 缺席 quē xí to be absent HSK 7
填补 填補 tián bǔ to fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form); to overcome a deficiency HSK 7
胆子 膽子 dǎn zi courage; nerve; guts HSK 7
确诊 確診 què zhěn to make a definite diagnosis; confirmed (case of a specific disease) HSK 7
逢 逢 féng to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon HSK 7
议 議 yì to comment on; to discuss; to suggest HSK 7
歌舞 歌舞 gē wǔ singing and dancing HSK 7
操心 操心 cāo xīn to worry about HSK 7
反感 反感 fǎn gǎn to be disgusted with; to dislike; bad reaction; antipathy HSK 7
对准 對準 duì zhǔn to aim at; to target; to point at; to be directed at; registration; alignment (mechanical engineering) HSK 7
乡下 鄉下 xiāng xia countryside; rural area HSK 7
当面 當面 dāng miàn to sb's face; in sb's presence HSK 7
惯 慣 guàn accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) HSK 7
得罪 得罪 dé zui to offend sb; to make a faux pas; a faux pas; see also 罪 HSK 7
揉 揉 róu to knead; to massage; to rub HSK 7
看重 看重 kàn zhòng to regard as important; to value HSK 7
马桶 馬桶 mǎ tǒng chamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl HSK 7
虽说 雖說 suī shuō though; although HSK 7
扒 扒 bā to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
懒得 懶得 lǎn dé not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to HSK 7
非得 非得 fēi děi (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must HSK 7
报社 報社 bào shè newspaper (i.e. a company) HSK 7
卸 卸 xiè to unload; to unhitch; to remove or strip; to get rid of HSK 7
敞开 敞開 chǎng kāi to open wide; unrestrictedly HSK 7
腾 騰 téng (bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action) HSK 7
着想 著想 zhuó xiǎng to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zháo xiǎng] HSK 7
后台 後台 hòu tái backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background HSK 7
一手 一手 yī shǒu a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help HSK 7
人事 人事 rén shì personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the facts of life HSK 7
鹅 鵝 é goose HSK 7
表决 表決 biǎo jué to decide by vote; to vote HSK 7
急需 急需 jí xū to urgently need; urgent need HSK 7
本能 本能 běn néng instinct HSK 7
挽回 挽回 wǎn huí to retrieve; to redeem HSK 7
上方 上方 shàng fāng place above (it); upper part (of it) HSK 7
耽误 耽誤 dān wu to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with HSK 7
片段 片段 piàn duàn fragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc); episode (of story etc) HSK 7
人情 人情 rén qíng human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn HSK 7
进度 進度 jìn dù rate of progress HSK 7
才华 才華 cái huá talent HSK 7
施工 施工 shī gōng construction; to carry out construction or large-scale repairs HSK 7
眼下 眼下 yǎn xià now; at present; subocular (medicine) HSK 7
响起 響起 xiǎng qǐ (of a sound) to come forth; (of a sound source) to ring out; to sound; to go off HSK 7
手脚 手腳 shǒu jiǎo hand and foot; movement of limbs; action; trick; step in a procedure HSK 7