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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Vocabulary

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套房 套房 tào fáng small room opening off another; inner room; suite; apartment; flat; (Tw) room with private bathroom ∼HSK 2
党员 黨員 dǎng yuán party member ∼HSK 2
份儿 份兒 fèn r degree; extent; allotted share ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
百姓 百姓 bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
狗日 狗日 gǒu rì lit. fucked or spawned by a dog; contemptible; lousy, fucking ∼HSK 2
弄坏 弄壞 nòng huài to ruin; to spoil; to break ∼HSK 2
当家 當家 dāng jiā to manage the household; to be the one in charge of the family; to call the shots; to be in charge ∼HSK 2
当上 當上 dāng shang to take up duty as; to assume a position; to assume; to take on (an office) ∼HSK 2
说了算 說了算 shuō le suàn to have the final say; to be the one in charge ∼HSK 2
有成 有成 yǒu chéng (literary) to achieve success ∼HSK 2
高院 高院 gāo yuàn high court ∼HSK 2
男孩 男孩 nán hái boy ∼HSK 2
八成 八成 bā chéng eighty percent; most probably; most likely ∼HSK 2
弄脏 弄髒 nòng zāng to make dirty; to defile; to smear ∼HSK 2
快当 快當 kuài dang quick; rapid ∼HSK 2
发给 發給 fā gěi to issue; to grant; to distribute ∼HSK 2
象 象 xiàng elephant; ivory; figure, image ∼HSK 2
熟读 熟讀 shú dú to read and reread sth until one is familiar with it ∼HSK 2
收场 收場 shōu chǎng the end; an ending; to wind down; to conclude ∼HSK 2
宾 賓 bīn guest, visitor; surname; submit ∼HSK 2
事变 事變 shì biàn incident; unforeseen event; events (in general) ∼HSK 2
道别 道別 dào bié to say goodbye; to bid farewell; to pay a farewell call ∼HSK 2
号角 號角 hào jiǎo bugle horn ∼HSK 2
到此 到此 dào cǐ hereto; hereunto ∼HSK 2
中层 中層 zhōng céng middle-ranking ∼HSK 2
年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
拉屎 拉屎 lā shǐ to defecate; to shit; to crap ∼HSK 2
有一套 有一套 yǒu yī tào to have a skill; to be savvy; to know how to do sth ∼HSK 2
两全 兩全 liǎng quán to satisfy both sides; to accommodate both (demands) ∼HSK 2
小意思 小意思 xiǎo yì si small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) ∼HSK 2
得气 得氣 dé qì "to obtain qi", the sensation of electrical tingling, numbness, soreness etc at the meridian where accupuncture needle is inserted ∼HSK 2
停下来 停下來 tíng xià lái to stop ∼HSK 2
起名 起名 qǐ míng to name; to christen; to take a name ∼HSK 2
刚一 剛一 gāng yī to be just about to; to have just started to ∼HSK 2
通气 通氣 tōng qì ventilation; aeration; to keep each other informed; to release information ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
买办 買辦 mǎi bàn comprador ∼HSK 2
完工 完工 wán gōng to finish work; to complete a project ∼HSK 2
难闻 難聞 nán wén unpleasant smell; stink ∼HSK 2
有权 有權 yǒu quán to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful ∼HSK 2
个数 個數 gè shù number of items or individuals ∼HSK 2
当回事儿 當回事兒 dàng huí shì r erhua variant of ∼HSK 2
做工作 做工作 zuò gōng zuò to do one's work; to work on sb; to try to persuade sb ∼HSK 2
来得 來得 lái de to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to ∼HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
停工 停工 tíng gōng to stop work; to shut down; to stop production ∼HSK 2