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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看得出 看得出 kàn de chū can see; can tell ∼HSK 2
玩意儿 玩意兒 wán yì r erhua variant of 玩意; toy; thing; trick ∼HSK 2
前不久 前不久 qián bù jiǔ not long ago; not long before ∼HSK 2
有点儿 有點兒 yǒu diǎn r slightly; a little; somewhat HSK 2
作文 作文 zuò wén to write an essay; composition (student essay) HSK 2
组长 組長 zǔ zhǎng group leader HSK 2
看样子 看樣子 kàn yàng zi it seems; it looks as if ∼HSK 2
洗衣机 洗衣機 xǐ yī jī washing machine; washer HSK 2
打交道 打交道 dǎ jiāo dào to come into contact with; to have dealings ∼HSK 2
斤 斤 jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g HSK 2
老朋友 老朋友 lǎo péng you old friend; (slang) period; menstruation HSK 2
秋天 秋天 qiū tiān autumn HSK 2
举手 舉手 jǔ shǒu to raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal) HSK 2
分数 分數 fēn shù (exam) grade; mark; score; fraction HSK 2
点头 點頭 diǎn tóu to nod HSK 2
老是 老是 lǎo shi always HSK 2
一共 一共 yī gòng altogether HSK 2
饱 飽 bǎo to eat till full; satisfied HSK 2
黄色 黃色 huáng sè yellow (color); pornographic HSK 2
商量 商量 shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
大门 大門 Dà mén the Doors, US rock band HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
今后 今後 jīn hòu hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on HSK 2
重视 重視 zhòng shì to attach importance to sth; to value HSK 2
等于 等於 děng yú to equal; to be tantamount to HSK 2
影片 影片 yǐng piàn a copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie HSK 2
相机 相機 xiàng jī camera (abbr. for 照相机); at the opportune moment; as the circumstances allow HSK 2
市长 市長 shì zhǎng mayor HSK 2
好人 好人 hǎo rén good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle HSK 2
咱 偺 zá see 咱 HSK 2
练习 練習 liàn xí to practice; exercise; drill; practice HSK 2
小时候 小時候 xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood HSK 2
熟 熟 shú ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shóu] HSK 2
全体 全體 quán tǐ all; entire HSK 2
懂得 懂得 dǒng de to understand; to know; to comprehend HSK 2
碰 掽 pèng to touch; to meet with; to bump HSK 2
便宜 便宜 biàn yí convenient HSK 2
比如说 比如說 bǐ rú shuō for example HSK 2
送给 送給 sòng gěi to send; to give as a present HSK 2
不如 不如 bù rú not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to HSK 2
好事 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead HSK 2
小说 小說 xiǎo shuō novel; fiction HSK 2
作业 作業 zuò yè school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; to operate HSK 2
旅游 旅遊 lǚ yóu trip; journey; tourism; travel; tour; to travel HSK 2
好处 好處 hǎo chǔ easy to get along with HSK 2
道理 道理 dào li reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification HSK 2
院 院 yuàn courtyard; institution HSK 2
放心 放心 fàng xīn to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease HSK 2
单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) HSK 2
舒服 舒服 shū fu comfortable; feeling well HSK 2