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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科长 科長 kē zhǎng section chief ∼HSK 2
阴风 陰風 yīn fēng chill wind; (fig.) evil wind ∼HSK 2
全知 全知 quán zhī omniscient ∼HSK 2
海鸥 海鷗 hǎi ōu gull; seagull ∼HSK 2
装满 裝滿 zhuāng mǎn to fill up ∼HSK 2
说得过去 說得過去 shuō de guò qù acceptable; passable; justifiable; (of a course of action) to make sense ∼HSK 2
门道 門道 mén dào doorway; gateway ∼HSK 2
小店 小店 xiǎo diàn small store ∼HSK 2
论 論 Lún debate; discuss; discourse ∼HSK 2
省得 省得 shěng de to avoid; so as to save (money or time) ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
花生米 花生米 huā shēng mǐ shelled peanuts ∼HSK 2
这边儿 這邊兒 zhè biān r erhua variant of ∼HSK 2
后边儿 後邊兒 hòu bian r erhua variant of ∼HSK 2
借钱 借錢 jiè qián to borrow money; to lend money ∼HSK 2
交点 交點 jiāo diǎn meeting point; point of intersection ∼HSK 2
急着 急著 jí zhe urgently ∼HSK 2
弄到手 弄到手 nòng dào shǒu to get in hand; to get (one's) hands on; to get hold of (in the sense of to acquire) ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
有才干 有才幹 yǒu cái gàn capable ∼HSK 2
得看 得看 děi kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 2
装潢 裝潢 zhuāng huáng to mount (a picture); to dress; to adorn; decoration; packaging ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
六月份 六月份 liù yuè fèn June ∼HSK 2
嘴里 嘴裡 zuǐ lǐ mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words ∼HSK 2
带上 帶上 dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
不带 不帶 bù dài not to have; without; un- ∼HSK 2
上装 上裝 shàng zhuāng upper garment ∼HSK 2
弄错 弄錯 nòng cuò to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate; to misunderstand ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
弄明白 弄明白 nòng míng bai to figure out how to do something ∼HSK 2
上层 上層 shàng céng upper layer ∼HSK 2
科级 科級 kē jí (administrative) section-level ∼HSK 2
女儿红 女兒紅 nǚ ér hóng kind of Chinese wine ∼HSK 2
妓院 妓院 jì yuàn brothel; whorehouse ∼HSK 2
风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction; the way the wind blows; fig. trend; direction of events; how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself); public opinion (concerning one's actions); publicity (usually derog.); limelight ∼HSK 2
地接 地接 dì jiē local guide; tour escort ∼HSK 2
加点 加點 jiā diǎn to work extra hours; to do overtime ∼HSK 2
借过 借過 jiè guò excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) ∼HSK 2
留给 留給 liú gěi to set aside for ∼HSK 2
离休 離休 lí xiū to retire; to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres) ∼HSK 2
狗男女 狗男女 gǒu nán nǚ a couple engaged in an illicit love affair; a cheating couple ∼HSK 2
不太 不太 bù tài Not too HSK 2
出难题 出難題 chū nán tí to raise a tough question ∼HSK 2
这样一来 這樣一來 zhè yàng yī lái thus; if this happens then ∼HSK 2
考生 考生 kǎo shēng exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam HSK 2
西医 西醫 xī yī Western medicine; a doctor trained in Western medicine HSK 2
不像话 不像話 bù xiàng huà unreasonable; shocking; outrageous ∼HSK 2
中医 中醫 Zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science; a doctor trained in Chinese medicine HSK 2
对得起 對得起 duì de qǐ not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy of ∼HSK 2