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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| 鸡 雞 | fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 接着 接著 | to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 科学 科學 | science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 推 推 | to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage | |
| 鞋 鞋 | shoe | |
| 通知 通知 | to notify; to inform; notice; notification | |
| 笔 筆 | pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals | |
| 全国 全國 | whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 取 取 | to take; to get; to choose; to fetch | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 教育 教育 | to educate; to teach; education | |
| 鱼 魚 | fish | |
| 排 排 | a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc | |
| 正确 正確 | correct; sound; right; proper | |
| 办公室 辦公室 | office; business premises; bureau | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 广告 廣告 | to advertise; a commercial; advertisement | |
| 画 畫 | to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划) | |
| 条件 條件 | condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition | |
| 年轻 年輕 | young | |
| 夜 亱 | night | |
| 省 省 | to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government) | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 改 改 | to change; to alter; to transform; to correct | |
| 自由 自由 | freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted | |
| 嘴 嘴 | mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) | |
| 假 假 | used in 掰 | |
| 超过 超過 | to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip | |
| 不少 不少 | many; a lot; not few | |
| 市 市 | market; city | |
| 主要 主要 | main; principal; major; primary | |
| 脚 腳 | foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks | |
| 查 查 | to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | |
| 意见 意見 | idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint | |
| 意思 意思 | idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc | |
| 短 短 | short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault | |
| 说明 說明 | to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption | |
| 满 滿 | Manchu ethnic group | |
| 弄 弄 | lane; alley | |
| 节目 節目 | program; item (on a program) | |
| 提 提 | to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid | |
| 漂亮 漂亮 | pretty; beautiful | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 哭 哭 | to cry; to weep |